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Real estate in the news: Navy Pier to get a hotel, real estate apps and the most expensive home in Chicago

Navy PierNavy Pier wants a boutique hotel on its east end, and this summer it will begin vetting real estate firms to build, finance and operate the proposed five-story venue.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-07-09/business/chi-navy-pier-hotel-20140709_1_boutique-hotel-proposed-hotel-hotel-developer

The industry is engaged in an endless, competitive frenzy of developing apps and website features intended to find your dream home — or at the very least, your friendly neighborhood real estate agent.

Red Lion

The Red Lion pub

http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/buy/sc-cons-0710-umberger-20140714,0,6991549.column

It’s been a long six-year wait, but the Red Lion Pub is finally reopening in Lincoln Park tonight. Sparkling new, and hopefully housing some of the same old ghosts.

http://chicago.eater.com/archives/2014/07/16/read-the-menu-and-draft-list-for-the-rebuilt-red-lion-pub-opening-tonight.php

A group that includes Brendan Sodikoff’s former Maude’s Liquor Bar executive chef Dustin Tripp is taking over the shuttered Johnny’s Grill space on the square and planning to open Georgia Mae’s at Johnny Grill.

http://chicago.eater.com/archives/2014/07/07/georgia-maes-at-johnnys-grill-dustin-tripp-sodikoff-maudes.php

Plans for a new 17-story Fulton Market hotel and entertainment complex have seen a major overhaul. The 60,000 square-foot complex in the West Loop is now scheduled to include bowling lanes, a stage, a restaurant and 18,000 square feet of ground-floor retail.

http://chicago.curbed.com/archives/2014/07/02/plans-for-fulton-market-brooklyn-bowl-lose-17story-hotel.php Mansion

This super-sized mansion became Chicago’s most expensive home last month when it was quietly listed for a whopping $18.75 million, but now the bonkers North Burling Street estate has been formally listed on the MLS for all eyes to see.

http://chicago.curbed.com/archives/2014/06/30/chicagos-most-expensive-home-officially-hits-the-mls.php