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ChicagoDowntown / Loop

More new apartments headed for the West Loop

Aerial view of 123 N Sangamon  Chicago

In September of 2007 we reported that 75% of the loft condos at 123 N Sangamon in the West Loop were under contract and closings would begin the following month. In April of 2008 the plan was to convert half the building to rental units and unit deliveries were anticipated later that summer. In January ...

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Posted by Joe Zekas on February 15, 2013
West suburbsForest Park

More blood near the tracks in Forest Park

The Grove, Forest Park

Early last year we posted on the shocking decline in the value of townhomes at The Residences at The Grove in Forest Park. The Focus Development is, as you can see in the above aerial overview, steps from the CTA Blue Line in Forest Park. Prices at The Grove haven’t recovered. A one-bedroom condo, for ...

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Posted by Joe Zekas on November 8, 2012
North ShoreEvanston

Seventeen17 apartments in Evanston – major URL marketing fail?

Seventeen17 apartments, Evanston

My tendency, and I suspect the tendency of many, is to type the name of an apartment project followed by “.com” when I don’t know its URL, rather than finding it through a Google search. That’s a sensible strategy, since developers often lock up a URL that corresponds to the name of their project. I ...

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Posted by Joe Zekas on October 15, 2012
North ShoreEvanston

Construction update – new Evanston apartments

AMLI Evanston

We recently stopped by for a look at three new apartment projects that will add nearly 500 units to the Evanston market next year. AMLI Evanston, a mixed-use development at Chicago Ave and Kedzie St, is targeting occupancy in spring 2013. When complete, the project will include 214 1- to 3-bedroom apartments, 19 of them ...

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Posted by Joe Zekas on September 27, 2012