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Celebrity Homebuying By A.J. Sidransky

Back in the ‘Gilded Age’ of the 1980s and 90s, Robin Leach hosted a popular TV show called Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous. His show, along with soapy series melodramas like Dynasty and Dallas gave the rest of us a front-row s…

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5/22/2025 Silver Property Group completes $22M portfolio acquisition with North Side apartment purchase - Chicago Business Journal

Silver Property Group's latest North Side apartment purchase reveals its strategic approach in Chicago's multifamily market.
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5/15/2025 Chicago apartment developer buys Fulton Market property - Crain's

A local apartment developer has teed up what could be another big residential project in the Fulton Market District, buying a property for a price that signals development sites in the former meatpacking corridor aren't worth as much as they were a few years ago.
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5/12/2025 Condo Adviser: Community associations must enforce rules and regulations uniformly - Chicago Tribune

Q. I live in a residential development governed by a homeowners association. I have been cited by the association for allegedly parking a prohibited vehicle in my driveway per the association’s rules and regulations. Setting aside whether the vehicle in question is in fact prohibited, there are several other similar vehicles regularly parked on my neighbor’s driveways, and it is my understanding that none have been cited for a rules violation. Is it against the law for the association to selectively enforce rules and regulations?
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5/9/2025 Patrick (Kane), hat tricks and high rises, oh my! - Chicago Star

Patrick Kane purchased a stunning condo on the twenty-fifth floor of Trump Tower Chicago in 2016 for $3.25 million, a high-profile real estate acquisition that matched his star power. After nearly a decade of calling the downtown condo home, Kane sold it, incurring a loss of almost $1.2 million. Despite this sale, Kane still owns several properties in the Chicago area, including a luxurious residence in Lake Forest.
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5/7/2025 "Love After Lockup" star Dylan Smith convicted of stealing mail from Chicago condo building - CBS

A former reality TV star from Chicago has been convicted of stealing mail from a condo building. Dylan Smith, 35, was featured in season 3 of "Love After Lockup," a show on We TV about couples that get engaged while one of them is incarcerated.
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5/5/2025 Former Chicago Blackhawks player Patrick Kane sells Trump Tower condo for $2.11M - Chicago Tribune

Former Chicago Blackhawks right winger Patrick Kane, who won three Stanley Cup titles with the team, in late March sold one of two condominiums he has long owned in Chicago’s Trump International Hotel & Tower — a three-bedroom, 3,102-square-foot unit on the building’s 69th floor — for $2.11 million.
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5/2/2025 Gallery owners turn raw space in the former Montgomery Ward building into an artful condo - Crain's

Paul and Dedrea Gray bought a blank canvas in 2006, raw space near the top of the former Montgomery Ward headquarters on Superior Street, and turned it into a three-bedroom condo with an artful style.
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4/29/2025 Palmolive condos, gold standard of the early 2000s, lose their luster - Crain's

Last week, the sellers of two condos in a landmark North Michigan Avenue building made separate moves that show how the building, once the gold standard in high-end condos, has lost its luster.
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4/28/2025 St. Regis condo listed at $7M as luxury rebounds - Real Deal

Recent sales, interest from out-of-state buyers has brokers feeling optimistic about sales at building after challenging few years
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4/23/2025 Chicago developer plans 149-unit apartment building in River North - Chicago Business Journal

Zev Salomon is planning a $50 million, 149-unit apartment building on a big River North surface lot that other developers have eyed but left untouched over the past decade.
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4/18/2025 Ken Griffin Sells Two Chicago Condos for Combined $15.9 Million - Bloomberg

Billionaire Citadel founder Ken Griffin has sold two more of his Chicago condos in transactions totaling $15.9 million.
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4/14/2025 Suburban multifamily momentum spurs $18M condo deconversion - Real Deal

The investor plans a condo deconversion after paying $18 million for the building in the Chicago suburb Palatine.
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4/10/2025 Condo Adviser: Condo boards may discuss business outside of meetings only in certain cases - Chicago Tribune

Q. I am a unit owner in a condominium association and have read that Illinois case law prohibits the board of directors from email or text discussions of board business outside of a board meeting because unit owners would not be privy to those discussions. When I raised this issue with my condominium board, the response was that email and text communications are allowed pursuant to the Condominium Act. In fact, a review of the board meeting minutes shows that in between meetings, the board regularly votes via email on various issues and then ratifies the decisions. Is this allowed?
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4/8/2025 Condo listing asks Park Tower’s highest price per square foot - Real Deal

A Park Tower condo has hit the market for $7.7 million after its owners invested millions into renovating the unit.
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4/3/2025 Condo hotel development planned at 2020 S. Archer - Urbanize Chicago

A condo hotel development is being planned at 2020 S. Archer in Chinatown. Planned by HMC Realty, the project site is a vacant lot at the northwest corner of S. Clark St and S. Archer Ave.
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4/2/2025 Former Chinese development partner lists 37 condos for sale at Chicago’s St. Regis tower - CoStar

Dalian Wanda Group, the Chinese former development partner of the St. Regis Chicago skyscraper, is selling the last portion of its ownership, a portfolio of 37 condominium units.
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3/28/2025 Cities with the most expensive homes in Illinois - Stacker

Purchasing a home is one of the most important investments there is. More than a place to live, homeownership is an asset with the potential to tremendously rise in value. But with home prices reaching record heights, affordability plays a huge role for buyers.
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3/27/2025 Former Chicago Bulls player Zach LaVine lists Chicago condo for nearly $7M - Chicago Tribune

Former Chicago Bulls guard Zach LaVine, who played for the team for parts of eight seasons, on Tuesday placed his 4,500-square-foot condominium on the 28th floor of the building at 9 W. Walton St. on the market for $6.9 million.
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3/24/2025 Trump Tower condo dispute boils over into federal lawsuit - Real Deal

A condo board dispute at President Donald Trump’s namesake tower in Chicago escalated to a federal lawsuit and, eventually, led to an arrest in the building’s spa steam room.
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3/20/2025 Trump Tower’s ex-condo association director sues management - Chicago Tribune

The ex-director of the Trump Tower condo board in Chicago sues, accusing the owners and managers of the famed skyscraper of fraud.
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