Real Estate
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Why some Lisle leaders are skeptical about downtown apartment projectMar 13, 2018 1:00 am - A developer wants to buy and demolish a half-vacant shopping center in downtown Lisle and build a multimillion-dollar apartment and retail complex in its place. But the ...
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Steel tariffs could bring higher construction prices in IllinoisMar 12, 2018 5:30 am - As details coalesce around President Donald Trump's tariff clampdown on steel, local builders and Republican congressmen are uneasy about fallout affecting suburban proj...
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Elk Grove industrial building soldMar 12, 2018 1:00 am - Lee & Associates, a national commercial real estate providers with offices in Rosemont, has negotiated the sale of a 225,006-square-foot industrial building located ...
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Miami's Wynwood is a destination for design inspirationMar 11, 2018 6:01 am - Miami has become one of America's most foreign cities. Stepping off an airplane or out of the comfort of your air-conditioned car immediately lets you know you really ar...
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If your bushes look unruly, it's time for a trimMar 11, 2018 6:00 am - The days are getting longer, the temperatures are beginning to warm and the gardening bug is starting to bite - hard. But the soil is too wet to venture into perennial b...
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Makeover gives garage the loving it deservesMar 11, 2018 6:00 am - No part of a typical home takes more of a beating than the garage. It is routinely open to the elements, houses automobiles and other machinery that tend to track in dir...
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Modern masterpieces can be found with a little searchingMar 11, 2018 6:00 am - In the home furnishing world, you pay dearly for a known designer's name, just like when you buy haute couture. Would you consider paying $7,000 for one dining chair? Wo...
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Advice on rolled linoleum flooringMar 11, 2018 6:00 am - Q. Being an avid reader of your weekly column, I would like advice for remodeling work on my 11-year-old home in Vermont. When I had this home built in 2006, I decided t...
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The five most and least affordable places to buy a homeMar 11, 2018 12:11 am - Whether you can afford a home depends - a lot - on the city you want to call home. A modest income can go a long way in Cumberland, Maryland, the metropolitan area with ...
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Should this reverse mortgage borrower modify or refinance?Mar 10, 2018 5:00 am - Jane took out a HECM reverse mortgage on her house five years ago when she became 62. Because she was still employed at the time, she elected to take a credit line, whic...