For many small businesses, a landlord’s decision to sell up is the end of the story, another dream displaced by the pressures of speculation and gentrification. Not so for Hasta Muerte, an independent coffee shop in Oakland, California. Af…

Culture Club: Promotes art, design and cuisine at new site and in London, Sao Paolo. The tourists, shoppers and moviegoers who gather in throngs at the Hollywood & Highland complex now have the option to indulge in Japanese culture. The wo…

When you do any home improvement, you probably figure it’s also going to improve the value of your home. And it probably will improve the value… but, probably not as much as it cost you. In other words, if you spend $1,000 (for example), i…

Eleven40, a sleek new apartment tower at 1140 S Wabash, has an ideal South Loop location. Low Country, Five Guys, Artists Café, Eleven City Diner and other restaurants are steps from the front door. Trader Joe’s is across Wabash and Starb…

As antique warehouse Architectural Artifacts auctions off its collection in a move to downsize, Pagoda Red—renown purveyor of Chinese fine art, antiques, and furniture—is consolidating its Fulton Market and Winnetka galleries into a new No…

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With most of the attention on big projects going up in South Park and the Arts District, it’s always exciting when a relatively quieter part of downtown — in this case, Bunker Hill — gets in on the development action. Sitting high atop on …

An aerial view of The Waterworks greenspace (Courtesy UWID)The Upper Westside Improvement District has hired Russell Landscaping to begin work on the corner of Northside Drive and 17th Street, which will be transformed into a 4.5-acre comm…

Hey team Coach! This week’s post is a little different. I’m guest posting on GoCurryCracker today, an awesome FIRE blog all about travel and living life on your own terms. If you haven’t read GoCurryCracker before, the blog is written by J…

Why early buyers of the Trump Organization’s $200M Scottish housing project are raising eyebrows Despite the company’s golf courses in the country losing money, the project is allegedly attracting a large amount of attention September 16, …