The two-year transformation of Uptown’s former Combined Insurance building into a new striking apartment development known as the Draper is nearly complete. The adaptive reuse project at 5050 N.

The upcoming building will look very similar to this 2018 rendering but with “updated massing,” according to its developers. Pappageorge Haymes Partners/Onni Group A long-discussed—and, for some ...

Homeless Chicago residents “cannot close their doors to this virus,” said Mayor Lori Lightfoot at a press conference Monday after announcing additional efforts to help the city’s most vulnerable ...

The third and final high-rise of the multiphase plan to redevelop the Atrium Village housing complex into Old Town Park is now officially under construction on Chicago’s Near North Side. Developed by ...

Many Chicago buyers and sellers manage to close on a home amid the pandemic, but others have not been so lucky. For Cameron Leavitt, a construction manager who was in the middle of buying a unit in a ...

A fire that burned through Monday night has destroyed the landmark Lincoln Masonic Temple in downtown Aurora, according to fire officials. The long-vacant building burned from for about nine hours, ...

Green Living Room at 6431 S. Cottage Grove Ave. Margaret Tazioli For Naomi Davis, the soft opening of the Green Living Room in West Woodlawn on Saturday is no small thing. The space at 6431 S. Cottage ...

On Saturday, after an extension of the spring session, lawmakers decided on key legislation involving a state capital bill for infrastructure—something Illinois hasn’t had in about a decade. Governor ...

Former President Barack Obama presents early plans for the center in 2017. AP On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge John Robert Blakey dismissed a lawsuit to block the construction of the Barack Obama ...

Welcome to Curbed Comparisons, a weekly column that explores what you can buy for a specific dollar amount in various Chicago ‘hoods. We found five homes at or around today’s price of $775,000. Vote ...

House Calls, Curbed’s weekly tour series, takes you inside some of the most stylish and creative living spaces in Chicago. Over the years, the series highlighted works by big-name architects like ...