Chicago Properties News

Blackstone Said to Seek Debt in Bid to Seize Chicago Tower
The owners of Chicago’s fourth- tallest building are running out of time to refinance debt taken on during the property boom, setting the stage for a takeover fight for the tower as firms including Blackstone Group LP try to gain the upper hand in lender negotiations.

Top City Agent, Hasani Steele, Joins RE/MAX Premier Properties on Chicago’s Gold Coast
Hasani Steele, one of the top-producing Chicago real estate agents, has joined RE/MAX Premier Properties on Chicago’s Gold Coast.Chicago, IL (PRWEB) January 17, 2012 Hasani Steele, one of the top-producing Chicago real estate agents, has joined RE/MAX Premier Properties on Chicago’s Gold Coast. Janice Corley, the broker/owner of RE/MAX Premier Properties, compared the addition of Steele ...

AAA Chicago Five and Four Diamond Hotels and Restaurants Announced
AURORA, Ill., Jan. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- AAA Chicago announced the five restaurants and four lodgings named as AAA Five Diamond Award designees for 2012 in Illinois and northern Indiana.  All nine designees ...

GGP Shareholder Tax Basis Information Regarding the Distribution of Rouse Properties, Inc.
CHICAGO , Jan. 17, 2012  /PRNewswire/ -- On January 12, 2012 , General Growth Properties, Inc. (NYSE: GGP - News) distributed (the "Distribution") its shares in RPI to the shareholders of record as ...

Advocacy Workshop Series Announced for Chicago-Area Homeowners with a Bank of America, Citibank, JPMorgan, Wells Fargo ...
CHICAGO, Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Homeowners Advocates today announced a series of free workshops in 2012 to help Chicago-area homeowners better understand their property rights against major ...

Inland Western Announces Two New Ross Dress® for Less Stores in the Greater Chicago Area
Inland Western Retail Real Estate Trust, Inc. announced today that Inland Western Oswego Gerry Centennial LLC and Inland Western Gurnee LLC, two of its wholly owned subsidiaries, have signed leases with Ross Dress for Less to open two new stores in the Chicagoland area totaling 48,147 square feet.

Chicago Woman Fired for Doing Work at Lunch Wins Unemployment Claim
A Woman in Chicago Who Said She was Fired for Working During Lunch Wins Benefits

ELS Reports Fourth Quarter Results
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. today announced results for the three months and year ended December 31, 2011.