Union Pacific will be the exclusive sponsor of the Abraham Lincoln bicentennial exhibition, which opens at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., February 12, 2009, in celebration of Lincoln’s 200th birthday. America’s 16th president, Lincoln was a great railroad advocate and is considered the father of the transcontinental railroad. He signed the Pacific Railroad [...]

In the first half of 2007, home and condo sales in Washtenaw County fell nearly 16 percent compared to the same period in 2006 - the largest midyear sales drop in at least seven years, statistics show.
“The inventory of homes is still very large and getting larger, in my opinion,” said Timm Williams, an [...]

Karen Simonsen and Linda Sherline bought a three-bedroom, three bath condo in The Conservatory at 2314 N. Lincoln Park West for $1.2 million from Russell and Carla Paonessa on April 26.
Simonsen is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP in Chicago, a position she’s held since 1994. She works in [...]

As the debate over affordable housing picks up steam, a new study analyzing 15 years of Chicago’s boom in residential construction found that for every 1,000 condominium units a neighborhood gained, it lost, on average, 27 small apartment buildings and about six large ones.
The study, to be released Monday, offers the sharpest snapshot yet of [...]

After just three weeks of public marketing, 104 of the 314 units in the first large condo building planned for Lincoln Park since the 1970s are under purchase agreements with 10 percent deposits, said the developer, John T. Murphy, co-principal of Ricker-Murphy Development LLC.
Despite a slowing housing market elsewhere, the units at Lincoln Park [...]

Plans to demolish the Lincolnsvale condominium at Surrey Road have been put on hold after one family refused to move out of their apartment.
This, after the property was acquired by Sim Lian Land, for more than $50 million.
The developer says it will visit the family in the coming days, hoping to resolve the matter amicably, [...]

Coastal Hotel Group has been selected to manage The Inn at Otter Crest, a 280-unit condominium-hotel on the central coast of Oregon, reports Yogi Hutsen, Coastal’s President & CEO.
According to Hutsen, “The Inn at Otter Crest is a key addition to the Coastal portfolio, particularly because of its geographic proximity, both to our corporate [...]

SPRINGFIELD — Reversing his predecessor’s policy, new state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias is encouraging his aides and other government workers to stay at a Springfield hotel that owes millions of dollars to the state.
The move follows a Sangamon County judge’s decision last week to place the President Abraham Lincoln Hotel and Conference Center into receivership, a [...]

Apartment rents in six northern Alameda County cities went up an average of 10.9 percent last year due to strong job growth and a shortage of apartments, according to a survey released Wednesday by a property owners group.
Rents for all types of apartments in Alameda, Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland and Piedmont averaged $1,142 last year, [...]

EASTHAMPTON - Two construction projects have been submitted to the Planning Board, including a 13-unit subdivision on Hendricks Street and 12 condominiums on Maine Avenue.
In addition, the Planning Board has scheduled a hearing on a request for a moratorium on condominium projects for those 55 and older on March 13 at 6:15 p.m. at the [...]

A once deserted West Side corridor is about to begin its transition into one of New York City’s most exciting residential neighborhoods with the opening of Archstone Clinton, a spectacular high-rise luxury apartment community that stretches from 51st Street to 53rd Street along the westerly blockfronts of Tenth Avenue. With leasing now officially underway and [...]

LoopNet, Inc., which operates the largest and most heavily trafficked commercial real estate and businesses-for-sale marketplaces online, announced today that it will ring the NASDAQ Stock Market’s opening bell on Monday, February 12 at 9:30 a.m. EST. LoopNet’s participation in this event marks its first year as a NASDAQ company. Richard Boyle, LoopNet’s Chief Executive [...]