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Winter 2020 Self-Management in Stressful Times Some Communities Go it Alone—Others Outsource
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Spring 2021 Plants, Money, & Sustainability The ‘3 Greens’ of Landscaping
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Spring 2021 Neighbor Noise When Enough Is Too Much
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Spring 2021 A Look at Board Powers What a Condo or Co-op Board Is … and Isn’t
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Winter 2020 Social Programming vs. Social Distancing Communities Are Getting Creative
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Signs of Structural Damage What Boards, Managers, & Building Staff Should Look For
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Spring 2021 Current Issue
Management

Neighbor Noise

When Enough Is Too Much

Noise is an acknowledged part of urban life–particularly apartment living.  Some of it—traffic, garbage collection, peop…
Management
Social Programming vs. Social Distancing
Winter 2020

Social Programming vs. Social Distancing

Communities Are Getting Creative

Self-Management in Stressful Times
Winter 2020

Self-Management in Stressful Times

Some Communities Go it Alone—Others Outsource

Management in Crisis
Winter 2020

Management in Crisis

How the Pandemic Changed an Industry

Supporting Essential Building Workers
Fall 20

Supporting Essential Building Workers

How to Show Your Staff You Care

Finance

Anatomy of a Condo Loan

One Building's Case Study

As we’ve reported in previous articles, special assessments are not the only tool condo associations and HOAs have to fi…
Finance
Tapping Reserves in a Time of Financial Crisis

Tapping Reserves in a Time of Financial Crisis

An Option to (Carefully!) Consider

Budgeting in a Changed Landscape

Budgeting in a Changed Landscape

Making Predictions for the Unpredictable

What to Do About HOA Finances & Assessments During Coronavirus

What to Do About HOA Finances & Assessments During Coronavirus

How Associations Should Respond

Curing Arrears
2018 March

Curing Arrears

When Fees Aren’t Paid



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A Look at Board Powers

What a Condo or Co-op Board Is … and Isn’t

When one buys a private single-family home, it’s clear who the king or queen of the castle is: the homeowner. When it co…
Transfer of Board Power Without a 'Condo Coup'

Transfer of Board Power Without a 'Condo Coup'

Handing Off the Torch

Collecting Assessments During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Collecting Assessments During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Advice for Boards

CAI Releases Statement on Foreclosure Moratorium

CAI Releases Statement on Foreclosure Moratorium

Calls For 'Flexibility, Understanding, and Business Continuity'

Dealing With Coronavirus Exposure

Dealing With Coronavirus Exposure

Board Powers & Limitations

No Spaces Anywhere

The State of Parking in Chicago

It’s 6 pm. on a Tuesday night when the Chicago Cubs are in town and it’s game night in Lakeview’s Wrigleyville neighbor…
Knowing When to Call Your Manager
2014 January

Knowing When to Call Your Manager

Response to Calls is an Essential Part of the Manager’s Job

Secrets of Successful Managers
2014 January

Secrets of Successful Managers

Communication, Accommodation, Cooperation

Managing Amenities
2014 January

Managing Amenities

Coping with Changing Trends

Changing Managers or Firms?
2014 January

Changing Managers or Firms?

Don’t Overlook the Details!

Neighbor Noise

When Enough is Too Much

Noise is an acknowledged part of urban life - particularly apartment living.  Some of it - traffic, garbage collection, …
Secondhand Smoke Complaints

Secondhand Smoke Complaints

Bad Smells, Hard Feelings

Handling Harassment

Handling Harassment

When Trash Talk Turns to Transgression

Communicate...and then OVERcommunicate

Communicate...and then OVERcommunicate

Tips for Getting Residents Involved, Engaged, & Informed

Keeping Track of Paperwork
2014 February

Keeping Track of Paperwork

Properly Managing Association Records



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The Building (or Demolition) Next Door

Cities reshape and reinvent themselves regularly and organically. Old buildings become obsolete for a variety of reasons…
Seasonal Pests

Seasonal Pests

COVID Complicates - But Doesn't Eliminate - the Need for Pest Control

Window Deterioration

Window Deterioration

Recognizing the Main Culprits

Signs of Structural Damage

Signs of Structural Damage

What Boards, Managers, & Building Staff Should Look For

Elevator Replacement

Elevator Replacement

How Does a Building With Just One Elevator Manage?

