The City Council Zoning Committee advanced a proposal to legalize so-called "granny flats" citywide, allowing Chicago homeowners to build basement, attic, garage, and coach house apartments on their ...

Atlanta’s ordinance covers all roofs including sloped ones. An easy way to add reflectivity to a flat roof is to apply a coat of white paint. Manufacturers also make special cool roof shingles that ...

Chicago-based Banner Real Estate Group has landed $124 million in financing to build The Faywell, a 334-unit luxury apartment ...

Two historic Loop office buildings near Grant Park are up for sale at deep discounts, offering investors a shot at ...

Michael McCready wanted a new home base. He moved to San Juan, Puerto Rico, from Chicago, and now lives three buildings from ...

Two historic office buildings hit the market, both way below value and both with brokers positioning them as prime apartment ...

Ald. Bennett Lawson (44th) spent more than a year trying to find common ground on the volatile issue of accessory dwelling ...

The same company this year acquired The Jax, a 48-unit apartment building at 253 Fourth St. E. in Lowertown for $8 million, and last December paid $9 million for R7 Lofts, a boutique 48-unit apartment ...

The man's ex-girlfriend and friend survived the blaze, but four others — including a child and a pregnant woman — did not, ...

Lontray Clark, a 23-year-old man with a prior felony conviction, is facing over a dozen charges, including four counts of ...

Gilbert and Hester Mendez said police pointed assault rifles and handguns at them and their children, Peter and Jack, after ...