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- Double-house in Lincoln Park is now for sale; it’ll likely be demolished for a faux French mansion (Curbed)
- Two wower cranes installed at the Wanda Vista Tower construction site in Lakeshore East (Building Up Chicago)
- Blacks are applying for fewer mortgages in the post-recession period compared to other non-white groups (Crain’s)
- 56-story high-rise next to Essex Inn across from Grant Park (called Essex on the Park) acquires $170 million in financing (Curbed)
- 4th Ward Alder Sophia King says what she thinks should happen on the former Michael Reese hospital site in Bronzeville (WTTW video)
- A high-rise is proposed for a surface corner parking lot in Hyde Park next to Metra station (Curbed)
- Mega Mall in Logan Square, being demolished, was part of auto mall section of Milwaukee Ave. (DNAinfo)
- Outside investors are snatching up Chicago office lofts (Crain’s)
- Here’s a “comprehensive” map and list of breweries in and near Chicago (The Hop Review)
- A critical review of Studio Gang’s City Hyde Park high-rise (Metropolis)