Real Estate
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$150 million redevelopment of Downers Grove senior facility beginsSep 05, 2017 1:00 am - Crews are prepared to break ground Wednesday on a $150 million redevelopment of a Downers Grove senior living facility. The first phase of renovations to the Oak Trace s...
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Hoping to spur development, Round Lake annexes 57 acresSep 05, 2017 1:00 am - The village of Round Lake grew by about 57 acres Tuesday night after the village board voted to annex land on the southwest tip of the village. But because the land is v...
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Baird & Warner acquires two Century 21 Sketchbook brokeragesSep 05, 2017 1:00 am - CHICAGO — Baird & Warner said it has acquired two Century 21 Sketchbook locations in Lake Zurich and Cary. Terms of the acquisition were not announced. The acquisition e...
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More seniors are taking out reverse mortgages - and it's costing them
Sep 03, 2017 7:21 am - As she was getting on in years and her resources dwindled, Virginia Rayford took out a special kind of mortgage in 2008 that she hoped would help her stay in her three-b...
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Allow your nursery to transition into a play roomSep 03, 2017 6:01 am - Life changes in dozens of ways once the first baby joins a family. You don't have to allocate a huge amount of space for an infant, but it must be quiet and, most import...
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Solving mysterious black specksSep 03, 2017 6:00 am - Q. My mom lives in Houston and the faucet in her kitchen sink has a problem with the cold water that comes out during the summertime. There are very small black specks i...
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A style expert's advice on color, trim and painting trendsSep 03, 2017 6:00 am - Style expert and Washington Post design columnist Elizabeth Mayhew joined staff writer Jura Koncius recently on The Washington Post's Home Front online chat. Here is an ...
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A new look for a new school yearSep 03, 2017 6:00 am - With the end of summer fast approaching, Dallas-based designer Jean Liu decided to give her child's bedroom a makeover for the new school year. Liu, owner of Jean Liu De...
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What to do when your weeds get wildSep 03, 2017 6:00 am - Somewhere between spring fever and bringing in the last of the sheaves is a season I call "runaway train." While we're at the barbecue, the softball game and the beach, ...
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Mantel masterpiece moves from rubbish pile to museum exhibitSep 03, 2017 6:00 am - When interior designer Heidi Pribell spotted a dust-covered mantelpiece in the basement of a client's newly purchased home, it was the start of a long relationship. The ...