Adjacent Construction Risk Management

The Building (or Demolition) Next Door

Cities reshape and reinvent themselves regularly and organically. Old buildings become obsolete for a variety of reasons…
Window Deterioration

Window Deterioration

Recognizing the Main Culprits

Facade Repair and Restoration
2019 March

Facade Repair and Restoration

How to Know When It’s Time

Exterior Cleaning
2019 March

Exterior Cleaning

Cleanliness and Curb Appeal

Maintaining Exterior Spaces
2019 March

Maintaining Exterior Spaces

Safety, Longevity, and Aesthetics

Multifamily Developers Experiencing Pandemic-Related Delays

Construction Resuming - Slowly - as States Open Up

According to a recent press release, the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) reports that more than half (53%) o…
Your Building’s Plumbing
2014 November

Your Building’s Plumbing

Plumbing the Depths

Boiler Maintenance Basics
2014 November

Boiler Maintenance Basics

The Heat is On

Your Building's Anatomy
2014 November

Your Building's Anatomy

Systems That Keep Your Co-op or Condo Building Running

Where's the Money?
2013 November

Where's the Money?

Alternative Funding for Capital Improvements



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Insurance Coverage vs. COVID-19

Condos & HOAs May Be Left Holding the Bag

The Chain of Communication

Establishing Connections – and Boundaries – Between Board and Residents

The Upsides of Board Service

Benefits, Rewards, and a Job Well Done

Responsibility for Repairs

Whose Insurance Pays?

The Risks of Being Un(or under-)Insured

Owners Uncovered

Design

What's Happening in Design

Adapting Common Spaces to the New Normal

Internal Affairs

The Latest Design Trends to Make Your Property Pop

Residential Architecture Trends

What’s Hot in High-Rises?

The Value of Redecorating

Do Aesthetic Changes Increase Value?

