Author: joel
Former LaSalle Towers Apartments sold as condos
Don't let Richard Haas' mural, an homage to the Chicago School, fool you: the real entrance to this 1920s Old Town high-rise is hidden meekly under a [...]
Monday, Monday
It's Monday, Monday, manic or otherwise. Let's take a go around the Yo.
Streeterville: Warhol, Shakespeare and Gertrude Stein
Uptown: Wilson Yard a [...]
River North's cup runneth over with construction
Yo spent the afternoon cruising the streets of River North - the sun in our eyes, the wind in our hair - and saw enough new construction to make our [...]
Mandarin Oriental joins battle to make its mark on the Chicago skyline
A diligent YoChicago reader has proposed Palladian Development's Mandarin Oriental Tower be added to our skyline supremacy contest, and for good reaso [...]
New high-rises battle for skyline supremacy
Chicagoans have never been in love with change (I still can't get anyone to put ketchup on my hot dog), but like it or not, the city's skyline is chan [...]
Who needs a kitchen when you have a Lake Shore Drive address?
And you thought your cubicle was small. RDM Development bills this 360-square-foot Gold Coast condo, at 1400 N Lake Shore Drive, as a one-bedroom one- [...]
Truth in advertising: Aqua condo tower claims Chicago's largest outdoor pool deck
We keep finding new reasons to gush over Aqua, Studio Gang Architects' contribution to the new Lakeshore East community. Not only will its rippling ve [...]
Homebuyers at The Residences at 900 can shop 'til they drop
How would you like Bloomingdale's, Gucci, Coach, Montblanc, the Four Seasons and Equinox Fitness for neighbors? Nine hundred North Michigan Avenue, th [...]
Emerald – a "green project" on Green Street
This week we told you about the new Station Square condo development at Prairie Crossing, the Grayslake community dedicated to eco-friendly constructi [...]
Logan View Condominiums fills entire block of Logan Square
In the hands of Renzi Construction and Development, a dilapidated industrial building will get a second chance as Logan View Condominiums, a 78-unit d [...]
Green-friendly Prairie Crossing is very PC
We're intrigued by Prairie Crossing, a nationally-recognized conservation community set on 677 acres about 40 miles northwest of Chicago. Ok, on the [...]
We like to watch: new model shots from Aristocrat Tower
Warman Development has unveiled a model unit for Prairie Station's Aristocrat Tower, a 146-unit art deco-style high-rise slated for a site at 21st S [...]
Luminiferous homes coming to Humboldt Park
We're betting the folks at development company Senco double-majored in English and art history. Their new 16-unit single-family development California [...]
Wicker Park landmark district could lose church, gain condos
We had to wait until Good Friday to tell you about an old-fashioned switcheroo in the works in Wicker Park. The Chicago Journal reports the building t [...]
Freedom condos? Nah, Chicago builders love French
The flap over "freedom fries" and avoidance of all things French by some Americans does not seem to have affected residential real estate in Chicago. [...]
Separated at birth: A thrill from Cherry Hill and a blunder in Buena
Cherry Hill Home Builders did a spot-on job living up to the artist's rendering of these three single-family homes at 832-838 W Lill Ave in Lincoln [...]
What's the frequency, Lake View?
R.E.M. Homes, whose condo conversion Barry by the Lake at 512 W Barry Ave sold out in 16 weeks, has a brand new conversion in the works at 515 W Melro [...]
Own a piece of Chicago's past in Marshall Field Junior mansion
Last week, we mentioned the conversion of the Marshall Field Junior mansion into condos. What ever you think of a house divided (into condos), there's [...]
Separated at birth: GVP house in Lincoln Park is clearly recognizable
We're always skeptical about artist's renderings, but we think GVP Development lived up to its for this new single-family home at 2726 N Mildred Ave [...]
Lagrange looks forward with the leaning towers of Prairie
It does our heart good to see the name of Lucien Lagrange, architect to Chicago's wealthy (think The Park Tower, 840 N. Lake Shore Drive, The Elysian, [...]