Author: alison
REITs – the best thing since sliced bread or overrated?
In her Surreal Estate column for SFGate, Carol Lloyd ponders the investment potential of real estate investment trusts, noting that investor interest [...]
"Live / work" homes for the $590s along Lake Street
Ok, we're tired of hanging around waiting for the folks at the Westhaven Homes development to send us pictures of these "live / work spaces" that just [...]
Chicago open house: sales open at phase 2 of Westhaven Park
Sales have just opened for 24 townhomes and 12 "live / work spaces" at Westhaven Park, the mixed-income development on the former Henry Horner Homes C [...]
Kingsbury Plaza is under construction in River North
The Habitat Company's Kingsbury Plaza apartment building is well underway at 520 N Kingsbury St, with occupancy slated for summer 2007. The high-ri [...]
A snow commute in Chicago
When news of the impending snowstorm broke a few days ago it felt like Christmas was about to arrive early. I'm a native of Sydney, Australia, where [...]
RiNo starter castles meet the neighbors
Earlier we told you about the starter castles popping up in River North. What we forgot to mention is that some of them have some rather unfortunate n [...]
Hark! The heralder speaks of One River Place
I stumbled upon this well-known sight as I was trudging through River North the other day. The combination of this heralder and the smell of chocolate [...]
Only about three or 10 units left at Paramount Lofts
Step right up and get yer lofts. Hot on the heels of the announcement that the developer of Huron Street Lofts plans to auction the remaining units, t [...]
River North's very own starter castles
River North is a veritable smorgasbord of starter castles these days, as we discovered during our recent sojourn down the 400 and 500 blocks of Super [...]
Oprah's new digs on East Lake Shore Drive
Oprah has splashed out the mega-bucks for a 5,000-square-foot condo on the sixth floor of a tony vintage 12-story building on East Lake Shore Drive, a [...]
Five units to be sold "regardless of price" at Huron Street Lofts
We wandered down to Huron Street Lofts yesterday to get a couple more details about the upcoming auction we told you about earlier this week. Seems [...]
Will River North's old motels give way to high-rises?
Now that River North is going all "Gold Coast South" perhaps it's only a matter of time before these old-school motels and hotels give way to reside [...]
Olympics could spur high-rise development in the South South Loop
We've been saying for a while now that the South South Loop is starting to take off, and it seems the city is planning to flesh out that area even mor [...]
The many faces of Chicago neighborhoods
These two homes stare at each other from either side of a Chicago street, making for an architecturally eclectic neighborhood. These particular hou [...]
Chicago building experiments with copper with unfortunate results
Speaking of copper, check out this building in Hamlin Park. Yo's truly likes a beautifully aged copper building, but isn't jazzed about the effect of [...]
Dirty house probably cost sellers thousands of dollars
The owners of a home in suburban Chicago have dropped their asking price by $33,000 in part because the home is so damn dirty that it's putting off bu [...]
At home with Brian Urlacher
Yo! RedEye alerted us to this MTV Cribs-like video tour of Super Bear Brian Urlacher's sprawling two-story home, somewhere in suburban Chicago. If you [...]
Chicago auction action: Huron Street Lofts
Is that the smell of discounted lofts wafting in from River North? Developer Huron Street Associates has decided to auction the remaining 17 units at [...]
At Bucktown building, yesterday's butcher shop and coach house are today's rental lofts
Never let it be said that Chicago isn't the city of reinvention. This building, at 2129 N Hoyne Ave, was constructed in the 1890s and over the years h [...]
A Chicago Thanksgiving
A Chicago Thanksgiving. Spotted near Damen Avenue and George Street. [...]