Real Estate
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Deadlocked over deadboltsAug 18, 2019 6:00 am - Q. The people who are buying my house hired a home inspector, and one of his recommendations strikes me as unreasonable. I have double-cylinder deadbolts on my front and...
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Suburban malls look to reinvent, reinvigorate themselves as retail slips awayAug 18, 2019 5:30 am - Just north of the Jane Addams Tollway on the south end of Huntley, broken concrete and tall grass are all that remain of the Huntley Outlet Center. The 279,000-square-fo...
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Written guides exist to help govern building associationsAug 17, 2019 7:00 am - Q. Are there reference books or journals that a condominium or townhouse board can use to guide conduct? A. Community Associations Institute ("CAI") has a vast library o...
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Hard to fool assessor with artificially low home sale priceAug 17, 2019 6:00 am - Q. I have a house for sale for $260,000, and I received a $220,000 offer for the house and a $40,000 offer for "fixtures." My assessment is $229,000. The buyer wants to ...
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Is a 3-unit townhouse building appropriate for a St. Charles neighborhood?Aug 16, 2019 1:00 am - A three-unit townhouse building proposed for the downtown St. Charles area is aesthetically pleasing, aldermen say, but does it fit with the character of the surrounding...
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Keep it cool when dining alfrescoAug 15, 2019 11:00 pm - Summertime finds many of us grilling in the backyard or roasting s'mores around a campfire. Ashley Rodriguez, though, as producer of the James Beard Award-nominated vide...
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Arlington Heights to welcome 18 new affordable supportive housing unitsAug 15, 2019 5:30 am - A dream more than 10 years in the making is coming true for activists working to provide affordable supportive housing in the suburbs. Heart's Place, a two-story, 18-uni...
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Stores and restaurants could replace old village hall in MundeleinAug 15, 2019 1:00 am - An entrepreneur will buy Mundelein's old village hall for $1, raze it and construct a commercial building there, under a plan approved this week by the village board. De...
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Plans scrapped for houses at former golf course in BloomingdaleAug 15, 2019 1:00 am - The owner of Indian Lakes Resort and a developer have scrapped plans to build hundreds of houses on the Bloomingdale property's former golf course amid strong opposition...
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Sierra store to open Saturday in SchaumburgAug 15, 2019 1:00 am - Sierra, a retailer of active and outdoor apparel, footwear and other gear, will hold a grand opening for its new Schaumburg store from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1...