City sweeps worst school rankings
The 20 high schools in the metro area that scored the worst on the Prairie State Achievement Examination are all in the city of Chicago.
In nineteen [...]
A walk in Millennium Park: Ever wish you bought a condo around there?
Hindsight is a wonderful thing, of course, but does anyone else regret not buying a condo with kick-ass views in the Loop two or three years ago? Or [...]
Bar "doesn't fit in" with luxury condos, ordered to close
Don't you just hate it when those pesky small businesses get in the way of big, new luxury condo developments? Don't you just hate it even more when [...]
Most neighborhoods show price increases
If you want an at-a-glance overview of changes in year-to-year price and sales volume in Chicago's 77 official community areas it's hard to beat the " [...]
Real estate scam watch
YoChicago has no prior control over the ads that Google surfaces on our site.
One that I noticed today - from an outfit called Axiom Realty Capital - [...]
Is your real estate agent a convicted felon?
Perhaps.
You can look up your agent's license status at the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, which also publishes a peri [...]
Two units remain at stunning Lake View condo conversion
It's not often-- okay, it's hardly ever-- that we see such a great looking building come from such a hideous rendering, but R.E.M. Homes' Metro on [...]
Tour the emperor of Park Ridge's palace
When we explored the custom homebuilding process, we learned all about how homebuyers can express themselves through the design of their house. S [...]
Work in progress: 50 East Chestnut
When we visited 50 East Chestnut in May (right), the 39-story high-rise was barely off the ground, but now the entire base and at least six floor [...]
Limestone crosses and communion cups
Those are a few of the common area amenities that add up to "condos with mass appeal," the planned conversion of an abandoned Catholic church into 18 [...]
We like to watch: the top of the Tower
It may not be living at the top of the world, but the top of Water Tower Place ain't bad either. Baird & Warner lists this two-bedroom duplex condo [...]
Apartment Therapy and Time Out look at ways to make your turkey quirky this year
Check out some quirky turkey over at Apartment Therapy, where they have some good ideas for how to liven up your Thanksgiving table and get the rela [...]
Film Exchange Lofts Web site is reel interesting
We talked yesterday about loft developers who don't appreciate the history of their buildings, and that's something that can't be said for the develop [...]
Heavy metal apartments rock Cabrini-Green
No, a super-tall Metra car didn't derail in Cabrini-Green (or are we supposed to call it Old Town now?). This is a new apartment complex going up at [...]
Work in progress: 550 St. Clair
Soon enough, a stroll through Streeterville will involve much more craning of the neck. The new high-rises we've been following through development [...]
Tower Lofts of Lake View spawned influx of double-wide strollers and Golden Retrievers
We had an e-mail the other day from a reader who said that his mom enjoyed the loft history posts, so here's another one: this is Tower Lofts of Lake [...]
Yo cruises Cityscape Condominiums launch party
Last night, Yo braved the elements to attend a launch party for Cityscape Condominiums, Westward Development Company's 86-unit condo building in Sai [...]
Wanna live in the Green Bay Packers' camp down by Soldier Field?
Now here's something that has really flown under the radar - a guy who sits on the board of the Green Bay Packers has developed a loft project and op [...]
D.R. Horton's profits drop, but still healthy
D.R. Horton, Inc., one of the nation's major homebuilders reported a steep drop in quarterly profits for the 3 months ending September 30 — to $ [...]
Bogus lawsuit dismissed; loser vows appeal
A federal judge in Chicago dismissed what I've previously characterized as a frivolous, publicity-seeking lawsuit against Craigslist.
The suit, broug [...]