Author: joel
Sneak a peek at Park 1000
Yesterday we gave you the lowdown on Park 1000, a 40-story condo tower that will overlook Grant Park. Today, we can offer you a peek at what the bui [...]
Park 1000 to bring 346 condos to empty lot across from Grant Park
Renaissant Development expects a mid-June grand opening for Park 1000, a 40-story high-rise at 1000 S Michigan Ave. In December, Renaissant acquired t [...]
Work in progress: 30 W Oak St
The rendering may make it look like a residential iron maiden, but the real-life high-rise at 30 W Oak St is shaping up to be a clean, smooth and ey [...]
Going once, going… well, only once: Evanston man to sell condo to highest bidder Sunday
Northwestern University professor Eli Finkel says he will sell his two-bedroom condo at 2260 Sherman Ave to the highest bidder after only two days of [...]
Work in progress: 600 North Lake Shore Drive
Construction is underway on the first of two towers at 600 N Lake Shore Drive, which developers Belgravia Group and Sandz Development are calling " [...]
Monday, Monday
It's Monday, Monday, manic or otherwise. Let's take a go around the Yo.
Uptown: Ashamed to be from Uptown?
Logan Square: Life in the Square
Edgewa [...]
Living on the 'Edge in Logan Square condos
Northfield Properties, Inc. brings the ArmitEDGE(their spelling and capitalization, not ours), a new 24-unit condo development, to 3021 W Armitage Ave [...]
New homes, condos booming in Larrabee corridor
A stroll down North Larrabee Street between Division and Chicago these days shows how far the section of River North just east of the river has come. [...]
Work in progress: 30 W Erie St
Thirty W Erie St is on the rise in River North. When completed, this Schillaci Birmingham development will contain just 20 condos, each with three [...]
Mr. T takes Conan to Legends South site
Last night was Late Night with Conan O'Brien's first show at the Chicago Theatre. To explore the Windy City, Conan enlisted Chicago native and fashion [...]
Humans, ghosts welcome at Kedzie Square
Yo has its ear to the street, let me tell you. Yesterday we gave you the heads-up about 565 Quincy, which will see eleven stories of new construction [...]
Belgravia adding 11 new stories of condos to 7-story West Loop loft building
Talk about making the most of a site. Belgravia Group is adding 11 stories of new-construction condos to an existing seven-story loft building in the [...]
Monday, Monday
It's Monday, Monday, manic or otherwise. Let's take a go around the Yo.
North Kenwood - Oakland: Streetscapes to die for
Lake View: This mural has [...]
Legends South brings hope, protest
At yesterday's ground-breaking ceremony for Hansberry Square at Legends South, Ald. Dorothy Tillman (3rd) spoke about the need to develop more than [...]
Bronzeville's Hansberry Square breaks new ground
This morning, Yo attended the ground-breaking ceremony for Hansberry Square, a 238-unit phase of Legends South, Bronzeville's massive new mixed-incom [...]
Major condo tower planned for South Loop
Ahh, we love the smell of new construction in the morning. Yo has caught wind of a new development coming to the South Loop all the way from the mossy [...]
Yo goes to Chinatown!
Check out Yo's brand-new neighborhood journal for Chinatown here and learn about an oft-overlooked neighborhood gem. Now represent your neighborhood [...]
Separated at birth: Dude, where's my balcony?
Looks like the folks at Habitat spent too much time at Zanies -- across the street from this Old Town condo development -- and decided it would be [...]
We like to watch: LaSalle Towers Condominiums
Yesterday we mentioned that the LaSalle Towers building at 1211 N LaSalle Dr was selling former apartment units "as is" as condos. Well, we grabbed o [...]
Separated at birth: Parc Chestnut detail better than rendering
It's one of those rare cases in which the building might look better than the rendering. This drawing for Lennar Corporation's Parc Chestnut condo [...]