Real Estate
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Apartment complex not luxurious enough for St. Charles, aldermen sayMar 24, 2015 5:30 am - The developer of a 240-unit apartment complex in St. Charles described the project as “taking a rock and making a diamond out of it.” But the majority of aldermen saw mo...
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Wholesale auto auction house wants Hoffman Estates landMar 24, 2015 5:30 am - Hoffman Estates' village board is expected to vote April 6 on a proposed wholesale auto auction house west of the Prairie Stone Business Park that could potentially sell...
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Solving the junk pile mess next doorMar 24, 2015 1:00 am - Q. This is in response to a reader who wrote to the column a few weeks ago. He had neighbors with yard debris that was making it hard to sell his home. We had a similar ...
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New owners take over Tuscan Market in Arlington HeightsMar 23, 2015 1:00 am - Tuscan Market & Wine Shop in downtown Arlington Heights has been sold to new owners, but both its old and new proprietors say the hybrid shop and restaurant's mission an...
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New Moretti's opens, neighboring Fridays closes in Hoffman EstatesMar 23, 2015 1:00 am - The recent opening of a new Moretti's and the even more recent closing of TGI Fridays are part of a changing lineup for the restaurant campus at the southeast corner of ...
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Why parking spaces shouldn't always be wasted on carsMar 22, 2015 7:39 am - Conventional wisdom says that businesses need parking spots. If would-be customers can't pull up out front, how will they come inside? This is a powerful idea, and it in...
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Making the most of your outdoor living spaceMar 22, 2015 7:00 am - It isn't fair that most of the nation has been freezing. It's been a hard year weather-wise, and it could be therapeutic to focus on warmer times. Even though you're col...
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Many 'presidential' homes still found around D.C.Mar 22, 2015 1:00 am - Here is a sampling of where commanders in chief lived before and after their time in the White House. Several served as congressmen, senators or Cabinet officials before...
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Before leveling floors, find out what caused the problemMar 22, 2015 12:00 am - Q. We would like to level the concrete floors of our second-floor condo. The floor problem is characteristic of the 1870s building. The bedroom slants away from the door...
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Electrolux takes new stab at intelligent homeMar 22, 2015 12:00 am - Electrolux AB is revisiting dot-com era attempts to build an intelligent home around its appliances, just as the likes of Apple Inc. and Google Inc. ramp up their offeri...