Real Estate
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Phil's Beach renovation work could start this fallMay 15, 2018 1:00 am - The Wauconda Park District's plan to renovate Phil's Beach and turn it into a public park cleared a critical bureaucratic hurdle Tuesday night. The village board unanimo...
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Wheeling lukewarm about plan for trucking transportation centerMay 14, 2018 1:00 am - Wheeling village board members are split on a developer's idea to build a trucking transportation center off Wolf Road northwest of Chicago Executive Airport. JV Global...
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Storage facility proposed for Mundelein's south sideMay 14, 2018 1:00 am - A storage facility for classic cars, boats and recreational vehicles could be headed to Mundelein's south side. But storage isn't the only possible use for the spaces at...
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Interior design rules are meant to be brokenMay 13, 2018 7:00 am - Interior design and decorating are somewhat bound by rules developed over time to regulate housekeeping, maintenance and aesthetics. Some rules are the result of etiquet...
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Plant tomatoes with companionsMay 13, 2018 7:00 am - Some things are just better with a buddy. Consider peanut butter and jelly or thunder and lightning. After all, where would Andy be without Raggedy Ann? Companion planti...
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Major renovation awaits Frank Lloyd Wright masterpieceMay 13, 2018 6:00 am - Anyone who has studied Frank Lloyd Wright knows he was his own biggest fan. So the fact that he purportedly told people that the Frederick C. Robie House he built in Hyd...
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How to decorate tiny rooms with high ceilingsMay 13, 2018 6:00 am - Editor's note: Christine Brun is taking some time off. The following column originally published in 2015. Julia Child famously towered over most people. She said being t...
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Parkway Bank gets naming rights for Rosemont sports complexMay 13, 2018 1:00 am - Parkway Bank and Trust Co., already the naming-rights holder on Rosemont's entertainment district, is extending its brand across the Tri-State Tollway to what's fast bec...
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The upside of downsizing on display at Schaumburg tiny home showMay 13, 2018 1:00 am - Looking to downsize to a smaller home? Really downsize? Then you might be open to some of the homes on display this weekend during the first Chicago Tiny House Show at B...
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Can a board hire a member's relative or friend?May 12, 2018 7:00 am - Q. I just learned the board president of our condominium association has steered hundreds of thousands of dollars of maintenance contracts for the association to her sis...