Tag: Trump International Hotel and Tower
A steep price for a Trump studio
Remember hotel condos? Many in Chicago real estate would rather forget them. Nevertheless, you can still find these homes on the market -- just look t [...]
Quote of the day: Trump’s target audience
"We had a very clear picture of who our demographic was. We have young singles, empty nesters, retirees, professionals, nonprofessionals, people w [...]
Going up: Trump’s ‘best tier’ back at a $1.35M markup
Chezi Rafaeli of Coldwell Banker says the A-tier units of Trump's 41st through 49th floors are the best in the building, so popular with early pre-con [...]
Trump: What's selling, and what's for sale
In an attempt to pick up the pace of sales, Trump International Hotel & Tower is about to do something it's never done before: put together furnis [...]
Crain's: Trump at the halfway point
Sales at Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago only recently reached the 50 percent mark, Crain's reports. According to data from Appraisal Resear [...]
An early afternoon visit to Trump's riverwalk
"Please enjoy our plaza," read the signs near the entrance and exit points at Trump's new riverwalk. It's not something many Chicagoans were heed [...]
Shark bites: Short-selling a Trump studio
Unit #2414 at Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago may be one of the high-rise's smaller spaces, but when it comes to short sale discounts in Riv [...]
"Friends and family" deal pays off at Trump
One group of sellers at Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago are doing OK. According to an article at Crain's ChicagoRealEstateDaily.com, partici [...]
Chicago's tall towers: a year in review
Downturn be damned -- when it comes to high-rise construction, Chicago still rules the roost. According to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Hab [...]
More video faves from 2009
Here are three more of our most-viewed videos from 2009:
A tour of Parkside of Old Town and Cabrini-Green
Trump Tower, from the Chicago Riverwalk
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Weekly rental watch: High, low, and in-between in 60611
Last week we started keeping track of rentals listed on the MLS in 14 Chicago ZIP codes. It comes as no surprise that the area with the most homes lis [...]
Yo's Most Wanted: our most popular video
This week we passed the 1,100-video mark on our YouTube channel, and a moment like that calls for a look back through the archives. We've had a numb [...]
Construction checkup: Trump's plaza, riverwalk, and retail spaces
One of the last milestones in the construction of the Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago is the completion of the project's riverwalk and sto [...]
Trump resales, above and below ground
As we saw yesterday in my video tour with Tricia Fox, Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago is just one example of a new high-rise with lots [...]
Views aplenty from a Trump three-bedroom
After chatting about the state of Chicago's luxury market, Tricia Fox of Keller Williams Gold Coast Realtors took me through a couple of her listing [...]
Popular high-rises, good condo boards, and special assessments in the luxury market
New towers like Trump and The Legacy at Millennium Park get a lot of attention right now, but several luxury high-rises built in the earlier part of [...]
The problem with hotel condos
The hotel condo market might have seemed like a good idea to some developers in the earlier part of the decade, but lenders sure don't like them now [...]
Talking Trump and the luxury home market
I've read plenty of stories about the "cold" market for luxury homes in recent months. Most focus on two facts: buyers lost money in the stock marke [...]
A glimpse of new homes from Navy Pier
Surely you've heard some of the hoopla over Navy Pier's new AeroBalloon by now. My advice to anyone who wants to take a ride: Call ahead, because th [...]
Trump riverwalk nearing completion
What's this? Finally some new news from Trump?
According to Trib architecture critic Blair Kamin, the Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago's riv [...]