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Architect Brad Lynch selling "non-traditional" North Center home for $2.6 million
Single-families in North Center sold for about $767,000 on average between July 1, 2009, and June 30, 2010, making it the most expensive North Side [...]
$300K in Old Town — what's selling, what's for sale
The median sale price for a condo or townhome in Old Town over the past six months has been just over $300,000, according to MLS data collected by Re [...]
Curbed comes to town
Give a warm welcome to Curbed Chicago, which debuted this morning with seven pages of real estate news and gossip live and ready to read. At the helm [...]
From the vault: A drive through Marycrest
Jump in the Yo-mobile and take a ride through Marycrest. Joe and Val Zekas drove through the residential and commercial parts of this 1990s subdivis [...]
Walking Lake Shore Drive: Francesca and Joe on 600 Lake Shore
The two towers of 600 Lake Shore Drive are among Francesca Rose's favorite new buildings. The towers are considered by many to be some of the best w [...]
Riding the rails: "Average" homes near Thorndale
The average sale price of a single-family home in Edgewater over the past year has been just under $590,000, and the average for a condo was just ov [...]
A new-construction fixer-upper with 5,800 square feet in West Garfield Park
I look at this listing and ask two questions: Why was someone building a 5,600 square-foot single-family home in West Garfield Park in 2008, and wha [...]
Structural damage: "It's not going to get better on its own — it just gets worse"
Home inspector Tom Corbett points out a classic case of a structural deficiency in a Chicago home: a timber beam that has slipped from its pocket an [...]
Aqua apartments deal goes down the drain
Crain’s ChicagoBusiness spills the story that a Dallas-based investor has washed out of its deal to soak up a 75% stake in the Aqua apartments. [...]
Want to live in the country’s most dangerous neighborhood?
The area bounded by Kinzie St (400 N) on the north, Washington Blvd (100 N) on the south, Damen Ave (2000 W) on the east and Western Ave (2400 W) may [...]
Quote of the day: You are your kitchen
Over the years I’ve been in a number of homes built or renovated by the award-winning design-build firm of Benvenuti and Stein, but had never met an [...]
Identifying electrical deficiencies in basements
In this segment from our wide-ranging discussion about home inspections and common home safety issues, Tom Corbett of Tomacor points out several ele [...]
A high-floor duplex at Chicago’s Water Tower Place
Join Tina Culver on the 67th and 68th floors of Water Tower Place for a video tour of a showplace decorator home.
The 2-bedroom home, with two-and- [...]
In other news – good reads from the feed
Not every story we add to our Chicago Real Estate News feed warrants "top story" status or a "quote of the day" post, but that doesn't make it any l [...]
One of these things is not like the others
An urban legend has it that 2625 N Clark St, now known as Clark Place Condos, was designed by a California architect who had never visited the site. [...]
Yo in review: September 25 – October 2
Can’t keep up with YoChicago throughout the week? Here are some stories you may have missed:
Home inspections in Chicago: Tom Corbett on termites [...]
The rich as well as the poor
The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.
-- Anatol [...]
Brand new decades old Lincoln Park rentals
The sign touting “brand new” luxury rentals outside Eugenie Terrace is a bit disconcerting to anyone who remembers when the high-rise was built in t [...]
A Printers Row loft with New York style
Coldwell Banker's Andy Shiparski describes a new listing in Printers Row's Donohue Building as a "stunning" timber / brick loft in the "New York sty [...]
Jones Lang LaSalle seeking investors for future Museum Park high-rises
Those of you who've kept up with the development of Museum Park in recent years should remember the rendering above, which couples the now completed [...]