Author: Joseph Askins
Looking at layouts: Two-bedroom condos at R+D659
Some of the most popular condos at Mesirow Financial Real Estate's R+D659 are the two-bedroom, two-bath units overlooking the building's outdoor pool, [...]
RDM has a Vision for Division Street
What you see above isn't a dream or a mirage - it's a Vision! Vision, RDM Development's new condominium project, is located just a stone's throw wes [...]
Two views of Lakeshore East construction
You'll have to wait for the video of my trip to Lakeshore East, but I don't mind sharing these construction photos immediately.
On the left is the [...]
Sales update: R+D659 nearing 60 percent mark
R+D659, the West Loop project with those Lichtenstein-lite billboards and goofy "Artie" videos, continues to rise at the corner of Randolph and Desp [...]
Construction checkup: C/A 23
During my walk through the West Loop in mid-February, I stopped by the site of C/A 23, The Brixton Group's 48-home development at 23 N Aberdeen St.
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Sales update: 20 homes available at Avenue East
Stop me if you've heard this one before: A downtown high-rise was closer to sellout six months ago than it is today.
In September, 15 of Avenue East' [...]
Chicago Metropolitan, Related Midwest to build 80 homes near Clybourn and Larrabee
The Chicago Metropolitan Housing Development Corp and Related Midwest plan to build 80 market-rate, affordable and public homes near the intersection [...]
Southside Builders Association schedules Premiere of Homes
Home buyers can inspect a variety of few new condominiums, lofts and townhouses during the Southside Builders Association's Premiere of Homes, sched [...]
"Joewalking" by three River North construction sites
Since I was in the neighborhood on Friday, I decided to switch on the video camera and get some shots of construction near the intersection of State [...]
Construction checkup: The Elysian
With all our talk about Ten East Delaware and Walton on the Park over the past few months, we've neglected to give an update on their neighbor at the [...]
Mandarin Oriental Tower still in a holding pattern
Last December, Crain's reported that the Mandarin Oriental Tower project near Millennium Park was facing liens from both its architect and its contrac [...]
Sales update: 10 sold at The Parkhomes at Lakeshore East
Magellan Development Group won't kickstart its marketing push for The Parkhomes at Lakeshore East for another few weeks, but its model unit is ready [...]
The great Belgravia bowl-off
And you thought we were kidding...
Last week, the Yo staff traveled to the 565 Quincy sales center at 565 W Quincy St to see how the Belgravia Grou [...]
Sales update: More than 90 percent of Aqua's condos sold
Lakeshore East's fifth condominium tower, the rippling Aqua, is nearing sellout.
Sales have passed the 90-percent mark at the 82-story, mixed-use tow [...]
Lissner: More inventory sales, fewer project announcements in '08
We may look back on 2008 as a year when developers put their big dreams on hold and focused instead on finishing what they had started. If that's the [...]
Real Estate Wiki: Yet another way to pass the time
Call me a nerd, but I can waste an entire evening clicking through Wikipedia articles. Napoleon, photosynthesis, that dastardly Don Denkinger; slap an [...]
Checking in on 740 Fulton
There was a time not too long ago when some folks felt Yo was paying too much attention to 740 Fulton, the Thrush Cos' tower overlooking the Kennedy [...]
Sales update: 85 percent sold at 550 St Clair
A few dropped contracts and a few new purchases add up to a pretty static sales figure at the nearly completed 550 St Clair.
Approximately 15 percent [...]
Convenient public transit can be a boon to property owners
About 25 percent of all Americans shopping for a home in the next 20 years will want to live within a half-mile of a public transit stop, and people w [...]
Ripped from the headlines: State to make offer on Wrigley Field
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