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Fifield Company is best known for developing high-rise office buildings in the West Loop, the recently-opened K2 luxury tower and other high-rise apartments in the Fulton River District. A year ago, after seeing people staying longer in the city and looking for larger spaces in emerging neighborhoods, Fifield Company set out to identify neighborhood sites ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on April 22, 2013
The contemporary brick home at 1837 N Hermitage Ave in the trendy Bucktown neighborhood has 3 bedrooms and 3 ½ baths. A striking feature of this home is the floor-to-ceiling bay windows that flood the home with light. The architected added a bay window to the garage as a playful feature. The kitchen and bathrooms ...
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Posted by sponsored post on April 5, 2013
About a year ago the inventory of MLS-listed downtown Chicago rentals reached stasis and we stopped tracking it on a weekly basis. A correspondent’s suggestion that the market for MLS-listed rentals was a lot softer this year than at the same time last year prompted us to do an updated tally. The data don’t lend ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on March 28, 2013
Foundation work appeared to be nearly complete on the new Ravenswood Mariano’s Fresh Market when I stopped by last Saturday. The site is on the north side of Lawrence and is bounded on the east by the Metra tracks. The site of the Bucktown Mariano’s, pictured above, is at Webster and Ashland, just east of ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on March 18, 2013
If you’re in the market for a new 3-bedroom condo with 1,900 square feet, you have two very similar floor plans to choose from, one in Bucktown and one in the West Loop. The top floor plan above is at CA3, Belgravia Group‘s new 40-unit West Loop development at Aberdeen and Adams. The second floor ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on March 14, 2013
Eighteen new condominiums are planned for 1611 N Hermitage in Bucktown, according to recent listings. The 3-bedroom, 2-bath units will be above commercial space along North Avenue at the current site of the Citgo pictured above. The units will feature “exceptional refined finishes,” private elevators, “lavish master suites” and heated garage space. Pre-construction prices range ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on March 13, 2013
The headline question is posed at Bucktown – Wicker Park Patch: The boundaries between Chicago’s neighborhoods can be difficult to define, and the nebulous nature of these dividing lines is particularly contested in the Bucktown-Wicker Park area. … Patch asked local leaders and longtime residents how they view the Bucktown and Wicker Park neighborhoods. Where ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on March 12, 2013
You can drive yourself bonkers searching for a Bucktown apartment on Craigslist or working with apartment rental services, or you can take a smart approach: just go to Bucktown, and bike or drive the streets looking for FOR RENT signs. Supplement your efforts by searching MLS-listed rentals at a reputable brokerage firm’s website. Joe Askins ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on March 12, 2013
Noah Properties’ new mixed-use development at 1864-70 N Damen Ave has a heart-of-Bucktown location. The development includes nine condo units above ground-floor commercial space. Six of the residential units are under contract, and the remaining three are all on the top floor. The 2-bedroom, 2-bath units boast high-end finishes and appliances. The units also have ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on January 15, 2013
Koenig & Strey agent Karen Ranquist is our tour guide for an award-winning 5-bedroom, 3 1/2 bath home at 1625 N Wolcott Ave in the heart of Chicago’s Bucktown neighborhood. This 5-level home includes many amenities, including an elevator, a custom Valcucine kitchen, a 4-car tandem garage and many upgrades. There are multiple outdoor living ...
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Posted by sponsored post on January 2, 2013
Noah Properties has been one of Chicago’s hottest-selling developers in the past several years. With each new project Noah seems to achieve new levels of style and sophistication, while continuing to deliver the all-inclusive homes that buyers have been snapping up before they’re completed. Noah Properties’ new Bucktown condos have a terrific location in the ...
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Posted by sponsored post on December 10, 2012
Focus on the exterior of the classic 2 ½-story workers cottage at 1930 N Honore in Bucktown, and you’ll see hints of how distinctive it is. The elaborate cornice, limestone banding, ornamental terra cotta insets and wide sidelit entry tell you this isn’t your typical 100-year old home. The dormered third level alerts you to ...
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Posted by sponsored post on October 1, 2012
The Chicago Pipeline recently covered a community meeting discussing a proposed new rental development along Winnebago Ave, just steps from where we shot the above video on Wabansia. Homeowners often have crass economic motivations behind the apparently principled and altruistic concerns that they voice in objecting to new developments. We all know the truth of ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on September 19, 2012
Noah Properties just completed 3 5-flats at 2215, 2219 and 2223 W Wabansia. Each building included two duplex-down condos, two second-floor single-level units and a top floor unit with a large outdoor terrace. Typical of Noah Properties developments, all of the units had sleek, stylish kitchens and baths, hardwood floors and a ton of extra ...
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Posted by sponsored post on July 13, 2012
I’m fortunate to spend many of my days in beautiful environments all around Chicago and its suburbs. My day yesterday began with Pat Cohen in a unit on the 91st floor of the Hancock. The view was great despite the haze and windows that were awaiting their next washing. It was fun hashing over old ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on July 10, 2012
New homes and condos by Noah Properties have been selling almost as quickly as they’re completed in a number of popular North Side neighborhoods. One of Noah Properties’ latest developments is a 3-flat and two 5-flats in a prime Bucktown location at 2215-23 W Wabansia St. When I visited in January and shot the following ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on June 28, 2012
Holstein Park isn’t one of Chicago’s largest parks. At a mere 3 acres, it wouldn’t meet the minimum lot size requirement in many a Chicago subdivision. Holstein Park packs a lot of recreation into its small size, hosting a field house with two gyms, an assembly hall, club rooms, a swimming pool and a wading ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on June 28, 2012
Five years ago today we were writing about a single-family home at 2070 N Oakley Ave in Bucktown and a 21-unit condo development slated for 2520 S Oakley Ave in Heart of Italy. The 5-bedroom, 4 ½ bath Bucktown home was listed for sale at $1,525,000, and one-bedroom condos in the Heart of Italy project ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on June 13, 2012
The “trophy” home that’s under construction at 1921 W Wabansia in Bucktown has been on the market for more than two years now, and the address is now listed as 1923 W Wabansia. Since we last wrote about the property the asking price has been reduced from $2.7M to $2,249,900, but the listing copy remains ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on June 6, 2012
Five years ago when we focused on a 4-bedroom, 3 ½ bath home proposed for 1842 N Wood St in Bucktown it was offered for sale at $2,075,000. Renderings of the home showed its façade in a variety of colors, although white was the intended finish. The 4,000 square foot home was designed by Funke ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on June 6, 2012
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