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Pioneering affordable senior housing community breaks ground in Evanston

Evergreen Real Estate Group, along with Council for Jewish Elderly (doing business as CJE SeniorLife), announced the start of construction on Evanston Senior Housing, a…

Local and national developers team up to preserve affordable housing for seniors in South Chicago

At a time when many are worried about maintaining their homes, South Chicago residents received the good news that the two nonprofit community developers that…

Urban Innovations completes affordable housing project in Evanston

Urban Innovations completed construction of a ground-up, three-story, 16-unit affordable housing complex in Evanston, Illinois, on behalf of HOW, (Housing Opportunities for Women). The Chicago-based…

Evergreen Real Estate Group cuts ribbon on co-located senior housing/library in Irving Park

Evergreen Real Estate Group recently joined public-private partners for a ceremonial ribbon-cutting to celebrate the completion of Independence Apartments, a six-story, 44-unit affordable senior rental…

Northtown Apartments, affordable senior housing co-located with a public library, welcomes first move-ins

Evergreen Real Estate Group welcomed the first residents into Northtown Apartments, a 44-unit affordable senior housing community connected to and developed simultaneously with the new…

Evergreen Real Estate Group completes renovation of Bethel Terrace Apartments on Chicago’s South Side

Evergreen Real Estate Group has completed a $4 million renovation of Bethel Terrace Apartments, a 123-unit affordable senior housing community located at 900 W. 63rd…

Pre-leasing begins for mixed-use, mixed-income Rogers Park development

Pre-leasing for 111 apartments has begun at The Concord at Sheridan, a joint venture of Chicago-based The Habitat Company, Three Corners Development, the Chicago Housing…

Interra Realty brokers sale of South Side Chicago apartment building portfolio

Chicago-based Interra Realty brokered the sale of eight rental buildings with a total of 100 units in Chicago's Washington Park neighborhood. The $7.78 million sale…

Mayor Emanuel, The Habitat Company cut ribbon on East Garfield Park SRO

Chicago-based multifamily developer and property manager, The Habitat Company, completed a $16 million acquisition and rehabilitation of a 153-unit single room occupancy (SRO) community in…

Confronting the challenge of affordable housing

Financing for and development of affordable housing has long been a critical issue in the U.S. In Chicago, over 440,000 households pay more than half…