Green Courte Partners, LLC Announces Strategic Partnership With Scully Partners LLC

Green Courte Partners, LLC announce the formation of a strategic partnership with Mark Scully to expand Green Courte’s focus on the ownership, leasing and development of “Main Street” retail/mixed-use properties in Colorado. Scully will provide regional oversight of Green Courte’s existing projects in Steamboat Springs, Boulder and Ft. Collins, and will assist in identifying new investment opportunities throughout the state. Randy... 

Blackstone Hotel: 636 South Michigan Avenue

Considered one of the city’s finest historic hotels, the Blackstone is a fanciful example of the “Modern French” style of Beaux Arts architectural style. The hotel was built in 1908 and designed by the prominent architecture firm of Marshall & Fox. Known as the “Hotel of Presidents,” the hotel has hosted a dozen U.S. Presidents and was also the location of the famous “smoke-filled room” where Warren G. Harding was chosen as the... 

Seven Houses on Lake Shore Drive District: 1530 North Lake Shore Drive

The seven grand mansions on the 1200- and 1500-blocks of North Lake Shore Drive are rare survivors of what was a prestigious residential street in late-19th century and early-20th-century Chicago. The residence at 1530 Lake Shore Drive was built in 1916 for Bernard Albert Eckhart, a prominent businessman, philanthropist, and politician. The architect, Benjamin H. Marshall, was renowned for the designs of the Blackstone Hotel, the South Shore Country... 

Chicago’s Historic Places Revitalized; 22 Properties to Be Honored at Landmark Preservation Awards

The mansions of magnates, the hotel of presidents, the turn-of-the-century homes of Chicagoans, and other community treasures have recently been restored with special attention to historic architectural features. These and other Landmark buildings and their owners, 22 in all, honored today with the Chicago Landmark Award for Preservation Excellence. ADVERTISEMENT “It’s an honor to recognize these outstanding citizens who are truly dedicated...