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The party isn't over for the Chicago loft market

In the trendiest lofts of the city's hippest neighborhoods it's apparently no longer cool enough to throw parties on a rooftop deck or a mere balcony. [...]

Old college jocks never die, they buy a loft in Chicago

Student dorm digs were never this cool. The former Saint Stanislaus College, just down from the Division el stop, is currently being converted into Th [...]

Bucktown of tomorrow?

The latest area to receive the hype treatment from Chicago developers and real estate agents is the land roughly bounded by North Western, West Montro [...]
One man's castle, a city's demolition order

One man's castle, a city's demolition order

Eyesore or constructivist art? The man in Tacoma, Washington who constructed this surreal home from flotsam and jetsam is selling the property for $36 [...]
Battle of the highrises: Da Bears or Da Park?

Battle of the highrises: Da Bears or Da Park?

If you were shopping around new highrise condo towers which vista would have the most appeal? A bird's-eye view of Soldier Field on game-day from high [...]

Draper and Kramer loses appeal on Gold Coast condo highrise

Developer Draper and Kramer saw its chances of building a 30-story condo highrise at 1320 North Lake Shore Drive slip further away today when the Illi [...]
Another ugly Chicago penthouse

Another ugly Chicago penthouse

We are starting to suspect there's some sort of "Ugly Penthouses Are Us" developer operating along the Sheffield Avenue corridor in Lake View/Lincoln [...]

Luxury homes in Lincoln Park sit, and sit some more on the market

Could there be a glut of McMansions in Lincoln Park? It might be one reason the average price of the city's toniest residences (the single-family home [...]
Watch your head near the Sears Tower

Watch your head near the Sears Tower

Steph, our woman in the West Loop, reports from downtown: Last night as I came off the Quincy el, I was puzzled to see a few big chunks of spattered s [...]
You vanna condo from Ivana?

You vanna condo from Ivana?

It seems that Ivana Trump, the sheila with an Eastern bloc accent, a ute full of dough and collagen aplenty can't find any mates to live with her in t [...]
New Year's resolutions

New Year's resolutions

If your New Year's resolution is to make money on the real estate market or even if you resolve just to stop lining the pockets of your landlord and b [...]
And the Grammy for Chicago's worst home renovation goes to — R. KELLY!

And the Grammy for Chicago's worst home renovation goes to — R. KELLY!

R. Kelly famously came up from the rough and tumble public housing developments of Chicago's South Side to become a huge R&B star, but judging from th [...]
Curtain call for Gold Coast theater?

Curtain call for Gold Coast theater?

YoChicago's Hank from Ye Old Town Triangle reports: The Village Theatre is up for lease! Uh oh. The Village is one of the few remaining small movie h [...]
The Walgreens amendment to the Chicago city charter

The Walgreens amendment to the Chicago city charter

This just in from our man "The Bench" in Irving Park: When the Mobil station at the corner of Irving Park Road and Pulaski Road was bulldozed in late [...]

In Chicago, home is where the hearth is

The advent of home theater rooms is apparently helping the traditional, romantic fireplace to stage a comeback in the living room after being banishe [...]

A Chicago architecture buff's Christmas

If you are sticking around Chicago for the holidays and find yourself bereft of family and friends or have just decided to bah-humbug the silly season [...]

CTA criticized over brown line upgrade

The CTA is frustrating residents near Belmont and Fullerton el stops with its lack of a timetable for the stations' upgrades, as part of the Brown Lin [...]
A ruby in the rough – West Loop clubbing

A ruby in the rough – West Loop clubbing

When a neighborhood starts sprouting Starbucks franchises you know it's well on its way to gentrification. So what exactly does the appearance of a $ [...]

West Loop to get new condo highrise

Residents in the West Loop have been fending off highrise buildings in favor of lofts and mid-rises for some time now but there is always the exceptio [...]

Single-family homes slated for old Chicago iron company site

You know it now as the old site of the Chicago Bridge and Iron Company, but soon hundreds of people might be calling the stretch of land at 105th Stre [...]
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