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Vacant Building

Revitalizing Chicago's blighted, vacant land

  • Feb 19, 2025

New South Side restaurant revitalizes previously vacant building

  • Feb 23, 2024

Fire breaks out at NW Indiana high school building: authorities

  • Dec 10, 2023

Film production complex to open at vacant NW Side warehouse next year

  • May 22, 2023

Brick falls off vacant building, narrowly missing baby and woman

  • Mar 21, 2023

Brick falls off vacant building, crashes through bedroom ceiling

  • Mar 20, 2023

Loop retail vacancy rate higher than ever but signs show tide turning

  • Mar 17, 2023

Pop-up businesses opening in vacant South Shore storefronts

  • Jan 13, 2023

Latest Videos

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Restaurant opens in vacant space purchased from Cook County Land Bank Authority

  • Feb 23, 2024
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Stranger finally moves out after living in Chatham home for sale against owner's permission

  • Sep 29, 2022
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Englewood house fire leads to death investigation after body found

  • Mar 6, 2021
1:52

Aurora fire tears through vacant building

  • Mar 2, 2021
0:37

Woman charged after children found in vacant apartment: police

  • Jan 2, 2021
1:42

North Chicago program demolishes vacant properties in effort to revive communities

  • Jan 30, 2020
1:41

After 6 years without grocery store, South Shore neighbors get new Local Market

  • Dec 11, 2019
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Converting vacant properties into affordable home

  • Jun 11, 2019

Latest Stories

Stranger finally moves out after living in Chatham home for sale against owner's permission

The woman inside claimed she was the victim of a scam, and that she signed a lease and paid someone thousands up front to live there.

  • Sep 29, 2022

Chicago woman starts eviction process against stranger who moved into vacant home, refuses to leave

"I'm not going to stop until she's out. It's just not right," said Chatham homeowner Danielle Cruz.

  • Sep 10, 2022

Stranger who moved into vacant Chatham home, refuses to leave says she was scammed

While the woman inside plans to move out eventually, she said she wasn't going to just "up and leave" and end up on the street.

  • Jun 16, 2022

Chicago woman says stranger moved into vacant Chatham home, refuses to leave

A Chicago woman said she listed her Chatham home for sale, but, shortly after, a stranger moved in and is refusing to leave.

  • Jun 9, 2022

Woman struck by falling concrete in Wicker Park must re-learn how to read, write

A woman's skull was smashed by concrete falling from a Wicker Park building.

  • Apr 19, 2022