Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposed $300 million property tax increase to shrink the city’s $1 billion budget deficit is likely to be redirected with new revenues from other taxes and fees. The Chicago Sun-Times reported 22 of the 50-member Chicago City Council...
The aftershocks of the election, a new fight against property taxes and a tribute to an inspirational executive. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of Nov. 4-8. Hit: The Indestructible Man. It is impossible to...
An effort is underway to force a special meeting of Chicago’s City Council to reject Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposed $300 million property tax increase to fill the municipal’s budget gap. The Chicago Sun-Times reports 29 alderpersons co-signed a call for a special...
Greenstone Partners, a Chicago-based commercial real estate brokerage firm, has promoted Brewster Hague from senior director to partner. Hague joined Greenstone Partners in 2019 as a retail and mixed-use commercial real estate broker in the urban and suburban Chicago...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has filed a proposed order to resolve charges that Townstone Financial, a nonbank mortgage broker and lender, intentionally discriminated against predominantly Black neighborhoods in Chicago in violation of the Equal...
State Farm and Allstate Take Steps Toward Reopening California Home Insuran…
