March 2025 Newsletter
POTENTIAL WIN: Pittsfield Building Developer Seeks Renovation Approval
"An investor who took over part of the Pittsfield Building has proposed an office-to-residential conversion, marking the latest attempt to turn around an East...
WIN: Ambassador East Chicago Hotel Emerges From Foreclosure with New Ownership
"A group of high-net-worth investors has purchased the historic Ambassador Chicago hotel out of receivership and added it to a cluster of independently managed...
WIN: Only Lipinski Federal Building, Not Federal Center To Be Sold Off
"The federal government has narrowed its strategy for reducing its real estate footprint, naming eight properties it wants to sell in the near future,...
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES EDITORIAL: Is The Flamingo Endangered? (Chicago 7 2017)
"Chicago’s Federal Center — two minimalist steel-and-glass towers, a 50-foot sculpture, and a one-story pavilionlike post office all placed around a large plaza in...
THREATENED: Greenstone Church Launches GoFundMe to Raise Funds to Restore Utilities
"A landmark church in Chicago’s historical Pullman neighborhood is in urgent need of repairs and preservation after two winters without heat, community leaders said...
THREATENED: Midcentury Santa Maria Addolorata Church with Extraordinary Stained Glass Walls Threatened with Demolition for Single Family Homes
"A shuttered Catholic church in Noble Square, built in 1960 with so much stained glass that worshippers appeared to be all but surrounded by...
WIN: Zoning Application filed for 100 Year-Old Logan Square Church Building to be Adaptively Reused for 16 Residential Units
"A zoning application has been filed for a proposed residential conversion for a 1920s church at 2625 N. Talman. Planned by Mo2 Properties, the...
POTENTIAL WIN: After Sale, New Developer Steps Into Complete Hollander Storage Building Adaptive Reuse
"Almost seven years after buying a historic building at a high-traffic intersection of the Logan Square neighborhood and drawing up multiple redevelopment plans, a...
WIN: Former Inn at Lincoln Park Hotel at 601 W. Diversey Will be Converted to Residential Use
"A residential conversion is being planned for a former hotel at 601 W. Diversey in Lincoln Park. Planned by Validus Capital, the vacant hotel...
WIN: “The Phantom Building of the Gold Coast” Will Be Occupied After 35-Year Vacancy
"A stately Gold Coast building that has been largely unoccupied since the 1990s, puzzling neighbors and passersby, has been sold to a development firm...

