Category: West Loop
New apartments slated for the West Loop
Goodness, when's the last time anyone announced a new West Loop development? Gazette Chicago reports today that Skokie-based F&F Realty plans to build [...]
Emerald's sales staff gets a green screen
I'm impressed by this video, if only because it provides one more opportunity for the Emerald sales staff to invoke the color green. It's actually a [...]
Buying no longer an option, as Pure goes rental
When Joe looked through the Cook County records in May, he found that only four buyers had closed on their homes at Pure, the 67-unit residential de [...]
Exterior work wrapping at 155 North Aberdeen
It's been a long time coming, but it looks like 155 North Aberdeen is nearly ready for buyers to move in. I took a walk down Randolph Street in the [...]
Inside an eighth-floor condo at 565 Quincy
In this second video from Joe's most recent visit to 565 Quincy, Joe enters a two-bedroom / two bath new-construction condo on the building's eighth [...]
On 565 Quincy's outdoor terrace
The last time Mark and I visited 565 Quincy, we could only take a look around the building's loft levels. Since that time, Belgravia Group has start [...]
15 South Racine and more in the West Loop
My attempts at visiting 15 South Racine, the contemporary eight-unit condo development at 15 S Racine Ave in the West Loop, have been unsuccessful s [...]
Looking west from 565 Quincy's top floor
The last time Mark and I visited 565 Quincy, 565 W Quincy St, we could only get into the building's lower loft levels. Since that time, Belgravia Gr [...]
More from Mills about the West Loop and CA23
Last Friday we posted the first half of Joe's on-the-street video with Koenig & Strey GMAC Realtor and CA23 listing agent Jennifer Mills. Above [...]
A walk around CA23 in the West Loop
Follow Joe Zekas as he tours the part of the West Loop immediately surrounding The Brixton Group's CA23, located at 23 N Aberdeen St. Just north of [...]
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 [...]
Deal of the day: Emerald developers to cover closing costs for seminar attendees
Looking to buy a West Loop condo this month? Willing to spend a Saturday afternoon at an information seminar about government-backed mortgages? If s [...]
A taste of the West Loop
The Taste of Randolph Street always has one of the best concert lineups of any of the street festivals - as well as some of the best food - and with [...]
Sales update: Property Consultants helping investors rent out Emerald condos
On the Emerald Web site, potential buyers can find a "rent vs. buy fact sheet" (PDF) that breaks down several mortgage and leasing scenarios, presum [...]
Pure – deal or no deal?
Pure, 24 S Morgan St, is shaping up to be a classic shaggy dog story. See the comments on our most recent post.
I've just heard from a source close t [...]
Sales update: Mesirow Financial slashes prices on all R+D659 condos by 23 to 39 percent
Under the gun to move units and reach sellout within a year, Mesirow Financial Real Estate and @properties last weekend rolled out lender-recommende [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
Sales update: Down to six at West Loop's CA23
If you weren't listening carefully to developer Geoff Ruttenberg in the video that Joe shot at CA23 last month, you might have missed it when he dis [...]
Sales update: Big reductions afoot at Pure
In March we watched Roszak / ADC lower the prices of its Vetro condos across the board by about 19 to 25 percent. Now it looks like Pure might just [...]