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Magellan opens Studio Gang-designed model for Aqua's Parkhomes
Often left out of conversation about Aqua's mix of residential units are the nine Parkhomes located at its base, on the western side of Lakeshore E [...]
A sophisticated condo buyer's take on Superior 110 in River North
It's hard to imagine a more sophisticated home buyer -- or architecture critic -- than Lewis Kostiner.
Over a 20-year span, Lewis and his wife Anni [...]
Does the South Loop need a pedestrian street?
Sloopin asks the question after reading this post from the Trib's Blair Kamin. [...]
Streeter places: One-bedrooms with dens at two Streeterville rental towers
The floor plans above represent your options for one-bedroom apartments with dens at Golub & Company's two Solomon Cordwell Buenz-designed towers i [...]
Why Rob chose a condo at 235 Van Buren
One of the best ways to learn about a home you're interested in buying is talking to the neighbors. Rob bought at the new Ralph Johnson-designed hig [...]
Riding the rails: New-construction short sales near the Morse station
One block south of the Red Line station at Morse and Glenwood avenues in Rogers Park is this new-ish five-unit building at 1416 W Farwell Ave, home [...]
Crain's: Trump at the halfway point
Sales at Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago only recently reached the 50 percent mark, Crain's reports. According to data from Appraisal Resear [...]
A single-family home alternative on Southport
Last month Prudential Rubloff's Karen McKeon showed Joe Zekas around what appears to be a viable alternative to the pricier single-families in Lake [...]
A drive through West Elgin with John Hall Jr
If your work takes you to Chicago's northwest suburbs and you're considering a move further out you might be interested in West Elgin.
West Elgin's [...]
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 [...]
An introduction to Chicago's Sandburg Village
It's almost impossible to overstate the importance of Carl Sandburg Village to the revitalization of Chicago's near north side and the then-nascent [...]
Renaissance Lofts watch – another unhappy owner
A search on Kopley Group at YoChicago will quickly lead you to comment threads reflecting the plight of Kevin Black and the early buyers at Renaissanc [...]
Silver Tower a "sculptural building"
Why do we write so much about Silver Tower? It's a client of ours, but we focused on it often before it became a client. The reasons for our attenti [...]
Chicago Multiple Listing Service suffers maggot infestation
First I hear of bedbugs shuttering a Hollister store in SoHo, and then I find maggots in the Chicago Multiple Listing Service. Not a pleasant evening' [...]
A home buyer talks about Superior 110 and River North
Over the past several years I've heard 100s of tales about home shoppers' indecisiveness and hesitancy in making decisions. It's always refreshing t [...]
Quote of the day – pending home sales a disaster
"The pending home sales report is a disaster," per real estate analyst Mike Larson, as quoted by CNN Money. [...]
A David Adler coach house is not a city coach house
Local correspondent Ned Skae reports that Lake Forest has more David Adler historic homes on the market than perhaps ever before.
If your vision of [...]
Two levels of loft living at Metropolitan Place
Last month Ted Guarnero, our Chicago Loft Guide, took me through a duplex loft inside Metropolitan Place, 130 S Canal St, that he had recently liste [...]
Distressed property sales down in Illinois, still at high levels
Fewer distressed properties sold during the first quarter of this year than in the 1st or 4th quarters of last year, according to a report from Realty [...]