Chicago deal of the day: Discounts, incentives at Lake Park Crescent
Draper and Kramer is cutting between $5,000 and $27,000 from the price of certain market-rate homes at Lake Park Crescent, a mixed-income community of [...]
Chicago deal of the day: Jackson Square at West End
Buyers of homes at the mixed-income development, Jackson Square at West End, will receive a free parking space and up to $5,000 toward closing costs.
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Deal or no deal in the Chicago market?
Are Chicago homebuyers wheeling and dealing while the market remains a little cooler than it was a year ago? Yes, according to Britta Rivera, sales di [...]
Tribune backs Cochran in Ald. Troutman's 20th ward
It's a bit of a no-brainer, but Yo's truly says three cheers to the Chicago Tribune for not endorsing Ald. Arenda Troutman (20th) for another term. I' [...]
Quote of the day: Designed to sell
"Designs are really going to mean something now. Now that it's more of a buyer's market, the discriminating buyers are demanding some design, some arc [...]
Comment of the day: no love for Heart of Chicago
Our Valentine's Day post on a four-story "love nest" in Bucktown prompted this response from "romantic": "Very nice - but it's too bad that someone at [...]
H3177 condos in Lake View to kick off sales in March
In a rare example of new construction in Chicago's Lake View neighborhood, developers George Bahramis and Steve Lome plan to build a 12-story mid-ri [...]
Quote of the day: as Evanston Theater goes, so goes Evanston
"I don't think this will be the monumental end of the street some of the neighbors think it will be."
- Ald. Steven Bernstein, on the Evanston City C [...]
Bronzeville rents: the difference $5 makes
Given the spate of new construction and historic restoration going on throughout Bronzeville in recent years, talk tends to focus on home sales. We [...]
USA v NAR status update
The Department of Justice's (DOJ) antitrust suit, depending on its outcome, may have a major impact on the real estate industry and its consumers.
Si [...]
Buy a condo or a condo building in Grand Boulevard
Why stop at one condo at 4626 S Evans Ave in the Grand Boulevard neighborhood? The two- and three-bedroom simplexes and duplexes are priced from the [...]
Construction update: 600 North Lake Shore Drive
The two towers of 600 North Lake Shore Drive, developed by Belgravia Group and Sandz Development and designed by Pappageorge / Haymes, are under con [...]
Ripped from the headlines
Condos and shops to replace Evanston theater Trib
Developer group sues partner in Loop conversion Crain's
Blackstone to sell local Equity office a [...]
We like to watch: inside Bucktown love nest
Just in time for Valentine's Day-- this four-story single-family home in Bucktown seems like it could be quite a little love nest. The lower-leve [...]
One ward, two worlds
YoJoe ran across Kenny Johnson, 2nd Ward aldermanic candidate, at Edna's Restaurant (YouTube link) on Tuesday morning.
Johnson's blunt take on the [...]
Chicago deal of the day: opening incentives at Mainstreet Station in Evanston
This just in from Evanston: Developer Bernard Katz & Associates has opened a VIP list and says incentives will be offered when sales open at Mainstree [...]
Ikea fans, meet Ikeafans
Apartment Therapy, one of our favorite blogs, points out a useful Web site for Ikea shoppers baffled by those cryptic instructions and tiny allen wren [...]
A visit to Schorsch Village
As I wandered Schorsch Village several weeks ago I was struck by three things: the diversity among the styles of workers' cottages, the lack of dive [...]
Kenny Johnson, on West Side development
YoChicago had a brief chat with 2nd Ward aldermanic candidate Kenny Johnson at Edna's Restaurant. Johnson talks about West Side vs South Side develop [...]
Anybody who”s anybody eats at Edna’s
Edna's is a West Side institution in Chicago. Join YoChicago and Ernestine King for a look around. [...]