Sara McDaniel bought the eight abandoned villa-style apartments in Minden, Louisiana for $50,000. Sara McDaniel moved to Minden, Louisiana in 2016 and fell in love with the city.

advertisement 02-04-2025 IMPACT How abandoned office buildings in L.A. could be transformed into $1,000 a month studio apartments ...

Chicago had some of the worst disparities in the county, with businesses’ tax bills dropping nearly 20% while residential bills increased by more than 16% during the 2021 to 2023 reassessment cycle.

6 homes damaged as Chicago Heights firefighters battle fires that started in abandoned buildings Water main break, construction delayed firefighters' efforts By Stephanie Wade and Evelyn Holmes, via ...

Groups have fought for years to save the Century and Consumers buildings at 202 and 220 S. State St., both rare surviving examples of the Chicago School of Architecture that had been at risk of ...

When the Chicago Board of Education made the decision to close 50 public schools in 2013, it set a goal to sell or tear down all the closed buildings by 2017. But today, 21 of the 50 abandoned ...

The median cost for rent and utilities in Chicago apartments built since 2010 was more than $2,200, whereas the cost was $1,982 for apartments built between 2000 and 2009 and less than $1,500 for ...

The co-living apartments could also be built for less than $200,000 each, according to the study. Gensler and Pew identified about 30 buildings in Chicago that are ripe for conversion into co ...