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Just south of the Winnetka Public Library is Library Place seven townhomes built in the 1960s that are being renovated by Chicago home builder and renovator, J. Lawrence Homes, a builder with projects all around the metro area. The project was formerly known as Library Plaza, but sales had stalled and J. Lawrence saw the ...
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Posted by sponsored post on March 31, 2012
A 4-bedroom, 2-bath ranch home at 537 Romona Rd in Wilmette is being offered for rent at $1,900 a month. That’s an unusually low price for a 4-bedroom home in Wilmette. It’s also available for purchase for $399,000. The home, which last sold for $459,000 in 2004, is on a 63 x 132 lot almost ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on November 3, 2011
Many of the high-rises in downtown Chicago offer an attractive and stylish array of building and in-unit amenities, which can make choosing your next downtown apartment a daunting task. Apartment hunters begin by prioritizing amenities that are the most important and useful to them. If an indoor pool is a must-have, for example, the number ...
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Posted by sponsored post on October 27, 2011
The popular WalkScore.com website gives Oakwood 200 Squared’s location, 210 N Wells St in Chicago’s Loop, a 98 of 100 Walk Score* rating – labeling it a “Walker’s Paradise.” As helpful as it is, the rating misses many of the intangibles that make Oakwood 200 Squared’s location a walker’s paradise. For starters, consider the visual ...
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Posted by sponsored post on October 11, 2011
The 400 block of Superior in River North is mansion row, and also home to the City Club townhomes with its beautifully landscaped parkways. It’s a walk-to-everything location that has great expressway access. A corner townhome at 472 W Superior just became available for rent — a rare occurrence. It boasts 4 bedrooms, 3 full ...
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Posted by sponsored post on October 9, 2011
What’s a Rent Zestimate? According to Zillow: A Rent Zestimate is Zillow’s estimated monthly rental price, computed using a proprietary formula. It is a starting point for determining the monthly rental price for a specific property. The Rent Zestimate for 432 W Huron St, a newly-built 7,000 square foot, 4-bedroom, 4 ½ bath single-family home ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on October 4, 2011
Prudential Rubloff’s Eric Rojas called our attention to a spacious duplex down at the Confetti Place condo that’s not yet in the MLS. The 3-bedroom, 3-bath condo has a den / office, family room, in-unit washer / dryer and an outdoor deck. Parking is included in the $1,600 rent, and the Kimball stop on the ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on July 20, 2011
The 249-unit EnV apartment tower at 161 W Kinzie St in River North is now LEED certified. “EnV achieved LEED certification for use of recycled and low VOC materials during construction, energy efficient heating and cooling systems, high efficiency lighting, comprehensive recycling programs, a no-smoking policy, proximity to public transportation, and the incorporation of green ...
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Posted by Joseph Askins on February 16, 2011
If you really want to stay on top of building proposals, you should spend more time at the SkyscraperPage forum, where architecture buffs routinely uncover and share the latest renderings from firms’ websites and friends within the industry. Those “new” images of One South Halsted I posted last week? Yeah, those were old news to ...
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Posted by Joseph Askins on January 31, 2011
There’s your building, folks. California-based architect Adam Berkelhamer sent Curbed new renderings of SoNo East, the 22-story, rental-only companion to the existing SoNo condo tower at 860 W Blackhawk St. Alongside the new images, Mark Boyer posted the original design by Booth Hansen, which called for matching towers positioned side-by-side.
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Posted by Joseph Askins on January 21, 2011
Way back in April 2007, we caught wind of a proposed development in Grand Boulevard called the Shops and Lofts at 47. The mixed-use project at 47th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue was to have 167 condos, 45,000 square feet of retail space, and 15,000 square feet of office space. It never moved forward, but ...
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Posted by Joseph Askins on February 4, 2010
Keeping with the last post’s train of thought, here are some other development proposals we’ve seen in the news in recent weeks. It seems like a lot of developers are talking about their ideas again, although no one seems too sure when anything will actually move forward. Market Common South Shore: US Steel and McCaffery ...
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Posted by Joseph Askins on January 15, 2010
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