Managing Interior Projects

When Bad Design Happens to Good Buildings

Organizations

IREM Foundation Establishes COVID-19 Relief Fund

27 Chapters On Board So Far

A Look Inside IREM

Serving the Management Profession

The National Fire Protection Association

Working to Stop Fires Before They Start

SOARing High in Chicagoland

The Streeterville Organization of Active Residents

Keeping it Cool

The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engnieers

News

4/20/2021  East Lakeview condo building sells, deconversion to rental underway—RE Journals
4/20/2021  East Lakeview condo building sells, deconversion to rental underway—RE Journals
Essex Realty Group, Inc. has announced the sale of 663 W. Grace Street, an 80-unit condominium property located in Chicago’s East Lakeview neighborhood.
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4/14/2021  Condo Adviser: When will state guidelines allow my condo association to reopen the pool?—Chicago Tribune
4/14/2021  Condo Adviser: When will state guidelines allow my condo association to reopen the pool?—Chicago Tribune
Q. I am a unit owner in a high-rise condominium association and none of our common amenities are open due to COVID-19. What does Gov. Pritzker’s new “bridge phase” plan mean for at least the reopening of our pool?
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4/12/2021  Luxury Living Chicago Realty Hits Leasing Milestones at Multiple Upscale Apartment Buildings Across Downtown Neighborhoods—MultifamilyBiz
4/12/2021  Luxury Living Chicago Realty Hits Leasing Milestones at Multiple Upscale Apartment Buildings Across Downtown Neighborhoods—MultifamilyBiz
Luxury Living Chicago Realty is pleased to announce exclusive leasing and marketing assignments Norweta, The Jax, Logan Apartments and Wolf Point West have reached leasing milestones and are all 95% leased.
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4/8/2021  7 Chicago Real Estate Market Trends to Know—MSN.com
4/8/2021  7 Chicago Real Estate Market Trends to Know—MSN.com
Whether you were born and bred in Chicago or are moving to the third-most populous city in the U.S. for the first time, know that the housing market both echoes national trends and deviates from them.
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4/8/2021  ZSD picks up stalled church condo conversion—The Real Deal
4/8/2021  ZSD picks up stalled church condo conversion—The Real Deal
Three years ago, the planned conversion of long-shuttered St. Boniface Catholic Church into a condominium complex won city approval.
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3/30/2021  Multiple Explosive Devices Found In Streeterville High-Rise After Man Found Dead In Condo, Sources Say—CBS News
3/30/2021  Multiple Explosive Devices Found In Streeterville High-Rise After Man Found Dead In Condo, Sources Say—CBS News
A death investigation turned into a potentially explosive situation in Streeterville on Wednesday, as the bomb squad found a potentially volatile substance in the man’s condo.
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3/25/2021  With Residential Projects Allowed North Of Lake Street, Developer Proposes 32-Story High-Rise In Fulton Market—Block Club Chicago
3/25/2021  With Residential Projects Allowed North Of Lake Street, Developer Proposes 32-Story High-Rise In Fulton Market—Block Club Chicago
A developer is pitching plans for a 32-story apartment high-rise after a decades-long moratorium on new housing in that part of Fulton Market.
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3/25/2021  Chicago City Council passes ordinance requiring real estate developers demolishing existing buildings to pay large fine—WGN News
3/25/2021  Chicago City Council passes ordinance requiring real estate developers demolishing existing buildings to pay large fine—WGN News
In an effort to slow gentrification in hot real estate markets such as Pilsen and along the 606 Trail, the Chicago City Council approved a plan Wednesday that requires developers looking to demolish existing buildings to pay a fee of up to $15,000.
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3/23/2021  Chicago-area home sales and prices are seeing double-digit gains. ‘There’s just so few homes and so many buyers.’—Chicago Tribune
3/23/2021  Chicago-area home sales and prices are seeing double-digit gains. ‘There’s just so few homes and so many buyers.’—Chicago Tribune
Jeff Kingsley and his wife had long planned to leave their Chicago apartment and buy a house in the suburbs after they got married a year and a half ago.
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3/22/2021  REAL ESTATE MATTERS: Moving to avoid board-run condo development—Sarasota Herald-Tribune
3/22/2021  REAL ESTATE MATTERS: Moving to avoid board-run condo development—Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Q: I read your response to the 66-year old buyer who was considering the purchase of a home.
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3/22/2021  Developer Proposing 2 New Condo Projects In Albany Park, But Neighbors Want More Time To Review Plans—Block Club Chicago
3/22/2021  Developer Proposing 2 New Condo Projects In Albany Park, But Neighbors Want More Time To Review Plans—Block Club Chicago
Developer Platinum Homes wants to build two new condo developments in Albany Park but the neighborhood’s alderman and some neighbors want more time to review one of the projects.
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3/17/2021  A different kind of rent-to-own offer—Crain's Chicago Business
3/17/2021  A different kind of rent-to-own offer—Crain's Chicago Business
A developer of both for-rent and for-sale buildings in downtown neighborhoods is rolling out an unusual offer: buy a condo, and while you wait for it to be completed, rent an apartment in the building next door.
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3/17/2021  Trump Tower Workers Got Vaccines From West Side Hospital — Whose COO Owns A Condo In Luxury Highrise—Block Club Chicago
3/17/2021  Trump Tower Workers Got Vaccines From West Side Hospital — Whose COO Owns A Condo In Luxury Highrise—Block Club Chicago
Loretto Hospital on the West Side vaccinated workers at Trump Tower Downtown, officials acknowledged Tuesday — but the hospital’s story about how the event happened directly contradicts what a Trump executive said happened.
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3/15/2021  Neighbors rip new plan for stalled Grant Park skyscraper—Crain's Chicago Business
3/15/2021  Neighbors rip new plan for stalled Grant Park skyscraper—Crain's Chicago Business
The New York developers trying to restart construction on a stalled 74-story residential high-rise overlooking Grant Park are facing resistance from the project’s next-door neighbors.
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3/12/2021  Courts, legislature looking into cost of getting condo documents—Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
3/12/2021  Courts, legislature looking into cost of getting condo documents—Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
When I wrote my last article about the cost of obtaining condominium documents when selling a unit, I thought I was only expressing my own frustration on behalf of my seller clients.
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3/8/2021  Condos along Chicago’s Gold Coast area targeted by gunfire, cops say—New York Post
3/8/2021  Condos along Chicago’s Gold Coast area targeted by gunfire, cops say—New York Post
Chicago police are warning residents in the city’s upscale Gold Coast neighborhood to be on the lookout for an alleged gunman targeting condo buildings.
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3/5/2021  Five condo buildings about to become apartment buildings—Forest Park Review
3/5/2021  Five condo buildings about to become apartment buildings—Forest Park Review
The village of Forest Park will soon have 239 new rental units as the deconversion of five condominium buildings on Desplaines Avenue is underway.
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3/3/2021  Quadriplegic In Highland Park Wants Neighbors To Swap Parking Spaces So He Can Fit His Wheelchair-Accessible Van, But They Won’t Do It—CBS 2 News
3/3/2021  Quadriplegic In Highland Park Wants Neighbors To Swap Parking Spaces So He Can Fit His Wheelchair-Accessible Van, But They Won’t Do It—CBS 2 News
A quadriplegic in Highland Park has a request for his neighbors.
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3/3/2021  Plan To Convert Historic St. Boniface Church Into Condos Is Back On Track After Years Of Delay, Owner Says—Block Club Chicago
3/3/2021  Plan To Convert Historic St. Boniface Church Into Condos Is Back On Track After Years Of Delay, Owner Says—Block Club Chicago
Despite a three-year delay, a neighbor’s plans to preserve and redevelop the St. Boniface church building in West Town’s Noble Square are still in motion, the church’s owner said Monday.
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3/3/2021  Chicago’s home and condo resale markets off to fast start—Loop North News
3/3/2021  Chicago’s home and condo resale markets off to fast start—Loop North News
Strong buyer demand during the pandemic kicked Chicago’s home and condominium resale market off to a fast start in January, analysts say.
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