The motion to dismiss is the latest twist in a monthslong conflict over the city's move to make it easier to construct larger buildings on Broadway.

Chicago’s already slow development pipeline just hit another snag — this one self-inflicted. The interim chair of the Chicago City Council’s Zoning Committee is pulling the emergency brake, suspending ...

The blight of banal architecture surrounding Wrigley Field, as detailed in Edward Keegan’s recent Tribune column, is sadly not an isolated situation on Chicago’s North Side. In recent years, Chicago’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHICAGO — As the departure of Ald. Walter Burnett leaves Mayor Brandon Johnson with the challenge of picking his third Zoning ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The interim chair of the Chicago City Council’s Zoning Committee is halting its meetings to try to force Mayor Brandon Johnson to ...

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Evanston is contemplating an alteration to its zoning laws that would eliminate single-family-only zoning for neighborhoods and allow multi-unit buildings on any residential lot. The Chicago suburb ...

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Mayor Brandon Johnson scored a procedural win for his environmental agenda this week, moving a long-stalled zoning measure out of legislative purgatory. But the fight over the Hazel Johnson Cumulative ...

On Dec. 14, the Chicago City Council approved an amendment to the Chicago Zoning Ordinance waiving the limit on the amount of efficiency units in developments that are in close proximity to a transit ...

The weather is getting nicer — but no amount of sunshine will thaw the zoning across Chicago’s Southwest Side, which is frozen in time. Walk through the West Elsdon, Archer Heights or West Lawn ...