Author: joel
Construction update: 740 Fulton
We've spent a lot of time looking at 740 Fulton in the West Loop. We've even spent some time inside with Thrush Companies' CEO David Chase. The bui [...]
Homeowners lose land to developers
By now, anyone who watches the news has heard of the defiant couple in China whose two-story brick home became a fortress after nearly 300 homes sur [...]
154 brings new lofts to River North
Here's a closer look at 154 Lofts on West Hubbard, the 18-unit River North loft conversion we've told you all about before. The balconies and most o [...]
River North works in progress: 30 W. Erie
Since it is River North Week, we thought we'd trot out the latest picture of 30 W. Erie, the 20-unit development from Schillaci Birmingham Developm [...]
Carnival Mondays: no kids allowed
This week's Carnival of Real Estate is hosted by NY Houses 4 Sale. Stop by to learn the skinny on sub-prime loans, ponder how pets make better tenants [...]
The busiest block in River North
It may not look like much, but State Street between Walton Place and Delaware Place is the busiest stretch of Chicago's River North neighborhood, if [...]
River North developments roundup
The Yo counted about 19 new for-sale residential developments underway in River North, and all week we'll be giving you a look at some of the major [...]
Monday, Monday
It's Monday, Monday, manic or otherwise. Let's take a go around the Yo.
Wicker Park: More parks for Wicker Park
Pilsen: Latino Info Center communi [...]
Fall out of The Alley, into the Gap
Well, after Filter fell to the Bank of America machine, we figured it was only a matter of time before Lake View's last bastion for the leather-clad [...]
Ravenswood Manor by night
Remember the other night, when you and your buddies were trying to find a place to eat? One wanted Indian, the other wanted Mexican and you wanted Ar [...]
Construction update: Wabash Club townhomes
We've been following the construction of Dubin Residential's Wabash Club pretty closely because, as new townhome developments go, it is one of the b [...]
New construction in Ravenswood Manor
You can see some of the great vintage architecture in Ravenswood Manor at our Ravenswood Manor Flickr gallery, but here's a look at Manor's Gate, a [...]
Belgravia introduces blog tracking 565 Quincy
One of the most interesting developments underway in the city right now has to be Belgravia Group's 565 Quincy, which sees a whopping 11-story new-co [...]
We like to watch: inside West Loop loft
Judging by the chic contemporary interior of this West Loop loft, you might never guess the building was built in 1915. This two-bedroom pad on th [...]
Gangs get in the way of a better life in Woodlawn
Check out an excellent new journal entry from ChiKat, our writer in Woodlawn. Chi reports on the progress a high school opened by the University of Ch [...]
Katz starts sales at Evanston condo development
Developer Bernard Katz & Associates has begun a pre-construction sales program at Mainstreet Station Condominiums, a 71-unit condo development at Ma [...]
Cornelia Court a great find wherever it's located
Whether you call it Avondale or the newly coined "West Roscoe Village," the area surrounding Cornelia Court is undergoing a transformation. Old fact [...]
RDM's Marquette Village big on park, low on price
For brand-new single-family homes starting in the $280s, we might expect something slapdash sandwiched between railroad lines, but Marquette Village [...]
Lincoln Park conversion yields triplex condos
We spotted another conversion just down the street from 955 West Webster in Lincoln Park. Webster Square, located at 1013 W Webster Ave, is the reno [...]
Silver Cloud the Rolls-Royce of condo conversions
Hyde Park — with the main campus of one of the most prestigious universities in the country, world-class museums and cultural institutions, hun [...]