Author: alison
New Aqua high-rise makes waves at Lakeshore East
If you wanted a piece of the new Lakeshore East residential development nestled between the lake and the river on the New East Side, but mercurial inv [...]
Chicago hotel condos – a financial or lifestyle investment?
Hotel condos - are they good investment vehicles? Opinions vary. Some say that by the time you have paid assessment fees and Chicago's notoriously hig [...]
A new frat house high-rise for Chads and Trixies in Lincoln Park?
If SoLo didn't take off as a nickname for the South Loop, what makes the developer of South of North, a new high-rise in Lincoln Park, think that the [...]
A mixologist on ice at The James hotel condos
Curious about what's on offer in a hotel condo, the newest trend in the Chicago real estate market, we took a quick look around a suite at The James, [...]
Plenty of doctors in the house at Converge, in Lincoln Park
Ever wonder how some people get the heads-up on a new development long before the rest of us (aside from those with family or friends in the business) [...]
Small sells at The Flats on LaSalle
Just about anyone can afford to buy on the Gold Coast if they are prepared to think small enough. Just take The Flats on LaSalle, a conversion of an a [...]
Chicago's biggest condo conversion boom since '70s offers better variety, product
On a typical day at the sales office for The Park Millennium, a condo conversion project on the New East Side, a guide takes four or five potential bu [...]
Despite a condo boom Rogers Park retail lags. Is change on the way?
Alpana Singh is a star of Chicago's fine dining scene, with a string of accomplishments including a TV show, an upcoming book and the distinction of b [...]
Developers converge on "East Lincoln Park"
Names such as "West Roscoe Village" seem to be easing themselves into Chicago's real estate vocabulary, if not the official roster of city neighborhoo [...]
South Loop looks set to get a mega condo and retail development
The jumbo-sized mixed-use Riverside Park development, long slated for 62 acres of vacant land at Roosevelt Road and Clark Street, looks set to finally [...]
Will Chicagoans buy into Fordham Spire?
Would you pay $1,000 a square foot to live in Chicago's tallest building? That's the question on everyone's lips today, after the Plan Commission on T [...]
A spot rezoning within a Chicago PMD to permit condos
It seems that the city's planned manufacturing districts aren't sacred sites when it comes to residential development. According to Crain's Chicago Bu [...]
Is Chicago's condo craze giving way to the age of the rental?
Is Chicago's hyperactive condo conversion market finally taking a chill pill? Compiling a little guide to current conversion projects we notice that T [...]
New low-income rental apartments for Chicago seniors
We told you earlier this week about the new affordable housing for seniors at Belle Plaine Commons. What we didn't mention was that the same site, the [...]
Why the children of St. Ben's will inherit Chicago
Is it just me, or is anyone else surprised that single-family homes are now selling from $1 million in St. Ben's?
Centrum Properties has just announc [...]
The strange world beyond Chicago – a townhome in the woods
Residents of inner-city neighborhoods like The Loop often tell us that they moved downtown because they decided that if they were going to live in the [...]
Affordable options for empty nesters at Belle Plaine Commons
Suburban empty-nesters may be flying the coop in search of pricey in-towns that are just a short walk or Zimmerframe-amble from Michigan Avenue, but n [...]
The bargain hunt
They're growing rare, but deals remain for those in the know
Wouldn't it be nice to turn back the clock to that golden age, just six months ago, when [...]
Lost in the Loop
Hidden gems make Loop livable for those with the inside track
Dr. Maria Gracias already had the inside scoop on just how great the Loop could be when [...]
Chicago real estate TV
Here's a good way to spend your Sunday mornings: Fox TV (WFLD) is screening Metroscene TV, a 13-part lifestyle series on Chicago real estate and archi [...]