Author: Joseph Askins
Riding the Red Line: Belmont
The Red Line's stop in Lake View (for riders traveling out from downtown, at least) is at Belmont, a station that bears a strong resemblance to th [...]
Rental deal of the day: A 1 BR two blocks from Southport, available for $950
Today's rental deal of the day from Chicago Rentals Direct is a 750 square-foot one-bedroom / one-bath with a study and a large rear deck, located jus [...]
The high end of condo rentals in Lake View
Single-family homes in Lake View can fetch rents as high as $10,000. For condos, the highest price point at the moment is $6,900, which will ren [...]
Riding the Red Line: Fullerton
Travel north on the Red Line from 35th Street and you'll end spend a lot of time underground. All of downtown's Red Line stations are underground, [...]
The fat lady sings for Opera Lofts’ developers
"What are they going to get from me? I have nothing. Even my little dog is sick."
- Contractor Adolfo Castellanos, responding to news that he a [...]
Walk Wright into eight Oak Park homes next month
Even if you aren't in the market for one of the five Frank Lloyd Wright-designed homes currently for sale in the suburbs, you still might be interes [...]
Riding the Red Line: North / Clybourn
The last subway station a northbound rider on the Red Line will encounter is the newly renovated North / Clybourn stop at the border of Lincoln Pa [...]
The selection for swimmers in the South Loop
At a recent panel discussion about the rental market, Greg Mutz of AMLI Residential Partners said he expected Chicago's next round of apartment buildi [...]
A 3,000 square-foot oddity in Oriole Park, priced at $539K
This squat stone turret of a home doesn't look like most of its Norwood Park neighbors, or anything other single-families that went on the market [...]
Case-Shiller Tuesday: Chicago home values at summer 2001 levels
Chicago home values in February dipped to levels not seen since the summer of 2001, according to today's Case-Shiller Home Price Indices release from [...]
Ravenswood is a good spot to raise kids
Architect Pat FitzGerald built a new home in Ravenswood 20 years ago and has raised his two children there. He's recently put that home on the mar [...]
Stuff that sells: Five that took a dive in April
This afternoon I was browsing a list of homes that have closed over the past 30 days at half a million dollars or more. Five of those homes ended up c [...]
One month free for Astoria Tower’s two-bedrooms
Crescent Heights is knocking a month's worth of rent off new 14-month leases at Astoria Tower, 8 E 9th St in the South Loop. According to the fine pri [...]
Deal of the day: $1,250 for a corner 2 BR with great lake views in Lakeview East
Today's deal from Chicago Rentals Direct is a two-bedroom / one-bath corner unit at 3639 N Pine Grove Ave, just a block east of the northern tip o [...]
Riding the Red Line: Clark / Division
Below the intersection of Clark and Division streets is the next-to-last subway station that riders pass through when traveling north on the Red L [...]
Pooches prohibited from most Near North Side apartments
If you're searching for a dog-friendly apartment, you might as well skip most of the buildings on the Near North Side, including those in the Gold [...]
Waterton posts rents for Mondial units
After finding signs of rentals at Walton on the Park last Friday, I started checking up on other condo towers that have announced conversions to see i [...]
Weekend reads from the news feed
Not every story we add to our Chicago Real Estate News feed warrants "top story" status or a "quote of the day" post, but that doesn't make it any les [...]
Walton on the Park rentals hit the market
Last month some outside investors paid off a $82-million loan for Walton on the Park, Mesirow and Enterprise's long-languishing 189-unit high-rise at [...]
From the vault: Good Friday in Pilsen
Every Good Friday, thousands of Pilsen residents turn out for a Stations of the Cross procession down 18th Street. Last year I met the throng near [...]