The Chicago Bears are still trying to find a location for their proposed domed stadium and are now reportedly taking a second look at a site in Bronzeville, a predominantly Black community in the city. The Chicago Sun-Times cited unnamed sources in reporting the team...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: Last week, a pair of football teams were in the news for trying to lure taxpayer funding for their respective efforts to construct new domed stadiums. Earlier this year, the Chicago Bears raised the specter of a new $4.6 billion domed stadium, with...
A presidential debate that mostly ignored housing issues, a growing disenchantment with homeownership and an effort to repopulate the villages of rural Italy. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of June 24-28. Miss:...
The efforts by the Chicago Bears to build a new stadium with the help of public funding has received a thumbs down in a new poll of Illinois voters, but the team is reportedly shifting gears to pursue a stadium in a Chicago suburb. A new survey commissioned by Crain’s...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: One of the most lucrative and audacious scams in the real estate world involves the shakedown of taxpayers to finance the stadiums owned and operated by professional sports teams. Tons of money that could be used to improve schools, social services,...
Pending Home Sales Slide to Nearly Three-Year Low as Buyers Pull Back
