Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson abruptly called off today’s City Council vote on his 2025 budget after failing to secure support for his latest property tax proposal. According to combined media reports, the mayor’s original proposal of enacting a $300 million property...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: There is a quote attributed to the ancient Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu that, roughly translated into English, goes like this: “Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish – too much handling will spoil it.” Lao Tzu’s wisdom is clearly a...
Construction on the nation’s first Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) building for the blind community has been completed.in Chicago. McShane Ashlaur Joint Venture – a partnership between McShane Construction Company and Ashlaur Construction – have concluded the...
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has cut his $300 million property tax proposal in half while lecturing his City Council detractors to “grow up” in their negotiations on the municipal budget. CBS News reported Johnson’s initial $300 million proposal was rejected by the...
Alternatives to Chicago property taxes, a mega-million condo sale loss and a proposal to bend the Manhattan skyline. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of Nov. 11-15. Hit: Let’s Not Go, Brandon. Praise goes this...