Tag: New construction
Tour a new, all-masonry 6-bedroom in South Elmhurst
The new 6-bedroom, 5-bath home at 903 Chatham Ave is just two blocks from Butterfield Park.
The soaring, 2-story entry foyer sets the tone for [...]
Will 2800 Lincoln return from the deadpool?
Five years ago today we were reporting on updated pricing for a new condo development planned for 2800 N Lincoln Ave in Lake View, across from Gin [...]
Snap-shot: Andersonville condo sales
The Andersonville neighborhood will see its first major new construction condos since 2008 in the form of townhouses at 4832 N Clark. The attached [...]
Luxury condos mix with affordable housing in “West Wicker Park”
It was November of 2008 when YoChicago first looked at the new condominiums at 1555 N Talman in Humboldt Park, and expressed skepticism about the [...]
Terra cotta restoration underway and Intelligentsia joins Plum Market at 1225 Old Town
The elaborate terra cotta façade that graced the Grossinger Cadillac dealership in Old Town was disassembled and restored to near-original conditi [...]
CBS 2 looks at K2 and the downtown rental boom
The 496-unit, 34-story K2 at 365 N Halsted is the first new luxury high-rise to open in a rental boom that will add thousands of units to the down [...]
Does Bucktown merit a $75K premium over the West Loop?
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 an [...]
What’s a private Bucktown roof deck worth?
Eighteen new condominiums are planned for 1611 N Hermitage in Bucktown, according to recent listings.
The 3-bedroom, 2-bath units will be abov [...]
A Southport Corridor new construction boom
Eric Rojas, one of our sponsors, is an active blogger who spends a lot of time on the streets looking at and then reporting on what's new and inte [...]
An iron walker at Target on Division
I don't think I've ever heard a discussion about Chicago's iron workers in which the word "crazy" didn't surface. If you talk to iron workers, how [...]
Onterie Center sold in continuing strong rental market
Crain's Chicago Real Estate Daily reported last Friday that Onterie Center, 441 E Erie St, sold for $188 million. The 60-story tower, which includ [...]
New construction checkup at the Polish Triangle
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 [...]
Is the West Loop the next hot neighborhood?
For years, the West Loop has been one of those neighborhoods that's always on the verge of becoming hot but never quite catches fire.
The past [...]
A new Lake View home from RD Precision
RD Precision has quickly become known for building high-style, luxury single-family homes with all of the features that buyers want included in th [...]
A photo tour of K2’s amenities
K2, the newly-opened apartment tower at 365 N Halsted in the Fulton River District, is one of our sponsors. The management and leasing staff were [...]
Will the downtown rental market boom or go bust this spring?
One of my correspondents sent the following brief note: "Nothing is moving. This spring is going to be huge for rentals or a bust." Not much guidance [...]
Revisiting an award-winner in the South Loop deadpool
Five years ago today we noted that X/O Condominiums had won a National Association of Home Builders Gold Award for design excellence, and had been [...]
Halsted Flats touting Fall 2013 occupancy in Lake View
We've focused almost all of our coverage of new apartment construction in Chicago's downtown area, where well over 10,000 units have been recently [...]
Will Fifield “tack on” a hotel and 350 apartments to a West Loop office tower?
We haven't added Steve Fifield's site at 601-625 W Monroe in the West Loop to our list of new downtown apartment projects, because current plans c [...]
A new Wicker Park home sold at near list price before completion
By the time I met Sergio & Banks' Demetrius Simpson at a nearly-completed Noah Properties' home in Wicker Park late last December, it was already [...]