Tag: North Side
First quarter figures: Medians and highs in Bucktown
Should it close near its $3.09 million list price later this month, the Ranquist's warehouse-turned-single-family at Leavitt and Wilmot may be the top [...]
Lake View mansion ‘like nothing on the market before’
The 10,000 square-foot mansion at 2856 N Hermitage Ave in Lake View is "like nothing on the market before in the city," says Jameson agent Nancy T [...]
Pre-fire five-flat turned single-family listed at $2.2M
Last Friday Prudential Rubloff agent Lindsey Stewart listed her 6,300 square-foot home at 1875 N Fremont St in Lincoln Park at $2.2 million. The b [...]
First-quarter figures: Medians and highs in Lincoln Park
First quarter activity had a lot of our Realtor friends feeling good about the upcoming spring and summer sales seasons. Now that we've reached th [...]
An update on the Children’s Hospital Lincoln Park site
In the video, Belgravia Group founder Buzz Ruttenberg talks about the status of his firm’s proposal (video) to redevelop the Children’s Memorial [...]
A newer West Bucktown single-family, under $600K
The more time I spend in the neighborhood that I’m adjusting to calling West Bucktown, the more I’m struck by the amount of new construction and r [...]
Play ball!
If you listened to sports radio this morning, you know the Cubby Bear was packed with drunks by 8 a.m. Baseball has returned to Wrigleyville!
Y [...]
Rental deal of the day: East Lakeview 2/2 for $1,550
We’re kicking off a new feature: the rental deal of the day.
The info for our first few posts comes from the founders of Chicago Rentals Direct, a [...]
Dewes Mansion finally gets its listing
In November we learned that the Francis J. Dewes Mansion at 503 W Wrightwood Ave in Lincoln Park was available for $9.9 million. Yesterday, the ho [...]
Will R. Kelly’s old pad be No. 1 in Lake View?
R. Kelly's old den of sin at 1010 W George St (you know, the place where the dirty stuff went down) is under contract and set to close over the fr [...]
Three bedrooms inside a ‘Gothic jewel box’, listed at $779K
Realtor Richard Cohn describes the vintage 10-unit building at 500 - 504 W Barry Ave in Lakeview East as "an architecturally significant, Gothic jewel [...]
A spacious single-family in Lake View, priced below the median
Last week I drove up to Lake View to see one of Eric Rojas' newest listings -- a four-bedroom / 3.5-bath single-family home at 2911 N Racine Ave, [...]
Sunday open house pick – new Roscoe Village condos
The model was the only unit that was complete when I stopped by 1951 W Belmont Ave, a new 6-unit condo nearing completion in Roscoe Village.
Th [...]
Construction checkup: Lincoln Park 2520
This was the scene this morning at 2520 N Lakeview Ave in Lincoln Park, where Lincoln Park 2520 is climbing high.
Prudential Rubloff only keep [...]
Cutting prices early and often in Holstein Park
How long should a home stay on the market at its introductory price before taking a cut? How long should it stay at a new price before changing on [...]
A million is the median in Lake View
Eric Rojas, on the Lake View market at the end of 1Q 2011:
Over the last three months the median price of a closed or under contract single fam [...]
A spacious, flexible loft in Lake View
Unit 2C at 1318 W George St in Lake View is an open, light-filled loft with an 18-foot high ceiling in the living room, and a master suite with a [...]
The Winchester won’t go away
"If this project breaks ground in March 2009, I'll 'drop trou' in center-field at the first Cubs home game."
Commenter Zooticia Zoot wasn't exactly [...]
After 300 days, Eddystone condo nears 2006 price
On May 19, the three-bedroom / three-bath Unit 2C at The Eddystone, 421 W Melrose St, entered the market at $579,000. Three hundred days and four redu [...]
Cleveland Avenue condo boasting ‘location and Lincoln School’ down to $500K
A vintage three-bedroom / two-bath condo at 2115 N Cleveland Ave in Lincoln Park has a few things going for it -- namely, "Location, location! Lin [...]