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Back in April of 2009 we rode the construction elevator to the 71st floor of Legacy at Millennium Park with Mesa Development‘s Jim Hanson. “Legacy is all about the views,” said Hanson, and the views, as you can see in the above shots by Michael Kardas, were stunning. The sales pace was also stunning ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on March 11, 2013
Listening to Chicago Magazine’s Dennis Rodkin walk through a 2-flat at 1119 W Schubert, you might conclude that buying it as-is and living with 1990s-vintage décor would be akin to living in North Korea. Rodkin notes the home shape’s similarity to a milk carton, and suggests that some of its contents have expired. He shudders ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on January 23, 2013
We’ve posted repeatedly about the perils of filling out an online rental application. Supplying your Social Security Number and other personal information through an unencrypted, insecure Internet connection is begging to become a victim of identity theft. Rental services aren’t the only firms that expose you to unacceptable risk. We’ve written about a major management ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on October 26, 2012
I stopped by the Ranch Triangle neighborhood in Lincoln Park on Wednesday to photograph 1703 N Dayton in preparation for a blog post. The home is currently listed for sale at $4.5 million. We’d previously written about the site three years ago when it was in foreclosure, along with other properties by developer Seth Harris. ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on June 1, 2012
When our then-editor Barry Pearce picked up his copy of the June 2007 issue of Chicago Magazine, he was “astounded … to learn that the South Loop is pretty much perfect.” The issue’s cover touted the neighborhood’s “booming real estate … hip restaurants … exploding population … Welcome to the hottest neighborhood in the country.” ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on May 17, 2012
Chicago Magazine’s Dennis Rodkin’s most recent video tour focuses on a two-story penthouse on the Chicago River. The home boasts dramatic views from its sprawling outdoor terraces. The penthouse, which is currently on the market for $3.35 million, was acquired a little over a year ago by a retired Microsoft executive for $2.85 million. We ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on April 30, 2012
The latest Deal Estate column video features Dennis Rodkin’s take on a South Loop loft that we visited last December. We focused on the loft’s character while Rodkin was taken with the amount of light that enters it. Dennis’ video tours have previously followed YoChicago to a David Adler home in Lake Forest, a new ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on April 19, 2012
Chicago Magazine’s April issue hits the stands this week, and one of its features is a series of charts on how home values have performed between 2006 and 2011 in Chicago’s neighborhoods and suburbs. Only one suburb, according to data supplied to Chicago Magazine by the local MLS, saw an increase in home values between ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on March 15, 2012
Dennis Rodkin recently visited a Victorian home on the 2000 block of Seminary, in Lincoln Park‘s DePaul neighborhood, and recounted some of its early and more recent history: Built in 1861 as the farmhouse for a truck farm that delivered its produce into Chicago, the house still has several of its original elements. The ornate ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on February 3, 2012
Videos at YoChicago’s primary YouTube channel have been viewed more than two million times. To put that number in some perspective, YoChicago videos – all of them local – have been viewed more times than videos at Coldwell Banker’s heavily-promoted national YouTube channel, which had 1,904,699 views as of a few minutes ago. YouTube reports ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on January 28, 2012
Chicago Magazine’s Dennis Rodkin takes you inside the largest unit at the Playboy Mansion, 1340 N State Pkwy, in the above video. The 7,874 square foot 4-bedroom, 5-bath Gold Coast condo is listed for sale at $5.8M. Head over to Deal Estate for more of the details. You can tour another unit in the building ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on December 15, 2011
The January 2012 issue of Chicago Magazine features an important article for anyone interested in Chicago’s neighborhoods – Gangs and Politicians: An Unholy Alliance. David Bernstein and Noah Isackson paint a frightening picture of the influence of street gangs on Chicago politics and politicians and the extent to which Chicago’s law enforcement agencies tolerate the ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on December 15, 2011
It was “a pricey roller coaster ride” blares a brief article in the current issue of Chicago Magazine, accompanied by a chart that illustrates the “surge” in high-end home sales. A lengthier companion article provides additional detail. What’s missing from both articles, however, is any perspective on the supply of $1M+ homes. That perspective is ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on September 27, 2011
Chicago Magazine‘s October issue, with its annual look at real estate market conditions, hits the newsstands tomorrow. Following the archaic tradition of “print first,” the details are not yet online, but Dennis Rodkin’s Deal Estate column has a teaser – a look at market time trends in selected areas. In seven of the eight neighborhoods ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on September 14, 2011
Chicago Magazine’s Real Estate Look Book is a multi-media advertising program for luxury homes that combines print, online, e-mail and social media features. Ad costs can be as little as $29, and ads include unlimited text, links, photos, real-time results reporting and more. The Look Book is powered by Wibiti, technology created by our parent ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on June 21, 2011
Real estate agents have been slow to understand the appeal of video to home buyers and sellers. One of our clients, Coldwell Banker’s Apostal Group, has taken the time to offer buyers the unusual experience of two different video takes on the same unit, a 4-bedroom, 3-bath loft at 850 W Adams in the West ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on March 10, 2011
Earlier today Curbed Chicago reported on Dennis Rodkin’s Chicago Magazine report on the sale of Dan McLean’s RiverView penthouse. At $2.85M this strikes me as a great buy. I shot the above video on one of two tours of the penthouse, with different real estate agents. Part two of the video, with a walk around ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on February 14, 2011
If you enjoy exploring Chicago on video you won’t want to miss Dennis Rodkin’s neighborhood videos, based on his Chicago Magazine focus on the 20 best towns and neighborhoods in Chicagoland. In this video he walks the Beverly area with CLTV’s Rochelle Vayo Adkinson. Scroll down to the bottom of the Chicago Tribune’s Communities ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on February 6, 2011
Dennis Rodkin’s latest Deal Estate video is a must-see, both for the condo’s abundance of antique furnishings and for the lively commentary offered by its seller, Michele Vasarely. The 4,265 square-foot unit at the Michigan Avenue Lofts, 910 S Michigan Ave (formerly the Standard Oil Building), has been listed by Cara Buffa of Prudential Rubloff ...
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Posted by Joseph Askins on January 20, 2011
Someone give Dennis Rodkin and Chicago Magazine an award for Most Improved Videos, because the ones they’ve posted for Dennis’ Deal Estate features this year look great. The latest goes inside a timber and brick duplex loft with Arts-and-Crafts-style finishes, located just north of the steel-and-glass Kingsbury on the Park and Erie on the Park ...
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Posted by Joseph Askins on December 29, 2010
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