The seven-story Marriott Aloft is slated to open by the end of 2020 on the corner of Hill and Neil streets with 132 rooms, a bar on the first floor, and 'a robot that will come and deliver your food and beverage for room service.'
CHAMPAIGN — The Housing Authority of Champaign County has been awarded a $72,000 federal grant to help people participating in the agency’s Housing Choice Voucher program become more self-sufficient.
The resolution that aldermen will consider at tonight's meeting cites the rehabilitation or redevelopment of a blighted area as the city's reason to exercise its power, per state law. One of the holdouts said the highest offer she's received so far for her three-bedroom house is $45,000, which 'can't replace what I have here.'
The raffle was part of the Housing Authority Foundation’s gala held this past Saturday to raise money for scholarships. Antwuan Neely, a local Section 8 housing landlord who bought 11 total tickets at $100 apiece, ended up winning both houses, which he said he plans to rehab and make available as affordable housing.
If I am injured at a house my buddy was renting from his landlord and my injury was the result of some dangerous condition of the house, say the awning over the front porch fell on my head when I was ringing the doorbell, can I sue my buddy for the badly kept awning? Or must I only sue the l…
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Listed are permits for all new single-family and multifamily residences as well as commercial and industrial work and residential remodeling costing over $25,000. Permits are listed by applicant, description, site and cost.
The newly constructed four-story, 80-room TownePlace Suites by Marriott along Lynch Drive near Interstate 74 on the eastern outskirts of the city will cater to a niche market that was underserved locally, according to officials with Sunrise Hospitality, which owns the hotel and two adjacent properties, a Holiday Inn Express and a Hampton Inn.
URBANA — Though she hadn’t yet had a chance to read the entire Cunningham Township report on housing quality, Urbana Mayor Diane Marlin said Tuesday that some information presented at Monday night’s meeting was inaccurate.
CHAMPAIGN — The Housing Authority of Champaign County Enrichment Foundation will host a black-tie gala to raise money for scholarships.
Along with a request that aldermen look at the current rental-housing registration ordinance for possible amendments, Township Supervisor Danielle Chynoweth also encouraged them to push the Housing Authority of Champaign County to use some funds it has in savings to build more subsidized housing or expand housing vouchers.
News-Gazette staff writer Adalberto Toledo asked five community members what topic they’d put down as priority No. 1 for city officials.
Staff writer Paul Wood chats with the 46-year-old Champaign resident who serves as CEO and executive director of the Housing Authority of Champaign County.
Listed are permits for all new single-family and multifamily residences as well as commercial and industrial work and residential remodeling costing over $25,000. Permits are listed by applicant, description, site and cost.
The letter they signed advocates for two bills working their way through the Legislature: one to repeal the Rent Control Pre-emption Act and another that would institute rent control through regional boards that would set rent caps based on the consumer price index.
For this coming winter, both will operate at their current downtown Champaign facilities between Nov. 1 and April 15. But by Nov. 1, 2020, plans call for both to operate out of the C-U at Home building at 70 E. Washington St.
CHAMPAIGN — Julie Roth is the new president of the Champaign County Association of Realtors.
Mark Reed, who was instrumental in raising the banner of 'no big homes on small lots' two years ago, called the proposal that the city's plan commission is set to debate this week 'so complicated that nobody can respond to it unless you have a Ph.D. in urban planning.'
Listed are permits for all new single-family and multifamily residences as well as commercial and industrial work and residential remodeling costing over $25,000. Permits are listed by applicant, description, site and cost.
The Rantoul Village Board voted to join in June, and St. Joseph’s board did the same in August. The Champaign County Board is weighing its invitation, with its environment and land-use committee set to discuss the issue at its Oct. 10 meeting.
Video doorbells and smart light fixtures will be on display at homes and apartments in the Conway Farms subdivision in Mahomet developed by Tabeling Development.
Listed are permits for all new single-family and multifamily residences as well as commercial and industrial work and residential remodeling costing over $25,000.
Guests will be able to visit the selected homes in the Conway Farms subdivision of Mahomet and Urbana's South Ridge subdivision from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. today through Sunday, and again the following weekend.
In addition to hotels in Champaign-Urbana being without rooms, the Holiday Inn in Tuscola is full on Saturday, and the Best Western in Arcola is at two-thirds capacity.
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Listed are permits for all new single-family and multifamily residences as well as commercial and industrial work and residential remodeling costing over $25,000.
'I don't know if that would ever be our role,' facilitator Tracy Parsons said when asked if the group could urge the council to provide support for CU at Home, the organization currently operating the city’s only shelter at the former TIMES Center.
Jeri Lynn Collins, who owns the vacant, century-old building with her husband, Chris, said they have developed a new partnership with former Danville bankers Craig and Kim Campbell.
The combined budget to renovate both Townsend Hall and the smaller Wardall Hall was originally estimated at $55.5 million, then later increased to $59.5 million.
Listed are permits for all new single-family and multifamily residences as well as commercial and industrial work and residential remodeling costing over $25,000.
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s pen remains smoking hot with bill signatures this summer. Among them is the Immigrant Tenant Protection Act, effective Aug. 21. What is that?
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