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Chicago and Cook County property rights

Protecting Cook County owners when a public project reaches their property.

If an agency wants your home, business, investment property, or frontage, its offer is only the beginning. Cacciatore Law Group evaluates what is being taken, what the plans do to the property you keep, and whether the acquisition itself can be challenged or reduced.

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Why owners contact us

Your property deserves more than the agency's valuation.

Cook County owners face experienced acquisition teams, government appraisers, and project schedules built around the agency's needs. Cacciatore Law Group represents the owner. We examine access, parking, loading, tenant impacts, relocation, development potential, and damage to the remainder so negotiations reflect how the entire property works and what the taking actually costs you.

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What owners should examine

Do not let a narrow acquisition hide a larger loss.

A strip of frontage can remove parking, relocate a driveway, restrict turns, impair deliveries, or leave a building too close to the new right-of-way. Before signing an easement or accepting an offer, the acquisition documents and engineering plans should be reviewed together from the owner's perspective.

Active projects and owner concerns

Major Cook County projects moving now

Cook County reports 53 transportation projects underway or scheduled for 2026. These examples show why owners should look beyond the acquisition line and study the full construction plan.

Construction began in 2026

Touhy Avenue reconstruction

Cook County is reconstructing Touhy Avenue from Elmhurst Road to Mount Prospect Road. The work includes a new bridge over Union Pacific and the planned I-490, realigned intersections, drainage, lighting, and a shared-use path. Completion is expected at the end of 2027.

What property owners should examine

Industrial and commercial property near this freight corridor may be affected by access changes, intersection geometry, utility work, and construction staging.

Listed in construction

Old Orchard Road

The County lists the Old Orchard Road improvement from Woods Drive to Skokie Boulevard among its projects in construction. This is a developed corridor where roadway work sits close to retail, office, medical, and residential property.

What property owners should examine

Owners should compare proposed right-of-way and easements with parking fields, internal circulation, signage, and existing driveway movements.

Major construction underway in 2026

CTA Red Line Extension

CTA is extending the Red Line from 95th Street to 130th Street. Current work includes utilities, foundations, columns, demolition, and station-area construction. CTA has acquired properties for the alignment and provides acquisition and relocation information for affected owners and occupants.

What property owners should examine

Owners and tenants near the project may face acquisition, relocation, construction access, noise, vibration, street closures, or temporary business disruption. The value of real estate, improvements, and eligible relocation benefits should be evaluated separately and carefully.

Project information checked against the linked public sources on August 18, 2026. Schedules, acquisition limits, and designs can change.

Project and agency sources

Check the public record and the current plans.

The firm serves owners in Chicago, Evanston, Skokie, Des Plaines, Schaumburg, Oak Lawn, Orland Park, Chicago Heights, and communities throughout Cook County.

Other Illinois service areas

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Before you sign

Have the offer and plans reviewed together.

The documents should be evaluated as a single acquisition package, with attention to both the land requested and the property that remains.

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