Author: barry pearce
Comments of the day: Jane schools us on Chicago "ghettoes"
"You'd be crazy to pay this much for ANYTHING in the Edgewater ghetto."
"Why would someone build this in the ghetto neighborhood known as Humboldt Pa [...]
Ripped from the headlines: April new-home sales post biggest gain in 14 years
April new-home sales post big gain Daily Herald
Signs of stability in housing market Trib
Forecaster: worst not over in housing Trib
Home sal [...]
Spot the Realtor – 51yo MWF
The typical Realtor is a 51-year-old married white female who has attended college, owns her home and has a household income of more than $100,000, ac [...]
Comment of the day: mortgage brokers 2 rungs up from developers, lawyers
"Yes, there are two differences between mortgage brokers and toxic waste ...they are two steps up the rung from real estate developers, lawyers, and f [...]
Tour Chinatown, development sites with See Wong
After describing his plans for the Grand Imperial Hotel, developer See Wong took us to see the site in Chinatown as well as the site of his proposed [...]
Ornate Grand Imperial to bring hotel condos, new landmark to Chinatown
Developer See Wong has grand plans for Chinatown, including an expansion of its boundaries with the Grand Imperial Hotel, an ornate hotel condominiu [...]
Tour 1349 S Wabash – fewer amenities, lower costs
For his first South Loop project, the 78-unit Private Residences of 1349 South Wabash, developer See Wong chose to build a smaller condo high-rise w [...]
Talking points for agents – never mind the bad news, all real estate is local
Realtor Magazine has some nifty tips for agents, who it says should be on the frontline in fighting negative perceptions about the current real estate [...]
Comment of the day: South Loop views beat West Loop restaurants
"[The] South Loop wins for proximity to the lake and the red line. [The] West Loop has more and better restaurants and bars, but I can get there from [...]
What are Chicago's hottest neighborhoods?
Next month New Homes Magazine will declare its list of Chicago's "hottest neighborhoods." That made us wonder what it is that makes a neighborhood "h [...]
Downtown smackdown – West Loop vs. South Loop
No matter how positive we're inclined to be (not very), the truth is, you can only truly assess a neighborhood in relief against other neighborhood [...]
Welcome to West Loop week on the Yo
No neighborhood in Chicago draws more comparisons to New York's SoHo than the West Loop. The eclectic blend of fine dining and meat markets (literal [...]
Experience the construction zone that is the South Loop
While we're on the subject of how the South Loop is developing, we thought we'd give you a glimpse of the non-stop construction zone the neighborhoo [...]
Chicago Mag declares South Loop the promised land
I was fairly astounded this weekend when I picked up the June issue of Chicago Magazine to learn that the South Loop is pretty much perfect. Cynic tha [...]
Watch ABC7's video tour of River North's stunning Cable, Nickerson mansions
We had to settle for exterior photographs when we posted recently on Richard Driehaus' River North mansions, but Ron Magers, of ABC7 News, got a pee [...]
Comment of the day: (wrath of) God is in the details
"How CTU got permission to totally take up their lot space, with virtually no breathing room with the buildings on either side, is a mystery. God'll g [...]
Only 3% of unsold condos downtown are complete
"Only 3 percent of the unsold condominium inventory that builders are marketing downtown is actually completed and available for immediate occupancy.. [...]
Sales of new homes downtown sink 46%
Sales of new homes downtown fell 46 percent during the first quarter, according to a story in Crain's Chicago Business, which quoted a new report by A [...]
Misanthrope gives Chicago Spire the Shaft
It was a tough call, choosing a winner of our contest to rename The Chicago Spire, partly because everyone went for the obvious. That Tootsie Roll kid [...]
Get to know Lincoln Park – 1 building at a time
It's one of the country's best-known neighborhoods, and there are worse ways to get a feel for it than browsing DePaul University Libraries' Lincoln P [...]