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North Center
Sergio & Banks‘ Melissa Govedarica has announced the pre-construction sellout of a 15-unit Noah Properties’ development at 4036-4046 N Western Ave in the North Center neighborhood. The development included five 3-bedroom, 2 ½ bath duplex units and ten 2-bedroom, 2-bath single-floor units on the site. Duplex units were priced at $339,900 and single-floor units at ...
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Posted by sponsored post on February 8, 2013
Far North
Fifteen new condos are nearing completion and nearing a sellout at 4036 – 4046 N Western Ave in the North Center neighborhood. Units will be ready for occupancy in February of 2013. Noah Properties, one of Chicago’s hottest-selling developers, is building 5 3-bedroom, 2 ½ bath duplex units and 10 2-bedroom, 2-bath single-floor units on ...
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Posted by sponsored post on December 6, 2012
All of us at YoChicago and our parent company gratefully give thanks for the abundance we enjoy, and the liberty that enables us to enjoy it to the fullest. To me, there’s no better reminder of where we’ve come from, where we are and what we have than two editorials that The Wall Street Journal ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on November 21, 2012
Plans continue to move forward for the redevelopment of the 920-unit Lathrop Homes, a Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) project that has been largely vacant for several years. Diversey Pkwy neatly bisects the 37-acre Costco-adjacent development site, which lies at the far northwest corner of Lincoln Park and the southwest corner of North Center and is ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on November 14, 2012
Fifteen new condos are under construction at 4036 – 4046 N Western Ave in the North Center neighborhood. Noah Properties, one of Chicago’s hottest-selling developers, is building 5 3-bedroom, 2 ½ bath duplex units and 10 2-bedroom, 2-bath single-floor units on the site, with occupancy slated for late January. Duplex units are priced at $339,900 ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on September 7, 2012
The 13-unit vintage building at 1958 W Byron in a bustling area of North Center was completely updated and converted to condos five years ago. Unit 6 is a top-floor 2-bedroom with high ceilings, a sleek kitchen and bath, and three large outdoor spaces. The unit has also has central air, in-unit washer/dryer and hardwood ...
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Posted by sponsored post on July 12, 2012
Eighteen 3- and 4-bedroom single-level and duplex condos in the 2400 block of Belmont Ave sold in a matter of weeks – pre-construction – earlier this year. Twelve of the units are complete and the sales are closing. The remaining units will close next month. The project had a number of strong positives, beginning with ...
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Posted by sponsored post on July 12, 2012
I’m fortunate to spend many of my days in beautiful environments all around Chicago and its suburbs. My day yesterday began with Pat Cohen in a unit on the 91st floor of the Hancock. The view was great despite the haze and windows that were awaiting their next washing. It was fun hashing over old ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on July 10, 2012
When we began reporting on Fletcher Row, six years ago, development plans called for 20 brick townhomes in the 2400 block of Fletcher in North Center, priced from the $600s to the $850s. Solar heating was an option for the units. By February of 2008, two model units were completed, most of the units were ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on June 29, 2012
When we shot the above video back in February, at 2431 W Belmont Ave, Noah Properties was in the early stages of building three 6-flat condos. The units were 3- and 4-bedroom, 2-bath units that included garage parking and a high level of finishes. A little over a year earlier Noah had sold similar units ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on June 14, 2012
The newly-listed home at 1928 W Wolfram, in a part of North Center that’s often referred to as West Lakeview, is the latest offering from Noah Properties. The 5-bedroom, 3 ½ bath single-family has all of the features that are Noah Properties’ signature, including coffered ceilings, an over-the-top kitchen, a large, lavish master bath, floor-to-ceiling ...
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Posted by sponsored post on April 24, 2012
Eric Rojas, one of our sponsors, just posted a market snapshot of single-family home sales during the first quarter of the year in the North Center neighborhood. According to Eric, “North Center single family homes were one of the hottest markets of 2011.” First-quarter sales volume and prices fell below last year’s results according to ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on April 11, 2012
A few years from now newcomers to this part of the North Center neighborhood, just south of Roscoe Village, may find themselves wondering about the age of the newly-built home at 2145 W Barry. It’s stylistically very much in sync with the far older homes that surround it, but differs from them just enough to ...
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Posted by sponsored post on March 14, 2012
Noah Properties may well be the hottest-selling developer on Chicago’s North Side. Its detailed-to-the-max single-family homes and condos have been selling almost as quickly as they’re completed. At 2431 W Belmont Ave, a block from the popular Roscoe Village neighborhood, Noah is building 3 6-flat condos with 3- and 4-bedroom, 2-bath units that include garage ...
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Posted by sponsored post on February 18, 2012
Noah Properties may be the hottest homebuilder in the city of Chicago these days. Homes by Noah have been selling almost as quickly as they hit the market. Until recently, they were only listed for sale when they were completed and move-in ready. The demand for Noah Properties’ homes has led Sergio & Banks’ Melissa ...
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Posted by sponsored post on February 2, 2012
In May of 2010 I shot the above sponsored video with Sergio & Banks’ Sam Banks at 2257 W Belmont Ave in Roscoe Village. The building had two duplex and six single-floor units, and we toured a model simplex. The project was built by Ultimate Homes, the predecessor to Noah Properties, and sold quickly. Unit ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on January 13, 2012
Homes that have the Chicago River for a back yard aren’t all that unusual. But, when you begin looking for newer construction homes the group narrows considerably. If Craftsman style is one of your wish-list items, your options are limited to a very few homes. A 2003-vintage Craftsman-style home at 4148 N Rockwell St just ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on January 12, 2012
YoChicago’s videos at YouTube were watched more than 55,000 times during the past 30 days. Our video at the Home Alone house, featured above, received the most views during that period. The second most popular video was an introduction to the Gold Coast by Sergio & Banks’ Tina Culver. Reflecting the season, third place honors ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on December 11, 2011
I have to admit that I couldn’t bear to watch the whole thing, although I did manage to skip about through several minutes of this relentlessly “on message” buzzword binge about the redevelopment of the Lathrop Homes. Here’s the text that introduces the video: The Lathrop Community in Chicago is on the brink of experiencing ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on December 7, 2011
The 2500 block of Patterson is a quiet cul-de-sac that’s been built out with newer million-dollar homes in Chicago’s North Center neighborhood. It presents a beautifully landscaped streetscape that’s teeming with young children in the early evening. The location is in the highly sought-after Bell School District, which accounts for the unusually large number of ...
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Posted by sponsored post on November 20, 2011
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