Real Estate
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Often no permit exists for converted garageMay 20, 2016 2:00 am - Q. The studio apartment I'm renting is a converted garage. Is there any way to know if this conversion meets code and was approved by the city? A. If the garage conversi...
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Hanover Park planning to buy 3 properties for parking lotMay 20, 2016 1:00 am - Hanover Park is planning to purchase three properties on Ontarioville Road and turn the space into a parking lot for the village's future downtown. The two houses and on...
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Controversial cell tower plan faces growing opposition in MundeleinMay 20, 2016 1:00 am - A plan to erect a tall cellular communications antenna in Mundelein that has drawn opposition from local residents will face the village board's scrutiny Monday night. A...
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Developer pitches luxury townhouses, apartments for downtown LibertyvilleMay 19, 2016 5:34 am - A long-vacant industrial site in downtown Libertyville has attracted the attention of a Lake Forest developer who says the demand for housing is worth the cost of dealin...
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Obama library archives may find temporary home in Hoffman EstatesMay 19, 2016 1:00 am - The long-vacant Plunkett Furniture building on Golf Road in Hoffman Estates could become the temporary holding facility for the Barack Obama presidential library's archi...
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Trump says his business flourishing since presidential run
May 18, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Donald Trump has told the government that his myriad businesses have flourished with rising revenues since his improbable political success, according ...
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Climate change, runaway development worsen Houston floods
May 18, 2016 7:00 am - HOUSTON (AP) - With clay soil and tabletop-flat terrain, Houston has endured flooding for generations. Its 1,700 miles of man-made channels struggle to dispatch storm ru...
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Illinois fights US spy agency decision to stay in St. Louis
May 18, 2016 7:00 am - ST. LOUIS (AP) - Illinois officials are aggressively fighting the preliminary decision to relocate a federal spy agency to a new site in St. Louis, rather than to a site...
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Poll: Americans more upbeat about own finances than economy
May 18, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans are of two minds about the economy in the midst of an election race that largely hinges on the issue. They are strikingly pessimistic about t...
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Day care opening in vacant Des Plaines buildingMay 18, 2016 1:00 am - The Des Plaines city council has approved plans for a day care to open in a vacant, 2,400-square-foot commercial building at 275 Thacker St. Sunny Day Care, operated by ...