One option, condominium deconversions, has continued to gain steam. Several Chicago buildings were sold recently with intentions to turn the properties into apartments. This option is popular amid a backdrop of high material and labor costs, but the process itself isn’t always easy. In a recent REJournals.com story, Taylor Johnson client Sonny Ginsberg, co-founder of Chicago-based law firm Ginsberg Jacobs LLC, gave an overview of the various challenges associated with a deconversion, such as getting 75 percent of unit owners to sign off on a sale.

Steven “Sonny” Ginsberg is a go-to expert on condo deconversion projects in Chicago.