Author: Joseph Askins
Sales update: Secret incentives at Vetro
All of the glass is up at the Vetro at 611 S Wells St, and that's a pretty important milestone for this development, given its namesake and all.
Sale [...]
Frontier no more for Wicker Park and Bucktown
Wicker Park and Bucktown may be in the final stages of gentrification - high-end retailers have a foothold along many high-traffic thoroughfares, and [...]
Most Vue condos ready for delivery
As promised, here's a new look at The Vue, McHugh Development & Construction's 22-home building at 3505 N Ashland Ave in Lake View.
Ten condos, [...]
Final contract signed at Fulton Place
Time to scratch another development from the New Homes Magazine Quick Guide. The last new condo for sale at Fulton Place, 657 W Fulton St, went under [...]
Frontier no more for Wicker Park and Bucktown
For a man who made his name in real estate by selling lofts and condo conversions in Bucktown, @properties co-founder Thad Wong is remarkably frank ab [...]
Construction checkup: LV Lofts
There are new loft-style condominiums going up near the intersection of Belmont, Ashland and Lincoln avenues. They just aren't as large as the proje [...]
Four available at Hubbard Street Lofts
Believe it or not, YoChicago never made it out to 1050 W Hubbard St to get a streetside look at Ruttenberg Capital Management's Hubbard Street Lofts [...]
Trump keeps movin' on up
It's impossible to ignore the Trump International Hotel & Tower these days, even when you aren't hanging out in the heart of downtown.
I was scou [...]
Talking with an architect at the Midwest Builders Show
One of the many people Val and Lou met at the Midwest Builders Show in Rosemont was Luka Andjelich, an architect of Styczynski Walker & Associat [...]
The Apartments at Lakeview Collection
Looks like I wasn't the only one calling around about the Lofts at Lakeview Collection. Crain's reports this morning that Centrum Properties will turn [...]
Ripped from the headlines: Mixed-use development announced for Lake View
Loan jump-starts Lake View condo, retail project Crain's
Greektown condo project now a hotel Crain's
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Two buildings yield 12 condos in Lake View
In the April issue of New Homes Magazine, Dan Schuyler profiles The Chelsea, Stillpoint Development and Castlebar Enterprises' two-building, 12-unit [...]
Lofts at Lakeview Collection: It… lives?
Another day, another wrinkle. Things just get curiouser and curiouser, Yo reader.
One day after sales manager Carrie McCormick said that Centrum Pr [...]
Down to two at 340 on the Park
One thing I failed to mention in my Lakeshore East posts this month is that one of the development's high-rises, the 62-story 340 on the Park, is ju [...]
A quick look at Lakeside Lofts
Patrick and I couldn't persuade the sales manager at Lakeside Lofts to lead a video tour of her project's two-bedroom model, so you'll have to settl [...]
Ripped from the headlines: Area home sales down 27 percent from February 2007
Area home sales down 27 percent in February Crain's
Existing home sales up, prices down AP
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Touring a Fletcher Row townhouse
Patrick spent part of Monday in Hamlin Park (or West Roscoe Village, West Lake View, North Center or Riverview), home of Bluestone Development's new [...]
Centrum cancels Lofts at Lakeview Collection
Not too long ago, a Yo reader used our tip line to request an update on three North Side loft projects. I'm still tracking down info on two of those [...]
The Peshtigo a diamond in a rough market
With lender requirements becoming more stringent and financing becoming more difficult to secure, homebuyers are taking the long view on luxury high-r [...]
Update: 18 available at Elston Timber Lofts
I reported a couple weeks ago that Blue Slate Properties was down to its last unit at University Crossing Lofts in Pilsen. During my conversation wi [...]