Author: mark boyer
Free Smart Car for Berteau Terrace buyers
Are Smart Cars the new plasma TVs? The Macon Group is offering free Smart Cars to buyers who sign contracts at before October 1 at Berteau Terrace, [...]
Buying no longer an option, as Pure goes rental
When Joe looked through the Cook County records in May, he found that only four buyers had closed on their homes at Pure, the 67-unit residential de [...]
New additions to the River North skyline
Despite the icy credit market, cranes still dot the skyline in the Erie Park portion of River North and the nearby Fulton River District. From the u [...]
Exterior work wrapping at 155 North Aberdeen
It's been a long time coming, but it looks like 155 North Aberdeen is nearly ready for buyers to move in. I took a walk down Randolph Street in the [...]
Prices cut on Superior 110's remaining stock
With about 75 percent of the 58 condos in Superior 110 sold, developer JFJ Development is taking a knife to the prices on the remaining unsold homes. [...]
Closings to begin at the Signature Residences
When Joe and I visited Bronzeville's historic Calumet / Giles / Prairie District a few weeks ago, we stopped by the Signature Residences at 207 E 31 [...]
Enjoying the view from Silver Tower
If there's one thing that Stonegate Development's Silver Tower has going for it, it's the view. The 40-story high-rise is located on the western edg [...]
Take the plunge at these outdoor pools
After returning from Grand Plaza's outdoor pool area on Tuesday, I decided to try to pull together what photos I could of any and all outdoor pools at [...]
Rendering Flair Tower, before and after
I had always wondered if Flair Tower, the 198-unit apartment building under construction at the corner of Erie and Franklin streets, would look any [...]
Grand Plaza's pool and common amenities
For most of June and July, the weather in Chicago has been pretty mild. So mild, in fact, that until last week I only felt the need to turn the A/C [...]
Poem of the day: Shangri-La Shattered
Over at the Beachwood Reporter, poet-in-residence J.J. Tindall pens an ode to the 26-story concrete skeleton of the would-be Waterview Tower at 121 W [...]
Grand opening at 630 West Barry on Sunday
In late 2006, Yo writer Joel Hoglund reported that a new nine-unit condo development would be added to a preserved red-brick facade at 630 W Barry A [...]
Panorama-rama!: City views from Silver Tower
I posted a couple of view shots from the Silver Tower's 15th-floor model unit yesterday, but they didn't give the full picture. Joe stepped out on the [...]
Quote of the day: Don't get excited.
“When you go from nothing happening and the economy crashing to some activity, it is great, but it’s nothing to get all excited about.”
- Keith Stewa [...]
Inside an eighth-floor condo at 565 Quincy
In this second video from Joe's most recent visit to 565 Quincy, Joe enters a two-bedroom / two bath new-construction condo on the building's eighth [...]
Promo video gives first look inside 1919 Crystal
While poking around the development page for 1919 West Crystal on the Koenig & Strey Web site, I noticed a video link at the bottom of the page, [...]
A new look at Silver Tower's model and prices
We caught wind that a furnished model was open in Silver Tower, Stonegate Development's 40-story River North high-rise, so after lunch, Joe and I to [...]
Grand Plaza announces "bank-forced" sale
The Grand Plaza Penthouses, the condo conversion tower at 545 N Dearborn St in River North, is hosting a close-out, and it's not just any sale -- it [...]
15 South Racine and more in the West Loop
My attempts at visiting 15 South Racine, the contemporary eight-unit condo development at 15 S Racine Ave in the West Loop, have been unsuccessful s [...]
Prices cut by $25,000 on six Trio condos
On Tuesday, a post at CribChatter announced price reductions at Trio, RDM Development's three-building condo development at 650 - 670 W Wayman St in [...]