Illinois RealEstateRama

SPRINGFIELD, IL - June 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Home sales in Illinois recorded their best May performance since 2007, and year-over-year median sales prices moved into positive territory in the Chicago area for the first time in more than four years, data released by the Illinois Association of REALTORS® show

Chicago, IL - June 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Energy Department and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced on June 5 that Chicago, Illinois, is joining the Better Buildings Challenge, part of an initiative launched last year by President Obama to catalyze investment in commercial and industrial building energy upgrades and support new jobs across the country. As a partner in this national initiative, Chicago is committing to reduce energy use by 20% across nearly 24 million square feet of public and private building space within the next five years.

Chicago, Il - May 31, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- RKF is pleased to announce that Steve Schwartz and Lara Keene have joined the firm’s Chicago office as directors. Schwartz and Keene, formerly of Baum Realty Group, LLC, mark the latest additions to the RKF Chicago office, which opened this past April as part of the firm’s ongoing expansion into key urban markets nationwide. RKF continues to speak with a number of prominent retail leasing specialists and expects to keep growing its team in the coming months

CHICAGO, IL - May 25, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- After years of struggling with substance abuse and shuttling between relatives’ homes, veteran Steven G. Brooks finally has a stable place to call home and access to the training he needs to launch a new career. A 43-year-old Marine Corps veteran of the first Gulf War, Brooks is one of the new residents of Hope Manor Apartments, a new development on Chicago’s West Side that ensures 80 formerly homeless veterans have both a safe and supportive place to live

ADDISON, IL - May 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Just two years ago, restaurant equipment parts supplier Parts Town inked a 64,409-square-foot headquarters and distribution center lease in Addison, Ill., and now the company has expanded its presence at 1150A N. Swift Rd. to a total of 103,000 square feet. As in the earlier transaction, Parts Town was represented by the Cushman & Wakefield-Chicago Suburban team of Jason West, Sean Henrick and Michael Magliano. Cushman & Wakefield’s Britt Casey and Mike Hawryluk represented the ownership, a pension fund client of Lincoln Property Company affiliate Lincoln Advisory Group, Ltd.

Northbrook, IL - May 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Boulder Group, a net leased investment brokerage firm, has completed the sale of a single tenant triple net leased Bank of America property located at 3010 South Kedzie Avenue in Chicago, IL for $3,875,000.

SPRINGFIELD, IL - May 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Illinois home sales had their strongest showing in two years and statewide median prices remained steady for the second straight month, April data released by the Illinois Association of REALTORS® show.

ROSEMONT - April 24, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- To further Governor Pat Quinn’s commitment to protect Illinois families and communities from foreclosure, the Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) today helped kick off the free Help for Homeowners Community Event at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont.

SPRINGFIELD, IL - April 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Illinois home sales posted the best March sales numbers in four years, and median prices snapped a 20-month streak of price declines, data released by the Illinois Association of REALTORS® show.

CHICAGO, IL - April 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Pat Quinn sent a message of welcome to Illinois to federal housing leaders to Illinois as they addressed the 500 attendees at the Illinois Governor’s Conference on Affordable Housing at Chicago’s Navy Pier. Governor Quinn commends the state’s housing industry leaders for their dedication to ensure working families, seniors and people with disabilities access to have safe, affordable housing.

CHICAGO, IL - April 5, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Illinois Department of Human Rights (IDHR) teamed up today with the Chicago Area Fair Housing Alliance to kick-off Fair Housing Month with a discussion about the timely topic of: Opportunity Mapping: because where you live matters. Today’s panel is one of a series of events that will be held around the state as part of Fair Housing Month, which commemorates the 44th anniversary of the passage of the 1968 Federal Fair Housing Act. This year also marks the 33rd anniversary of the Illinois Human Rights Act, which is administered by IDHR and bars discrimination in housing

April 3, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Boulder Group, a national net lease investment brokerage firm, has been named the exclusive advisor for the sale of a single tenant net leased industrial building solely occupied by the GSA (Internal Revenue Service) at 1021 North Mitsubishi Motorway in Bloomington, Illinois.

HARRISBURG - April 2, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- At the direction of Governor Pat Quinn, the heads of a number of state agencies today announced in Harrisburg up to $13 million of financial aid and construction projects to help families, businesses and local governments recover from the deadly tornado that ravaged several Southern Illinois communities on Feb. 29. The package put together at the Governor’s instruction includes reimbursements to local governments for some of their disaster-related expenses, road improvements, grants to help homeowners repair or rebuild damaged homes, and low-interest business loans to create jobs and help businesses recover.

SPRINGFIELD, IL - March 27, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Pat Quinn today addressed the Illinois Association of Realtors Conference in Springfield. March is Affordable Housing Month, and the Governor’s remarks emphasized his administration’s commitment to creating affordable homeownership opportunities and foreclosure assistance programs.

SPRINGFIELD, IL - March 27, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- A surge of activity on Leap Day drove home sales to even higher levels in the state, according to data collected by the Illinois Association of REALTORS®.