Author: Joseph Askins
Lake Park Crescent takes the lead on lakefront
Buyers who equate lakeside property with hefty price points could find a pleasant surprise simply by heading south. In North Kenwood and Oakland, th [...]
Roosevelt Square enters second phase
In the April edition of New Homes Magazine, writer Dana Dubriwny looks at Roosevelt Square, a $750 million development on the Near West Side.
With [...]
The cheapest loft in Chicago?
It's possible that you'll run across a less expensive loft than the one you see above, but I can't find any in our New Homes Quick Guide. So until I [...]
Lipe's Maduro lofts become apartments
So much for these lofts. Laura Knepper of Lipe Properties said this morning that the Maduro at University Village conversion is now an apartment bui [...]
Slight adjustment at Gunnison Street Lofts
The prices of remaining units at Finnegan Development's Gunnison Street Lofts have dropped slightly, and buyers now will get a plasma television wit [...]
21 homes available at Lake View gut rehab
Attentive readers may remember a post from last July regarding The Macon Group’s conversion of adjoining buildings near the intersection of Belmont [...]
Touring Frankel & Giles' Prairie District Lofts
Patrick and I stopped by the Prairie District Lofts sales center at just the right time. Frankel & Giles' sales team just moved from a commercia [...]
Ripped from the headlines: Housing construction down in February
Housing construction falls in February AP
Developer seeks investors for Michigan Ave tower Crain's
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Joewalking in the South Loop
Look at a developer's conceptual art for too long and you'll start thinking that a building exists in a vacuum. It's not as if the X/O Condominiums [...]
EcoLogic Lofts' recycled model expands on project's green sensibilities
Senco Properties is so determined to promote conservation at its new Bucktown loft project that it's putting together a model unit decorated with se [...]
Park 1000 ready for construction?
Expect to see more activity at 1000 S Michigan Ave in the coming weeks. During a visit to the Park 1000 sales center last Friday, sales associate Chri [...]
Deal of the day: $15,000 for furniture at The Rotunda in Lincoln Park
A house just isn’t a home without a place to sit or sleep. That’s why the developers of The Rotunda are offering a $15,000 furniture allowance to bu [...]
Deal of the day: Low interest, free parking, no payments at Shoemaker Lofts through March 31
Buyers now have three incentives to buy one of Dubin Residential's Shoemaker Lofts in Avondale, but only if they seal the deal by March 31.
Anyone [...]
Coordinating community activities at Lakeshore East
Now that buyers have moved into buildings like The Chandler and 340 on the Park, the folks at Lakeshore East are hoping that residents can start bui [...]
Metropolitan Tower crawling toward closeout
As Patrick and I go back through the Yo archives to find developments in need of updates, one thing becomes more and more certain: Sales figures at a [...]
One home left at University Crossing
Don't be fooled by Blue Slate Properties' Web site. University Crossing is much closer to sellout than that "60% Sold" announcement suggests.
Blue [...]
Joewalking (and riding) through Lakeshore East
When any of us go out to snap pictures or shoot videos of sales center or construction sites, we usually walk, drive the Yo-mobile, hail a cab or us [...]
Developer freezing taxes at '06 values at 1400 Lake Shore Drive
Looks like RDM Development is itching to unload its stock of renovated condominiums at 1400 North Lake Shore Drive. The company, in an attempt to sw [...]
RMR drops prices on Six North May
During our chat about Morgan Row this morning, Michael Schnell of Koenig & Strey GMAC Real Estate mentioned that prices have dropped at RMR Part [...]
New retail tenants, no new sales at Morgan Row
Sales haven’t exactly picked up at Morgan Row since our last visit, but Equinox Development Corp has leased at least one of its street-level retail [...]