A 1907 house on Melrose Avenue in Kenilworth sold for $4.6 million to lead the Chicago metro area’s top five reported home sales for the week ending August 16, 2026.
A full-floor residence at One Chicago on West Superior Street sold for $7.87 million to lead the five highest-priced home sales publicly reported in the Chicago, Illinois metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026.
Five of the highest-priced publicly reported home sales in the Chicago, Illinois metro area for the week ending Sunday, August 2, 2026 β $20.91 million combined, led by a $5.6 million Lincoln Park closing, with the week’s only over-ask bidding war at No. 3.
Mayor Brandon Johnson joined developers to break ground on converting a 25-story office tower at 500 N. Michigan Ave. into 320 apartments, including 64 affordable units, in a $162 million project.
A JPMorgan Asset Management fund and Sterling Bay refinanced their 500,000-square-foot Fulton Market office tower at 360 North Green Street with a three-year, $213 million loan from Barings.
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