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Register for Chicago Real Estate Conference to Save
What do you think is going to happen in the commercial real estate industry in 2012? Want to hear the opinion of a Chicago real estate legend? The 10th Annual Commercial Real Estate Forecast Event is set for January 24 in downtown Chicago, and if you register early, you’ll save. Produced by the Illinois Real [...]
Chicago Real Estate Magnate Buying Luxury Hotel
Chicago real estate‘s most successful investor has agreed to purchase a Gold Coast hotel for about $95 million. Sam Zell has secured a deal to buy the independent Elysian Hotel with plans to turn it into a Hilton chain brand, according to Crain’s Business. The price tag for the 188-room hotel comes out to about [...]
Chicago Real Estate Magnate City’s Richest
Even though the Chicago real estate market is doing so poorly, a real estate investor is Chicago’s richest resident. Forbes magazine has released its annual list of the 400 richest Americans. Sam Zell, who was ranked No. 66 in the country, sits atop the Windy City pack with a net worth of $4.7 billion. The [...]
Chicago to Host North American Real Estate Event
A Chicago real estate conference set for this week will play host to the continent, while a webcast will allow participants to join in from anywhere in the world. The sixth annual North American Real Estate Conference is set for Thursday, September 22 at the Peninsula Hotel, 108 E. Superior Street, Chicago. The event attracts [...]
Zell Invests in Distressed Chicago Real Estate
One of the most successful Chicago real estate investors has purchased another piece of Chicago real estate. Financier Sam Zell is part of a group that has bought a controlling stake in a premiere office building located at 200 S. Wacker in Chicago. Zell, his company Equity Group Investments, and Transwestern Investment Co., bought 90 [...]
