Articles filed under Real Estate
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Smaller houses are on the rise. Are the days of McMansions over?Sep 23, 2025 4:08 pm - For the better part of the last decade or more, the median home size has been shrinking, hitting a low of 2,210 square feet, down from 2,500 square feet in 2015, according to data compiled by the National Association of Realtors.
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Barrington village board approves Claremont development, overrules plan commissionSep 23, 2025 12:00 pm - The Barrington village board overruled its plan commission, approving an 88-home gated community on the former PepsiCo site.
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Falling rates and a calmer market signal buyers to take action this fallSep 22, 2025 7:19 pm - This year’s August market is far faster moving in the Chicago area than elsewhere in the country.
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‘More things coming’: Lake Zurich officials bullish on downtown renewalSep 22, 2025 6:04 pm - The quest to revive downtown Lake Zurich has been an arduous journey since the village began buying properties more than 20 years ago but officials say the tide is turning.
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Divided St. Charles council approves plans for $1.9 million rowhomesSep 22, 2025 12:02 pm - St. Charles officials have greenlit plans for an eight-unit duplex development on South First Street in the city’s downtown, and construction could begin this year for units expected to be priced over $1 million.
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With controversial church plan progressing in South Barrington, could lawsuit’s end be near?Sep 21, 2025 9:00 pm - A controversial plan to build a church and school on vacant land in South Barrington is progressing even though a lawsuit seeking to disconnect the site from the village remains open.
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‘A substantially improved plan’: Second phase of Hawthorn mall transformation officially approved in Vernon HillsSep 17, 2025 7:27 pm - Changes allowing for what is described as an important milestone in the ongoing transformation of the Hawthorn mall property in Vernon Hills have been officially approved.
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Condo tenant caught stealing packagesSep 17, 2025 3:06 pm - One of the tenants of a condominium in our association was clearly captured on a security camera video taking packages of other residents from our mail area.
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Developer to spend $30 million on new industrial buildings in Des PlainesSep 17, 2025 1:05 pm - A real estate developer intends to spend $30 million to raze three industrial buildings and construct three new ones in central Des Plaines.
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Luxury rental development in Cary gets zoning approval, despite resident outcry over traffic, safetySep 17, 2025 10:19 am - Zoning commissioners gave a positive recommendation to a proposed mixed-use luxury community in Cary despite resident concerns over a road extension that would connect a neighborhood street to Route 31.