The Chicago Illusions building gets a tax break because it has two apartments — even though it appears those units are used as part of the business.
Source: Chicago.suntimes.com
USA – CHICAGO – Behind the blacked-out windows of a Near West Side storefront building, 10 dominatrixes offer clients a variety of services at what’s billed as “Chicago’s premier dungeon,” catering to people with sexual fetishes.
For 32 years, Chicago Illusions has been in business there.
For the past two decades, the property owner has taken advantage of a Cook County program to give tax breaks to owners of small storefront buildings that also have apartments. He’s used that program to cut his real estate taxes by 60% a year — for a tax savings totaling nearly $300,000.
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