Author: mark boyer

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Fountain View bringing retail to Lincoln Square

Fountain View bringing retail to Lincoln Square

During our visit to Lincoln Square on Tuesday, Joe and I passed by Fountain View, which is located at 2326 W Giddings St, to see if any of the fi [...]
Construction moving forward on The Silver District's sixth floor, waiting at 2808 West North

Construction moving forward on The Silver District's sixth floor, waiting at 2808 West North

When I visited The Silver District in late March, the building looked complete -- it had a roof, all the windows were in place, and the furnished mo [...]
17 condos coming to Hubbard and Racine

17 condos coming to Hubbard and Racine

I noticed this four-story building under construction while walking home from the Yo office last week. At the time, I tried asking one of the constr [...]

Buyers keep walking from downtown contracts

In his latest column, Sun-Times real estate writer David Roeder addresses the rising "walkaway" rate -- the number of buyers who fail to close on home [...]
Behind the Near West Side's industrial facade

Behind the Near West Side's industrial facade

Rubloff agent and Yo contributor Eric Rojas was recently giving a showing at The Avenue on Grand, a new-construction development at 1845 - 1847 W Gran [...]
Jackson Park's lagoons and Japanese garden

Jackson Park's lagoons and Japanese garden

Jackson Park is largely defined by water. The park is bordered to the east by Lake Michigan, and it has two large lagoons and a harbor. In Part 1 of [...]
Jackson Park and the 63rd Street Beach

Jackson Park and the 63rd Street Beach

Jackson Park is one of the city's biggest parks, spanning the South Side neighborhoods of South Shore, Woodlawn and Hyde Park, and it's one of the c [...]
DenMax builds eight condos in Ukrainian Village

DenMax builds eight condos in Ukrainian Village

With about half of condos remaining at The Lumiere, 2408 W Rice St in Humboldt Park, DenMax Corp has launched another condo development at 2242 W Ch [...]
Prices at Sky Life come down to Earth

Prices at Sky Life come down to Earth

When it first hit the market in the spring, the six three-bedroom condos in Sky Life, which is located at 925 N Larrabee St, at the boundary of Cabr [...]
Joewalking the Calumet / Giles / Prairie District

Joewalking the Calumet / Giles / Prairie District

In the latest "Joewalking" installation, Joe and I headed down to The Gap to view the historic Calumet / Giles / Prairie District, which is located [...]
A slice of Logan Square in Grand Boulevard

A slice of Logan Square in Grand Boulevard

Don't let the name fool you: This eight-unit condo development that's being marketed as "The Logan Square" is actually located at 4913 - 4929 S King [...]
On the street near CA23, in the West Loop

On the street near CA23, in the West Loop

Jennifer Mills is a Realtor with Koenig & Strey GMAC, but yesterday she agreed to serve as Joe Zekas' tour guide, as she stood on Madison Street [...]

Trib: Greenline planning cohousing project

According to a report from Chicago Tribune real estate reporter Mary Ellen Podmolik, Greenline Development president Benjamin Van Horne and a group of [...]
Deconstruction update: Chicago Ave demolition

Deconstruction update: Chicago Ave demolition

We may never know if the condo owners from the 19-unit condo building at 825 N Hudson St were behind it, but one thing is certain: The Chicago Housi [...]
Mostly one-bedrooms with dens left at VB1224

Mostly one-bedrooms with dens left at VB1224

When I visited VB1224 in late January, @properties agent Beth Repta hinted that some price reductions were in the works, to kick-start sales in the [...]
Paint update: Silver Tower and Trio whiten up

Paint update: Silver Tower and Trio whiten up

A few weeks ago, Joe and I noticed that some white paint was being tested on the upper floors of Silver Tower, Stonegate Development's 40-story hig [...]

Quote of the day: Encouraging news

“The most encouraging part of this news is that this is the second month with very strong inquiries for new projects. A growing number of architecture [...]
Deliveries at 155 North Aberdeen set for July

Deliveries at 155 North Aberdeen set for July

It was a pretty slow winter at 155 N Aberdeen St in the West Loop, but Utopian Properties' 12-unit condo development is finally nearing completion. [...]
$400,000 price reduction at 2225 West Race

$400,000 price reduction at 2225 West Race

The nine-unit building at 1919 W Crystal St isn't the only new-construction development designed by Studio Dwell Architects with price reductions. T [...]
Dwindling availability at two new-construction developments in Heart of Chicago

Dwindling availability at two new-construction developments in Heart of Chicago

Pilsen gets all of the attention, but Heart of Chicago, Pilsen's neighbor to the west, might be a better 'hood for new-construction condos. Koenig & [...]
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