Category: Luxury homes
Luxury houses, townhouses, condominiums and lofts in Chicago.
Meet downtown's most expensive condos
Yesterday's Ritz-Carlton Residences update and all this talk about a tough luxury market (or no market whatsoever) made me wonder: Where are the mos [...]
Matt Garrison on Chicago's luxury home market
"The high end is the worst performing sector of the residential real estate market, unquestionably," economist Bernard Baumohl tells the [...]
The amazing shrinking Farwell Building
At this rate, the 11-story building that topped Preservation Chicago's 2007 Chicago 7 most-threatened list will soon be reduced to nothing. As we've [...]
Wrigleyville single-family home fit for a Cub
With near 60 degree weather and pitchers and catchers reporting to spring training last week, my associate and I decided to head over to 3733 N Lake [...]
Ten East Delaware down to last penthouse
Two posts about The Elysian in less than 24 hours? "This will not stand!" cried the competition at Ten East Delaware.
Okay, not really, but we did [...]
Sales update: A dozen full-floor homes left at Jameson's 50 East Chestnut
A few weeks ago, a reader used our tip line to ask about the status of 50 East Chestnut, Jameson Development's boutique high-rise at 50 E Chestnut [...]
Ritz-Carlton Residences near halfway point in sales
Back in the good old days (2006, to be exact), the Ritz-Carlton Residences high-rise made headlines for its Trump-topping average price per square foo [...]
Inside a $1.71 million penthouse at Waterview Tower
The reports of Waterview Tower’s financing hiccups last month didn’t scare away buyers. In fact, sales director Dorrie Freiman says the project is hav [...]
Yo tours Trump
See that? Even The Donald knows how to "Yo!"
Mark and I took a trip on Monday to Trump's umpteenth ceremony in honor of his International Hotel and [...]
Slight delay for new Wicker Park luxury condos
Back in June, we reported on the latest offering from RMR Group and Studio Dwell Architects: a nine-unit luxury project at 1919 W Crystal St in Wick [...]
Builders moving dirt at Terrazio's future home
Many buyers associate luxury living with the South Loop's ubiquitous high-rise towers. It's worth noting, however, that some developers are building [...]
Developer plans to live in four-story Old Town project
Palais 1418, a four-unit development at 1418 N LaSalle St, would like to claim the Gold Coast as its home neighborhood - but alas, it's a bit too far [...]
Sales update: 2 condos remaining at 1259 W Adams
The five-unit building at 1259 W Adams St has been in delivery for a year or more, but two "vanilla-box" homes remain. (That makes the development 60 [...]
Irish buyers get first crack at Pure2o in Uptown?
Remember the Pure2o teaser that went up in Uptown a couple weeks back? Well, a little digging uncovered a development profile on Castleroc Estates' We [...]
Don't ignore this pillar at Legacy at Millennium Park
Sometimes construction decisions manifest themselves as intriguing design elements. Consider this photo of Legacy at Millenium Park, a 72-story high [...]
James Place proposal scrapped
James Place, a 16-story luxury high-rise planned for 100 W Huron St in River North, has been canceled. The news comes just a few weeks after we checke [...]
First Trump flip sells for $899,000
Surprise! The flipping has begun at Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago.
The Sun-Times reports that the owners of a 21st-story hotel condom [...]
Construction update: Legacy at Millenium Park's dividing line
I wanted to hammer out a few witty comments to accompany this construction photo from the Legacy at Millennium Park, something about how the design [...]
High-rise rendering and updated pricing for Peshtigo
Here's an update to yesterday's post about the Peshtigo at 515 N Peshtigo Ct in Streeterville. Related Midwest's marketing folks have sent along the c [...]
Peshtigo renderings evoke warm summer days
Jaimie Altman, senior marketing manager for Related Midwest, sent me a few renderings of Peshtigo, the firm's new high-rise planned for 515 N Peshtigo [...]