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Noah Properties’ high-style amenity-laden homes typically sell before completion. That was the case with the four 4-bedroom, 3 ½ bath homes Noah recently built in the 1800 block of Ohio in the East Village. The homes were sold in the mid-$800s. The standard, highly-individualized Noah Properties home includes all of the options that buyers desire ...
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Posted by sponsored post on May 6, 2013
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
With the recent demise of EveryBlock, Facebook is becoming a more active venue for sharing neighborhood information. Check out the very active (nearly 1,400 members) Ukrainian Village Neighborhood Watch Group, for example, to stay informed on events, shots fired, burglaries, gang graffiti and more. The group, which is closed and requires an invite, covers Ukrainian ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on April 10, 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
If you do a Google search for the Chicago neighborhood that TimeOut calls the Grand Avenue Corridor you won’t find many results. And you won’t find any solid guidance as to the neighborhood’s boundaries. The March 14 issue of TimeOut offers some teaser clues to the neighborhood’s location: Advantages Close to Randolph Street restaurants; easy ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on March 18, 2013
East Village residents prevailed in their wish for higher-density development on the site where a Pizza Hut once stood at 1601 W Division St. The developer scrapped plans for a drive-through bank and agreed to build an 11-story tower housing two floors of commercial space and 99 apartments. As of yesterday afternoon, as pictured above, ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on March 8, 2013
Market conditions being what they’ve been, it’s been years since “Chicago’s hottest neighborhoods” was a phrase that didn’t immediately elicit ridicule. With a number of analysts concluding that 2012 marked the bottom of the market downturn, it’s perhaps respectable to talk about pockets of strong activity, i.e. “hot neighborhoods.” Redfin recently announced its top 10 ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on January 15, 2013
Noah Properties has been one of Chicago’s best-selling developers the past several years. The six 4-bedroom, 3 ½ bath single-family homes that Noah has under construction in the 2000 block of Erie have all been sold prior to completion. At the time of this video none of the Ukrainian Village homes was even completely framed ...
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Posted by sponsored post on December 11, 2012
Caisson drilling has begun on the southwest corner of Ashland and Division in East Village. An 11-story tower housing 2 floors of commercial space and 99 apartments is being built on the site, which was formerly home to a Pizza Hut. You can find more details on the site’s history, and the controversy surrounding its ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on November 9, 2012
We recently visited a home built by RD Precision at 2550 W Huron St in Smith Park both while it was under construction (video below) and after it was completed (video above). Another new home by RD Precision was just listed for sale at 1644 W Huron St in East Village, with similar specs to ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on April 26, 2012
First Ward Alderman Proco Joe Moreno appears to be vying for the Brendan Reilly do-it-my-way award. From today’s email newsletter: The 1600 N. Ashland project (former Pizza Hut site) will be a showcase for mixed-use, transit-oriented development. They propose to have 11 stories, between 70 and 80 units for rent, with commercial space at the ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on February 23, 2012
Noah Properties has recently completed three new contemporary homes in the 1800 block of West Erie in Chicago’s East Village. The first two sold rapidly and this one, at 1838 W Erie St, has just come on the market. The three homes have similar exteriors but very different interiors. This one has a very homey, ...
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Posted by sponsored post on November 17, 2011
Each of the homes I’ve seen from Noah Properties has had a few signature touches: lavish kitchens and baths, high-style lighting fixtures, hardwood floors throughout the main living areas, high-ceilinged highly functional lower levels, and a front-bedroom on the second level with huge street-facing windows. Despite the similarities, each of the homes has been a ...
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Posted by sponsored post on November 9, 2011
Today’s new listing alert included two units in a building nearing completion at 622 N Ashland Ave on the eastern edge of Chicago’s East Village neighborhood. Unit 4 is a 2,200 square foot 3-bedroom, 3-bath priced at $629,000, which includes rights to the entire roof. Unit 2, also a 2,200 square foot 3/3 has rights ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on October 28, 2011
Six weeks ago I toured a newly-built home at 1848 W Erie St in a sponsored video with Izabela Sloma of Sergio & Banks. The home had been listed for sale at $849,900 and just closed at $790,000. Two new homes immediately east were under construction during my visit, and one of them, 1842 W ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on October 20, 2011
This 5-bedroom, 3 ½ bath home at 1848 W Erie St in Chicago’s East Village neighborhood had barely been completed when I arrived for this video shoot. The home, which features a light-filled, open floor plan, has just been listed for sale at $849,900. The signature touches that I’ve seen in other homes from this ...
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Posted by sponsored post on September 9, 2011
Buyers now have three more homes to consider when looking at new construction in West Town. Yesterday Samantha Porter of @properties listed the units in Halcyon Development‘s newest three-flat, located at 879 N Marshfield St in East Village, and next Thursday will hold a buyers-and-brokers open for the units at another of the devleoper’s buildings, ...
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Posted by Joseph Askins on January 21, 2011
Two-bedroom condos are the most common types of homes on the market in 60622 (the ZIP for Wicker Park, the East Village, East Humboldt Park, and the southeastern corner of Bucktown) and judging from both the ZIP’s current listings (in blue) and sales activity over the past 12 months (in red), it looks like $300,000 ...
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Posted by Joseph Askins on September 3, 2010
Every Friday we record the number of condos, townhomes, and single-families listed for rent in 14 Chicago ZIP codes. This week I thought I’d give one of those ZIPs a closer look. The 60622 ZIP code comprises all of Wicker Park and the East Village, Bucktown east of Damen Avenue, Humboldt Park east of Kedzie ...
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Posted by Joseph Askins on March 12, 2010
Between Division Street and Damen, Ashland and Grand avenues in the West Town community area, you’ll find the East Village neighborhood. West Town’s “walk score” of 88 owes a lot to the amenities of East Village, which has been a high-density area throughout its history. Coffee shops and restaurants are scattered mostly along Grand Avenue ...
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Posted by erik stonikas on October 12, 2009
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