Author: joel
Cusack makes a killing on Ravenswood home
The RedEye this morning made mention of one of Chicago's heftier celebrity real estate transactions -- actress Joan Cusack sold her 19th-century Rav [...]
Work in progress: ParkView in South Streeterville
While we're on the subject of ParkView, we thought we'd check in on that South Streeterville development, which could end up being a close neighbor t [...]
Quote of the day: no more easy money
"When we first started at ParkView [in April 2005], we did see a few more speculators, but I think that market has kind of quieted itself. I think the [...]
Laying the foundation for 1600 Museum Park
We've already shown you a 360-degree view of the site of 1600 Museum Park, but we also hopped up on the railroad tracks, Stand By Me-style, to get a [...]
Quote of the day: the ups and downs of real estate
"Chicago has been the fulcrum of the teeter-totter. It has never gotten up as high as New York, Miami, California -- and never as low. It's much more [...]
Deal of the day: Dubin pays for old home
Developer Dubin Residential has found the solution for buyers who are looking to purchase one of its Wabash Club townhomes but are having trouble un [...]
Quote of the day: when the market returns
“When the market returns -- and it will, as it always does -- I don’t believe that if we tried we would be able to build enough multi-family housing t [...]
Build a $5 mil single-family in the Gold Coast
Plans and permits are in place for a buyer with some serious scratch to build this 6,400-square-foot single-family home at 22 E Elm St in the Gold Co [...]
Deal of the day: parking twofer at ArmitEdge
It may be beyond annoying to write out the ArmitEdge (seen under construction in September 2006), but that won't stop us from passing along a deal at [...]
Are $100,000 showers the next ultra-luxury trend?
The Great Lakes hold 20 percent of the world's fresh water, and we'll need every bit of it if the $100,000 shower ever catches on in Chicago. We've [...]
Vaughn + Chicago real estate = box office gold
If you had any doubts that Chicago real estate was exciting enough to warrant its own Web site, think again -- it's apparently exciting enough for it [...]
Quote of the day: the not-so-amazing disappearing condo projects
"I definitely do think that we could see some projects that just decide that they haven't achieved the sales velocity that they really needed, and I t [...]
South Loop's Columbian nearing completion
Most of what's springing up in nearby Museum Park is modern, heavy on glass and concrete, but The Columbian, at Michigan Avenue and Roosevelt Road, i [...]
Construction update: Jackson Square at West End
It seems like we've been watching the construction at Jackson Square at West End forever, but a 780-unit community doesn't exactly spring up overnig [...]
Franklin Park "marvel" converted to lofts
It's not too often we see suburban loft conversions, let alone the conversion of a building called the "technical marvel of its time." JDL Developme [...]
Deal of the day: 4 percent of mortgage from Thrush
Thrush Real Estate is offering buyers at either of its two new-construction projects -- Jazz on the Boulevard (pictured) and 740 Fulton -- 4 percent [...]
Construction update: The Chandler
The Chandler will only have its moment in the sun at Lakeshore East until the highly anticipated Aqua, now under construction, begins to rise, so w [...]
Designer lofts without the hassle at Kissel Kar Lofts
AtProperties’ Pamela Holt knows new-home buyers are busy people. Most don’t have the time or desire to spend hours scrutinizing over paint chips and [...]
Ripped from the headlines: Naperville apartment complex on the block
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Downtown colleges mull expansions Crain's
"Gnome planks" on display AC Plus
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7 lots remain at Bridgeport Village
When we visited Bridgeport Village last summer, we found more green -- the literal kind, not the bamboo-floors-and-LED-lights kind -- than we've see [...]