Prices on Chicago's ultra-luxury developments soar to new heights
Prospective homebuyers with big money to burn have an unprecedented number of places to burn it these days. As this month's New Homes Magazine notes, [...]
New development round-up: Northwest Side, part 1
3234 W Leland Ave: two or three bedrooms, from the $220s
3105 W Argyle St: nine units with two or three bedrooms, from the $180s
Oliver, 4656 [...]
Chicagoland auction action: 6 Des Plaines townhomes on the block
If you're in the market for a suburban townhouse, and you've got a healthy set of vocal cords, you might want to check out Sheldon Good & Company [...]
Ripped from the headlines: X/O developers sue Fioretti
X/O developers sue Fioretti Chicago Journal
24 apartments planned for Uptown Trib
City to acquire troubled lot in Chatham Trib
New Prentice Women [...]
Meet the South Loop mounties
Michael Kardas photo of Chicago Police Department officers Casasanto and Ayala patrolling the lakefront.
See YoChicago's update on the evolving Sou [...]
Developer George Thrush on Jazz on the Boulevard
Developer George Thrush, of The Thrush Companies, gives the backstory on Jazz on the Boulevard, a mixed-income project nearing completion on the sit [...]
Ravenswood / North Center new development round-up
4804 N Hamilton Ave: six units with three bedrooms and two baths, from the $540s to the $570s
2241 W Irving Park Rd: three bedrooms and two to 2. [...]
The tallest towers: Chicago's ultra-luxury buildings hit new heights
This month's issue of New Homes Magazine takes a look at Chicago's tallest residential buildings under construction, which are soaring to unpreceden [...]
Ripped from the headlines: Roosevelt Collection gets $285M in loans
Roosevelt Collection gets $285M in loans Crain's
Modern buildings take top honors at AIA awards Trib
Chicago area's foreclosure crisis could wors [...]
Edgewater new development round-up
1219 W Foster Ave: two bedrooms and two baths, from the $350s
5147 N Paulina St: one or two bedrooms, from the $220s
6121 N Winthrop Ave, thre [...]
Slower market gives homeownership new meaning
In the current issue of New Homes Magazine, columnist Don DeBat ponders the intrinsic worth of owning a home - a value beyond its investment potential [...]
Rogers Park new development round-up
1223 W Farwell Ave: three units with three bedrooms and two to 2.5 baths, from the $430s - to the $460s
Columbia Gardens, 1615 W Columbia Ave: 38 [...]
Quote of the day: the spoils of easy credit
"The 'Neutron Loan' - Designed to remove the occupants but leave the property intact. Within the next year over a million American home mortgages are [...]
Ripped from the headlines: tenants want voice on condo task force
Tenants want voice on condo task force Trib
MCM evicts artists from Acme building Chicago Journal
MCM, Smithfield planning strip mall Chicago Jour [...]
Design for Lincoln Park 2520 condo tower travelled back in time
It's a bit of a conundrum for fans of modern architecture that the designer behind some of the city's coolest and most progressive recent designs is [...]
Is that lakefront home adequately fortified against the elements?
Lake Michigan is the gold standard in Chicago real estate - the closer you are to it, the more your home tends to be worth. But "living near a force o [...]
Has the South Loop developed enough character that it needs guarding?
Phil Berger explores how the massive amount of development underway in the South Loop is shaping the comparatively new neighborhood in his story in [...]
Character development: South Loop strives for identity as a new neighborhood evolves
Photographs by Michael Kardas
When Jim and Laura Munro moved into their Central Station townhome in 2002, they knew the South Loop would grow, but [...]
Ripped from the headlines: Bridgeport Park a gold mine for Daley pal
Bridgeport park a gold mine for Daley pal Trib
Loop building converting to Kimpton hotel Crain's
A 42-story "spire" for Evanston Trib
Park Forest [...]
Prices rise with new towers in booming South Loop
We asked one prominent South Loop developer how sales have been at his latest project, and he told us, “Great, until about six months ago, when they [...]