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Ravenswood
The large home at 1913 W Leland features 4 bedrooms, 2 ½ baths, a family room, sun room, a spacious 3rd floor finished attic space adjacent to an deck, and an unfinished basement with laundry / workshop and storage. The spacious, gut-renovated eat-in kitchen will be the gathering point for every party and family event. ...
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Posted by sponsored post on April 5, 2013
Chase Park is one of Chicago’s great neighborhood parks. It has a full complement of physical facilities — an outdoor pool, running track, tennis courts, playground, ball fields and a field house with fitness center and theater. The park is typically flooded with people participating in a wide variety of activities, programs and special events. ...
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Posted by sponsored post on April 1, 2013
The Andersonville neighborhood will see its first major new construction condos since 2008 in the form of townhouses at 4832 N Clark. The attached townhouse development is an exciting addition and expansion of housing units in this popular North Side area. Let’s take a look at how Andersonville area condo sales are doing (attached homes ...
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Posted by Eric Rojas on March 19, 2013
Foundation work appeared to be nearly complete on the new Ravenswood Mariano’s Fresh Market when I stopped by last Saturday. The site is on the north side of Lawrence and is bounded on the east by the Metra tracks. The site of the Bucktown Mariano’s, pictured above, is at Webster and Ashland, just east of ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on March 18, 2013
Far North
The past half-dozen years have seen almost no new construction of rowhomes in the Andersonville area, despite the neighborhood’s increasing popularity. CMK Realty has just begun marketing 23 new rowhomes, priced from the $420s, on the large stretch of vacant land just west of 4846 N Clark St. The homes will have two-car attached garages ...
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Posted by sponsored post on February 14, 2013
CMK Realty, the exclusive listing agent for 40 new units at 4846 North Clark, hosted the first public open houses at the property this past Saturday and Sunday. Four of the units were under contract prior to the weekend, and an additional contract was taken on Saturday. The one-, two- and two-bedroom plus den units ...
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Posted by sponsored post on January 7, 2013
Chicago’s grand parks may draw more attention, but they can’t match the spirit of community and sense of ownership found in the city’s popular neighborhood parks. One of the north side’s handful of neighborhood gems is Chase Park, just south of Lawrence Ave between Clark St and Ashland Ave. Chase Park began as a semi-professional ...
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Posted by sponsored post on November 10, 2012
CMK Realty is about to begin marketing 40 new 1-bedroom, 2-bedroom and 2-bedroom plus den units at 4846 North Clark. The units have a loft-like feel, with 10-foot ceilings, open floor plans and generously-sized flexible layouts. The units have hardwood floors, large windows opening onto expansive views, oversized baths, in-unit washer/dryers, large balconies and kitchens ...
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Posted by sponsored post on November 5, 2012
CMK Realty has been appointed the exclusive listing agent for 40 new units at 4846 North Clark in the Ravenswood neighborhood adjacent to Andersonville. The one-, two- and two-bedroom plus den units have generously-sized floor plans that maximize livability and light. The units have hardwood floors, stainless steel appliances, 10-foot ceilings, in-unit washers and dryers, ...
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Posted by sponsored post on October 31, 2012
A home and a condo where we shot sponsored videos recently with Kale Realty’s Eric Rojas both went under contract rather quickly. The home, at 5321 N Bell in Bowmanville, was listed at $439,000. It sold within a few days of being listed. A 2-bedroom, 2-bath condo at 1949 W Leland in Ravenswood / Lincoln ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on October 9, 2012
CBS Chicago reports that demolition is underway on the former Ravenswood Hospital, which is slated as the site for the new Lycée Français de Chicago. Mike Scotty captured this shot of the graffiti-encrusted site in the Ravenswood neighborhood on our recent helicopter tour. You can see more aerial views of Chicago in YoChicago’s album at ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on October 2, 2012
If you’re public transit-oriented, it doesn’t get much more convenient than 1949 W Leland in the Ravenswood area of Lincoln Square. If you’re car-oriented, you’ll enjoy the 2-car tandem parking included in the unit’s price of $299,000. This newly-listed top-floor 2-bedroom, 2-bath has hardwood floors, nearly 12-foot ceilings, central air and a sleek kitchen with ...
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Posted by sponsored post on September 21, 2012
Five years ago we Chase Park and Chase Park Commons, a development of seven six-flats fronting the park on Clark Street in Ravenswood. The fifth of the six-flats was under construction and offered for sale at the time. The development can be seen in the background of the Chase Park field house and playground, above. ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on June 8, 2012
Most townhomes are long and narrow and face either east or west, resulting in an environment that can too often seem cramped and dark. The spacious 3-bedroom, 2 ½ bath townhome at 4554 N Paulina is built on a wide east-west axis, flooding the unit with light from south and north. Other features that set ...
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Posted by sponsored post on March 2, 2012
Chicago’s Belgravia Group traces its lineage back more than 60 years, making it one of the longest-tenured and most successful real estate developers in the city. Belgravia’s founder, Buzz Ruttenberg, received a JD degree from Northwestern University, and pursued post-graduate studies at London University, School of Economics. He has a nearly 50-year track record of ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on February 28, 2012
Belgravia Group has been one of Chicago’s most successful real estate developers for more than 60 years — a track record that few companies can match. Alan Lev has been the President and CEO of Belgravia, one of our clients, for almost 20 years. He’s one of the most knowledgeable and candid players in the ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on January 19, 2012
Some homes have an air of settled, gracious, comfortable permanence about them, and this is genuinely one even though it’s only four years old. This is a home you have to visit to appreciate the scale of the rooms and the extent to which it’s been carefully detailed to accommodate a large family or a ...
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Posted by sponsored post on October 24, 2011
What’s unique about the 2-bedroom condo at 2200 W Winona is the full lower level directly below the unit. It could easily be expanded into to create a 3-bedroom, 2-bath home with a family room at a price, according to listing agent Eric Rojas, well below a comparable 3-bedroom in the Ravenswood neighborhood. The home, ...
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Posted by sponsored post on September 14, 2011
One of our frequent visitors sent along a link to a Web site that he’s built to promote the sale of his condo at Ravenswood Court, 4514 N Ashland Ave. His site’s attention-grabbing headline: Two Bedroom, Two Bath, Too Good to Pass Up. We’ve seen this level of marketing effort fairly often in connection with ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on August 24, 2011
If you like having lots of roommates you might want to check out Stone Soup Ashland, a cooperative living arrangement in a 100-year old convent with 26 bedrooms. Once accepted you become a “member” rather than just a roommate and take on some responsibilities for running the house in addition to paying your modest ($500 ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on July 30, 2011
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