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2013 October Q&A: Altered Without Consent By Steven D. Welhouse

Altered Without Consent Q I am writing to you regarding an issue that I have in my condominium. A few years ago, our board undertook extensive roof repairs to fix leaks and various deficiencies. However, when the work was completed …

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10/8/2025 Prominent Chicago legal experts set record with $31M purchase of Bal Harbour condo - Real Deal

French insurance mogul Solly Azar sold his Oceana Bal Harbour condo for $30.5 million to Dan Fischel and Sylvia Neil, prominent legal experts from Chicago.
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10/3/2025 Luxury condo tower proposed for downtown Sarasota with private pools and public park - Herald-Tribune

A Chicago-based developer is looking to build a luxury condominium in downtown Sarasota's Rosemary District. The seven-story building would house 24 units between Sarasota’s Boulevard of the Arts and 7th Street, north of Fruitville Road. Four of them would be two-story townhomes, each with a private pool and yard.
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9/30/2025 Sulo sells unfinished penthouse in pricey deal for West Loop - Real Deal

A Sulo Development condo unit sold at a high price point for West Loop, despite a decline in downtown Chicago's luxury market.
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9/25/2025 St. Regis condo sells for $7.48 million in latest sign of tower's turnaround - Crain's

Emerging from a two-year slump, the St. Regis tower is having its best year since 2022 as measured by upper-priced sales.
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9/22/2025 Lakeshore East 2-bedroom condo in St. Regis Chicago: nearly $1.9M - Chicago Tribune

This two-bedroom, two-and-a-half bathroom home in the Residences at the St. Regis Chicago has a split two-bedroom floor plan with a view of downtown Chicago. A foyer and entryway lead to a dining space with a built-in Sub-Zero wine fridge and bar. The kitchen includes Snaidero cabinets, Gaggenau and Thermador appliances, marble waterfall counters and an eat-in kitchen island that connects to the living areas. The primary bedroom has a marble bathroom with double bowl sinks, Robern medicine cabinets, a tub and a walk-in shower. The other en-suite bedroom has southern views that overlook the lake and DuSable Lake Shore Drive. Other features in the home include automatic shades, Lutron lighting, Bang and Olufsen speakers and California closets. This home is completed by a storage unit, and other amenities in the St. Regis Chicago, including a rooftop outdoor and indoor pool, lounge decks with grills and fire pits, a wine storage and tasting room, a gym, a golf simulator and a kids’ play space. A parking spot is available for $50,000.
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9/15/2025 Epic Charging deploys its charging management system at Chicago condo building - Charged EVs

US-based software provider Epic Charging has migrated 148 smart charging stations at a 401-unit condominium building in Chicago to its charge point management system (CPMS). Over a quarter of the units opted for an EV charger in their dedicated parking spaces. The migration followed the exit of Enel X Way from the US market.
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9/11/2025 Oprah Winfrey’s former Water Tower Place condo hits market - Chicago Star

Water Tower Place isn’t just another high-rise on Michigan Avenue. For nearly five decades, it has loomed over the Magnificent Mile as part shopping mecca, part luxury address, and part Chicago legend. Now, one of its most talked-about condos--the 56th-floor home once owned by Oprah Winfrey--is for sale.
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9/9/2025 Chicago honors Bob Newhart with honorary street name outside condo building from his iconic TV show - CBS

It's been more than a year since Chicago lost comedy legend Bob Newhart. His career spanned more than six decades, and he starred in two hugely successful sitcoms that aired on CBS.
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9/4/2025 ADM CEO Juan Luciano puts Streeterville condo up for sale at $6.9 million - Crain's

The CEO of agricultural commodity giant Archer Daniels Midland is asking $6.9 million for a Streeterville condo he bought in 2022.
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9/2/2025 With little being built, downtown apartment rents continue to climb - Crain's

With little new development on the horizon in the next year and a half, apartment rents in downtown Chicago are continuing to climb.
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8/29/2025 Median sales price of a Chicago home drops to $375,000. Here are 5 listings at that price - Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago’s housing market stayed competitive for buyers in July, with fewer listings available compared to the same time last year.
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8/25/2025 Near West Side Condo Complex Marks 100 Years By Re-Creating Historic Water Street Market - Block Club Chicago

The nearly 1,000-unit University Commons complex on the Near West Side wasn’t always a trendy condominium development. In fact, the buildings that are now condos housed the city’s largest produce market — the South Water Market — from 1925 to 2001.
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8/22/2025 Marcus Lemonis lands a buyer for his Bloomingdale's condo in one day - Crain's

Marcus Lemonis, the business leader and reality TV personality, got a contract to sell his condo in the Bloomingdale's building in a single day.
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8/20/2025 Bloomingdale's condos are selling at 1990s prices — and some for even less - Crain's

In the past week, two condos at the Bloomingdale's building on North Michigan Avenue have sold for prices from decades ago, one of them going for well below its price from 1990, a full 35 years ago.
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8/18/2025 Local News Lakeview condo building's windows shattered during Chicago Air and Water Show practice - CBS

Three buildings on Lake Shore Drive were dealing with shattered windows on Friday, including all the windows in the lobby of a Lakeview condo building, amid rehearsals for the Chicago Air & Water Show.
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8/14/2025 Epic Charging Partners With Chicago Condo Building to Deliver One of Nation’s Largest EV Charger Retrofits - Yahoo

Epic Charging, America’s fastest-growing EV charging software provider, has migrated 148 smart charging stations to its own versatile charge point management system (CPMS) at a 401-unit condominium building in downtown Chicago, IL. With over a quarter of the units opting for an EV charger in their dedicated parking spaces, this project is believed to be one of the nation’s largest residential installations of EV chargers to date.
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8/12/2025 Chicago Startup Says It Can Protect Condo Owners From Surprise HOA Costs—and Help Sellers Avoid Concessions - Realtor.com

A Chicago startup is tackling HOA fees by providing a product aimed at giving condo owners a safety net.
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8/7/2025 In downtown Chicago's condo market, the hits keep coming - Crain's

Last week was rough on the downtown condo market, with nine different examples popping up to show that the price declines of the fraught early 2020s aren't over.
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8/4/2025 Ex-Blackhawk Patrick Kane sells Gold Coast condo for $6.4 million - Crain's

Hockey great Patrick Kane, whose 16 seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks included three Stanley Cup wins, sold a Gold Coast condo for $6.4 million.
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8/2/2025 Some North Side condo residents asked to leave units amid hazmat investigation: CFD, officials - ABC

There is a hazmat investigation on the North Side Friday, Chicago fire officials said. Chopper 7 was over a high-rise in the 1100-block of West Catalpa Avenue in Edgewater about noon. There was a visible emergency response.
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