Tag: Koenig & Strey
The best private penthouse terrace in the South Loop
I've seen Grant Park from many vantage points, high and low -- from penthouses 800 feet above the city, from a helicopter, and from many an airpla [...]
A private rooftop terrace overlooking Grant Park
You don't have to look very hard to find buildings that offer panoramic views of Grant Park, Millennium Park and the Museum Campus – they're abund [...]
A brief look at the Crescent Park neighborhood in Elmhurst
Yesterday I visited the Crescent Park subdivision in Elmhurst with Tom Makinney and Maria Gracik of Koenig & Strey's Gracik Makinney Group. We sho [...]
Chicago real estate loses a great friend
Doug Ayers, who in the past decade led two of the largest residential brokerages in Chicago, Koenig & Strey and Coldwell Banker, passed away yesterday [...]
Choice cuts: $1.39M off a RiverView penthouse in Streeterville
Back in January, Joe Zekas toured what he called "one of the most spectacular penthouses in Streeterville": unit #2701 at RiverView Condominiums, [...]
Touring the Francis J. Dewes House, a landmark home in Lincoln Park
Last Friday Joe spent an hour marveling at the Francis J. Dewes House in Lincoln Park.
The home was one of the most lavishly detailed and decor [...]
Build your own home on Lake Shore Drive
You rarely see new single-family homes spring up along Lake Shore Drive, that's what someone has in mind in Lake View.
In September Emily Sachs Wong [...]
Dewes Mansion listed for $9.9 million
The owner of the 9,768-square-foot Francis J. Dewes mansion at 503 W Wrightwood Ave in Lincoln Park has listed the home for $9.9 million, according to [...]
120-year-old three-flat in Bridgeport gets the green treatment
The guys on the client services end of our company occasionally get tips from their own broker contacts and pass them my way. Last week, someone at Ko [...]
New cuts for Heart of Chicago condos
This morning Koenig & Strey agents posted new, lower prices for eight new-construction condos at Oakley Pointe, a new 21-unit building at 2520 S [...]
Buyers can't rely solely on the Internet
So many of today's buyers start their home searches online, and look to websites like ours, Cribchatter, and in some cities, Curbed, to get a sense [...]
Rentals – a new focus for big-time brokers
Realtors in Chicago have generally undertaken rentals with hesitance, but in today's market such deals are almost impossible to ignore. According to [...]
BlockWalks: Prairie Avenue and Central Street in Evanston with Mike Stern
Mike Stern of Koenig & Strey took Joe Zekas on a walking tour around the intersection of Prairie Avenue and Central Street, a convenient, pedestrian [...]
Lots o' lots ripe for development in Lincoln Park, for the right price
Land prices are down significantly in many parts of the city, but it's not an across-the-board trend -- an oversized lot in Lincoln Park can still s [...]
What new buyers need to know
What advice would Chicago Association of Realtors President Genie Birch give a buyer who's entering the market for the first time? For one, buyers n [...]
Bucktown see-throughs and short sales
The final video from Joe's Bucktown tour with Realtor Greg Viti focuses on some of the neighborhoods less fortunate developments, places that got of [...]
Financing frustrations continue in 2010
For much of 2009, Chicago Association of Realtors President David Hanna publicly criticized federal lending guidelines that hampered buyers' efforts [...]
Teardowns, empty lots, and opportunities in Bucktown
This segment of Joe's Bucktown tour with Realtor Greg Viti starts with a look at some empty lots and potential teardowns that would be sites of new [...]
Promising signs for the market in 2010
Yesterday I sat down with Koenig & Strey agent and Chicago Association of Realtors President Genie Birch to talk about the ups and downs of 2009 and [...]
Bucktown highs and lows
In this segment from their Bucktown tour, Joe Zekas and Realtor Greg Viti check out the variety of homes available in the neighborhood, from new sin [...]