Some of the 20 confirmed targeted properties:
Five residential buildings on Wilton Avenue, including a 14-unit condo building built seven years ago. Condos in the building are worth at least $300,000 each, according to assessor’s office. Others start at $424,000 and climb to more than $600,000.
A building at 3334 N. Clark St. with three filled storefronts and office space, which had an estimated value of $2.5 million in August 2012, according to public records.
Bolat African Cuisine, 3346 N. Clark St.
Johnny O’Hagan’s, 3374 N. Clark St.
The historic Vautravers building, 947-949 W. Newport Ave.
3401 N. Clark St., including Big Cheese Poutinerie, Fiesta Cantina, Beer on Clark, Clark Street Beach and Gold Crown Liquors.
3406 N. Sheffield. The commercial building started filing for renovation permits last June, according to public records. Owners bought the building in 2012 for $1.6 million and took out a $2.1 million mortgage last July. Renovations, including a total rebuild of three storefronts, were estimated to cost at least $253,000, according to building permits. The restoration is about halfway done, and part of the building is already leased out.