Real Estate
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Barrington developer denies poaching local businessesAug 21, 2014 1:01 am - Developers behind the long-awaited retail project at Hough and Main streets in downtown Barrington are denying local building owners' claims they're trying to poach busi...
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Work to begin next week on Hough-Main project in BarringtonAug 20, 2014 1:01 am - Construction will begin Monday on a long-awaited retail development at Hough and Main streets in downtown Barrington, the village announced Wednesday. Workers will begin...
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East Dundee, Carpentersville continue Wal-Mart feudAug 20, 2014 1:00 am - The feud over a new Wal-Mart Supercenter proposed for Carpentersville continued this week as East Dundee filed a lawsuit arguing Carpentersville had withheld information...
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Walmart Neighborhood Market opens Wednesday in Des PlainesAug 19, 2014 1:01 am - A new grocery store opening in the suburbs today includes a familiar big box name, but the store's concept is to be much smaller. The Walmart Neighborhood Market makes i...
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Medical pot growers competing for Bartlett siteAug 19, 2014 1:00 am - Four businesses hoping to produce medical marijuana in Bartlett are clamoring for a piece of vacant land in an industrial park to set up growing operations. The state De...
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Chipotle, Starbucks moving to former Palatine Applebee's siteAug 19, 2014 1:00 am - A plan to bring a Chipotle Mexican Grill, Jersey Mike's Subs and a Starbucks to the site of a closed Applebee's on Dundee Road was approved this week by the Palatine vil...
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Arlington Heights approves downtown apartment towerAug 18, 2014 1:00 am - The Arlington Heights village board on Monday approved a new, seven-story apartment building in the heart of downtown, with at least 15 percent of its units to be reserv...
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Why some banks don't want to take a chance on some borrowersAug 17, 2014 7:22 am - For at least a year, the Obama administration has been pushing lenders to make mortgages more widely available to responsible people looking to buy homes. "Now that we'v...
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Bigger down payments add to first-time homebuyer bluesAug 17, 2014 7:14 am - The challenges facing prospective buyers of the least expensive homes in the U.S. are getting harder to overcome. Already beset by stagnant wages, growing student debt a...
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Small cottage kits have an endless number of usesAug 17, 2014 5:45 am - Getaway houses are considered a true luxury these days. Yet, for some families a small vacation place is a deep tradition going back generations. Depending on what part ...