May 2025 Newsletter
THREATENED: 6116-34 S. MLK Drive At Risk of Emergency Demolition
"Dozens of tenants of an apartment building on Chicago's South Side have been given a two-day notice to vacate."That notice says it is from...
WIN: Former Thillens Building Repurposed for Pickleball Courts
"On the 4200 block of North Elston Avenue, a Chicago institution has a new tenant."'Everybody knows Thillens,' Chris Sears said."Sears opened the Pickleball Clubhouse...
CHICAGO LEGACY BUSINESS: Old Fashioned Donuts, Since 1972
"Walking into Old Fashioned Donuts, Leda Edwards knew exactly where she’d find her grandfather — making doughnuts."Since 1972, shop owner Burritt Bulloch, 86, has...
IN MEMORIAM: Ray Capitanini: Family Owner of Italian Village and Preservationist
"Raymond Joseph Capitanini passed away on April 10, 2025, at the age of 89. Born on July 28, 1935, in Chicago to Italian immigrant...
IN MEMORIAM: Marilyn Hasbrouck: Co-Owner of the Prairie Avenue Bookshop
"Throughout its 35-year existence, the Prairie Avenue Bookshop was much more than an architectural book retailer. It was a meeting ground for architects and...
IN MEMORIAM: Bob Irving: Preservationist
"Bob Irving, an extraordinary docent who introduced Chicago’s iconic architecture to thousands of people over the course of fifty years, passed away on Monday,...
BUYER WANTED: Green Mill and Green Mill Building For Sale
"The longtime owner of the Green Mill, a jazz club on Chicago’s North Side known for booking famous musicians, Hollywood cameos and Prohibition-era ties...
BUYER WANTED: After Receiving Approvals, Developer Seeks to Sell Mid-City Trust & Savings Bank Before Adaptive Reuse to Boutique Hotel
"Two and a half years after buying a landmark West Loop office building with a plan to convert it into a hotel, a local...
BUYER WANTED: Yukon Building at 111 W Van Buren Street Listed For Sale (Chicago 7 2016)
The Yukon building, 1898, Holabird & Roche, 400 S. Clark St. Image credit: WBEZ Chicago"A downtown Chicago building — meant to be temporary when...
BUYER WANTED: Six CMD Pershing Road Industrial Buildings Listed for Sale (Chicago 7 2014 and 2020)
"6 Industrial Properties Offered at $25,000,000 in Chicago, IL"1965 W Pershing Rd; Bldg A, Bldg B, Bldg C, Bldg D, Bldg E, Bldg F"Imperial...