Yearly Archives: 2012

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

EUGENE, OR - June 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. announces Chicago, Illinois Realtor Chris Stefani has become the latest real estate professional to adopt a customizable IDX solution. By adding the unique IDX Broker software to his D’Aprile Properties, LLC website, Stefani has forever changed the way he does business and communicates with his clients online. As a member of the Midwest Real Estate Data MLS (MRED), Stefani’s IDX-enabled website now extracts raw listing data from MRED and seamlessly integrates it onto his search pages. Thousands of Illinois property listings are now easily accessible to home seekers through Stefani’s comprehensive online real estate resource

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

Torrance, CA - May 31, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- David C. Presser has joined national real estate law firm Pircher, Nichols & Meeks as an associate in its Chicago office. In his new position, he will focus on corporate transactions and private equity.

EUGENE, OR - May 30, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. and real estate professional Shannon Lewis of Raba Realty have enabled a remarkable IDX solution on her professional website with the premier IDX Broker software. Champaign County MLS (CHMLS) listings are displayed directly on the search page Lewis hosts online, giving area home seekers a comprehensive and efficient way to search through thousands of properties on the market without ever leaving the convenience Lewis’ website.

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.

EUGENE, OR - April 24, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Potential buyers in Chicago, Illinois now have a great resource for finding homes online: David Nadler of City Ranch Real Estate Services, LLC and IDX, Inc. The newly IDX enabled website features thousands of Midwest Real Estate MLS (MRED) detailed property listings. Nadler now hosts countless features on his website, which give his clients and other home seekers the unique ability to scan and customize their property search. With such unique search capabilities, it is no wonder that Nadler has enabled his own customizable IDX solution for his professional website.

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