Author: alison
City gives Target a helping hand in northwest Chicago
We hear that the city has cleared the way for Target to open a store on a 6.4 acre site at 2036 W Peterson Ave. The site has been vacant for a few yea [...]
A Chicago developer who actually keeps high-rise buyers informed
Cruising the 'net, we spotted something at the Web-site for the new-construction high-rise development The Superior at LaSalle, 150 W Superior St, tha [...]
Chicago condo conversions offer putting greens, libraries
We've been looking at what's offered at the different condo conversion projects around Chicago and noticed that some of them offer more amenities than [...]
Morse Avenue – future restaurant row?
Neighborhood boosters in Rogers Park really want to see Morse Avenue transform into something special. The plan is to entice restaurants and cafes to [...]
Jarvis Avenue starts to take shape
Developers have added 1,000 new-construction and condo conversion units to the housing stock in Rogers Park in the last two years. Not bad for an area [...]
Park Millennium units selling at rate of 49 a month
It seems that everyone wants a piece of Park Millennium, the three-year-old apartment building at 222 N. Columbus Drive, that's going condo.
Carrie M [...]
Chicago rents may rise as supply of apartment buildings decreases
Renters be warned - rent increases are on the horizon in 2006. Why? You can blame the phenomenally busy condo conversion market.
Last year, about 13 [...]
New rental highrises coming to Chicago market in '06 and '07
Renters can look forward to a few more highrise projects coming down the pipeline in 2006 and 2007.
First there's Left Bank Apartments, in the West Lo [...]
New Museum Park highrises sell 50% of their condos within days
We knew the Museum Park development of highrises in the South Loop was hot. But this hot?
The new 1600 Museum Park opened sales over the weekend and [...]
Active condo conversion market in Chicago in 2005
Everyone's going condo. At least that was the big story for 2005. Last year, some 3,832 apartment units went condo in the downtown area, making it one [...]
The price of luxury in the Chicago housing market
What exactly constitutes ultra-luxury housing in Chicago? Is it price? The materials used? The types of finishes offered? The location? It's a bit of [...]
Dramatic price rise in Chicago condo market
We mentioned last week that new-construction condo prices are rising as the cost of construction and land acquisiton increases, but here are some figu [...]
Let there be light at South Loop highrise Vetro
We're intrigued by the design of the units at the upcoming South Loop project Vetro. Architect and developer Roszak/ADC has taken inspiration from the [...]
Sales opening at 1600 Museum Park
But wait, there are more Museum Park surprises coming your way. Field Museum is going condo.
OK, early April Fool's Day joke. But seriously now, sale [...]
One Museum Park's evil twin
Just when we thought the South Loop's Museum Park campus couldn't get any bigger, developer The Enterprise Companies unveils the new, confusingly name [...]
Chicago's luxury rentals are a big hit
It seems that everywhere you turn these days there is a luxury rental building going up. First there was the conversion of The Bernadin, then came The [...]
Chicago condo buyers must come out of the closet
If buyers can expect to see smaller condos on the Chicago market this year, because of increased construction costs and the like, how exactly will the [...]
In Chicago, views don't come cheap
Highrise condos are getting more expensive and the downtown condos with the best views now come with a hefty price tag, we hear.
If you want to be ab [...]
Chicago condos are shrinking
It's getting more expensive to build a condo these days, we're told. Construction costs have gone up because of a worldwide shortage of things like co [...]
The South Loop's on steroids
When will all the highrise development in the South Loop slow down?
We hear that the neighborhood was the most active condo market in the city in 200 [...]