Author: joel
Red Seal opens 50-acre mixed-use development in Galewood
Chicago has gone from Carl Sandburg's "player with railroads and the nation's freight handler" to a player with condos and housing handler. The two a [...]
Wabansia Row: the Bucktown construction site that time forgot
How soon is soon? We wondered when we ran across the construction site for Wabansia Row, 2320 W Wabansia Ave in Bucktown. It looks like construction [...]
New PAC Lofts getting much-needed makeover in Bucktown
Workers are installing sleek new windows at PAC Lofts, 1735 N Paulina St, in Bucktown. The bubblegum-colored trim on the existing windows is leftove [...]
Mystery turtle appears in Wicker Park
File this one under "w.t.f." Out and about in Wicker Park, Yo spotted "this strange little turtle" screwed to the side of a building at North Hoyne [...]
Chicago townhome roundup: South Side
With high-profile condo high-rises hogging the new construction spotlight, some have speculated that the townhome may be an endangered species. But [...]
New Chicago condos for five figures
We're always surprised to find new condos with a price tag of less than $100 grand (especially when you can drop $60,000 on a parking space these day [...]
Do-it-yourselfers take note: Wicker Park condos sold "as is"
Afraid developers won't do a thorough job rehabbing your new condo? Home improvement junkies can do their own quality control in Wicker Park. Prime Pr [...]
You can't take the farm out of the city
There's a sad irony in seeing farmers whose land is increasingly being bought up and replaced with Walgreen's, Sprint stores, Starbucks and housing su [...]
New West Loop loft condo conversion has duplex units with 23-foot ceilings
Ah, this is how lofts used to be, before everything and its brother started calling itself a loft: ceiling heights up to 23 feet, exposed timber beam [...]
Update: Evanston condo owner's auction a success
Last week we told you about Northwestern University professor Eli Finkel's plans to sell his Evanston condo to the highest bidder after only a weekend [...]
Monday, Monday
It's Monday, Monday, even though we tried to forget. Let's take a go around the Yo.
Uptown: And to think that I saw it on Addison Street
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Chicago Plan Commission approves 64-unit project in Burnside area
The Chicago Plan Commission last week approved a proposal by 89th & State, LLC for 64 residential units in a mix of 24 single-family homes and 40 town [...]
Fisticuffs avoided at Plan Commission hearing on new Cabrini-Green high-rise
We were secretly hoping for some actual yuppie violence when we attended a Chicago Plan Commission meeting earlier today when plans for a 25-story hig [...]
Happy National Flavors Day: the lowdown on Chicago's painted people
Ah, it warms the Yo's heart to see people of all different colors banding together in the streets to draw attention to an important cause. Perhaps th [...]
Update: Locomobile Lofts sold out, new Lyonhart development on the way
We hope you weren't too revved up about the Locomobile Lofts we told you about yesterday: turns out buyers have already sped off (make the puns stop!) [...]
JFJ brings its condo Opus to River North
"Opus" is a word usually reserved for a work of art, so we guess it's fitting that JFJ Development Company is referring to its new River North develo [...]
Four Locomobile Lofts left in Chicago's motor row
While we're on the subject of lofts today...Four units remain for sale at Locomobile Lofts, located at 2000 S Michigan Ave in Chicago's landmark Motor [...]
Old Citizens State Bank converts to lofts
Until the 1950s, it was a bank. Then it was a shoe store. Then a dance studio. Then a pawn shop. Now, the early-20th-century terra cotta building at 1 [...]
Property Consultants hold open house today
Our neighbors Property Consultants are having an open house today at their 3110 N Sheffield Ave office. Stop in to learn more about some of the dev [...]
Doing the dirty work on Lake View's Residences at the Vic
We can talk about all the city's new construction until we're blue in the face, but somebody has to actually build the things. These guys are out the [...]