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New magnet school planned for old Jefferson School in University Village
Following months of lobbying by area residents, Chicago Public Schools approved a plan to open a new K-8 magnet school in the former Jefferson School [...]
Marcel Freides-designed home sells in DePaul
It had been about 15 years since I last spoke with architect Marcel Freides. He’d since moved to one of the spectacular canyons off Mulholland Dr [...]
A $2.6M Uptown sale? If only…
A Crain's news nugget about a $2.69 million sale in Uptown had me all excited this afternoon -- after all, the median sale price for an Uptown sin [...]
Quote of the day: Giving it away at 200 Squared
"To get people in, they've needed to give away the store."
- Fifield Companies President Steven Fifield, giving his take on a competitor's attempt [...]
Triumvera’s HOA from hell
Seeing a new listing at 3700 Capri Ct at Triumvera set me off on a walk down memory lane. The listing states that it’s in Glenview, but it’s actua [...]
New year, new listings: Six new condos for sale at 1162 West Hubbard
Back in July 2009, Mark Boyer stumbled upon a 17-unit condo building under construction at 1162 W Hubbard St in West Town. He couldn't get a lot o [...]
Adler home for sale in Highland Park
Six months ago Ned Skae alerted me to the possibility that a record number of homes designed by architect David Adler were on the market in Lake F [...]
Parking comes separately for $3.95M Gold Coast penthouse
Speaking of Astor Street, there's more to the Gold Coast co-op market than just the stately high-rises of East Lake Shore Drive. The 1200 block of [...]
Lenders walk away from Chicago homes
Mortgage lenders sometimes abandon foreclosure suits before completion. Taking title to the home, when all is said and done, may result in the lender’ [...]
Will Mount Prospect drain retail from Arlington Heights?
When suburbs lose retailers they lose more than just stores, jobs and community vitality. They lose sales tax revenues that can reduce property ta [...]
North Shore new construction – a new rule of thirds?
During most of 2006 I was actively tracking the status of every new construction home on Chicago’s North Shore.
In May of 2006 developer Cypre [...]
Kelleher wants $16M for Gold Coast mansion
World-famous hole digger Garrett Kelleher is trying to unload his century-old mansion at 1416 N Astor St for $16 million, says Dennis Rodkin. It's [...]
Child development center near Lexington Square earns national accreditation
Bridgeport Child Development Center II has earned accreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children, the nation’s leadin [...]
Are smaller lakefront condos headed for decline?
Recently, at sites where the wishful-thinkers don their blinkers and gather to blather about the future of Chicago’s lakefront market, there’s been a [...]
The end of Cabrini Green
Last night, WGN-TV looked back at the final days of Cabrini Green and interviewed some of the last people to leave it. Despite its reputation as a [...]
Lincoln Park two / twos — they aren’t hard to find
Who said it was tough finding a two-bedroom / two-bath condo with garage parking in Lincoln Park? Anyone who can work a home search can find plenty of [...]
Is Jameson the mood ring of the market?
In 2010, Jameson "painted the town red," a slogan that more accurately captured the mindset of a Chicago seller than the brokerage had probably i [...]
Riverwoods, where home prices took a 40% hit
Last July Bill and Sherry Kaplan, long-time friends, took me on a driving tour (video playlist) of Riverwoods, the closest-in approximation of a r [...]
Choice cuts: Lake View single-family now $50K below ’03 sale price
On Monday a contemporary single-family home at 1527 W Nelson St in Lake View dropped from $849,000 to $790,000, $50,000 below its August 2003 sale pri [...]
Case-Shiller review singles out troubles in Chicago’s condo market
Standard & Poor's new review of Case-Shiller 2010 home value data doesn't have a lot of good news for Chicago. In fact, it devotes most of its "Condom [...]