Author: mark boyer
Construction checkup: Union Row
In response to Emen's request, here are a few photos I just took of Union Row in the 600 block of West 16th Street in East Pilsen. Just as Emen said, [...]
Quote of the day: "The trough is behind us"
"The good news is the trough is behind us...[but] the fundamental situation remains bleak."
-UniCredit economist Harm Bandholz on U.S. home prices.
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Sales update: Eight left at Belmont Square
The only mention of Belmont Square that I can find in the YoChicago archives is from April. All we knew at that point was that the building's 10 condo [...]
Introducing RW 1770 in Ravenswood
I noticed this new development, RW 1770, while browsing NewHomeNotebook.com this morning. I'm assuming "RW" stands for Ravenswood, and "1770" refers t [...]
Sales update: 75 units left at Astoria Tower
Provence Development Group's Astoria Tower Residences & Spa is currently under construction at 8 E 9th St in the Loop, and while we've written qui [...]
Six townhouses left in Phase I of Fletcher Row
Fletcher Row has already been around for quite a while. Sales manager Jim Nykaza has been working on the project for about eight months, and marketing [...]
Construction photos: 565 Quincy
Belgravia Group's 565 Quincy in the Loop is one new development that I've been keeping an eye on because, well, I think it looks neat. The constructio [...]
Construction checkup: 1919 West Crystal
This nine-condo development at 1919 W Crystal St in Wicker Park has managed to keep a fairly low profile this is year, but construction seems to be mo [...]
Concept vs. execution: VB1224
Should a development get low marks on its concept / execution grade when the finished product is a completely different color from initial renderings [...]
Another introduction: 728 – 730 North Ada
I was surprised to find that ground recently broke at 728 - 730 N Ada St in West Town, considering the number of new condos that have flooded that ne [...]
Introducing The Catalina
Joe slipped a mention of it in a recent post, but aside from that, The Catalina has been altogether absent from Yo, so consider this its official YoCh [...]
Comparing Streeterville floor plans
I've always thought of Avenue East, the white and blue high-rise at left in the above photo, and 550 St Clair, the glassy high-rise at right, as twins [...]
Deal of the day: $100,000 off at Avenue East
For almost a year, we've watched sales figures for Avenue East, 160 E Illinois St, grind to a halt and inch backwards. Now, in a move that seems both [...]
Construction checkup: ParkView's park
When I posted last month about the park that MCL Companies is currently constructing in the lot directly to the west of ParkView Condominiums, the 4 [...]
Condos and townhouses at "Rivers Edge"
Normally, when a developer fails to properly spell or punctuate the name of a development, it's no big deal. I see intentional (pointe, parque) and un [...]
Introducing 1943 North California
This condo development at 1943 N California Ave was completed a few months ago, but this is the first mention of it on Yo. It's located just a couple [...]
Comparing Kennedy Estates floor plans
These floor plans seem pretty typical of the two-bedroom / two-baths that are offered at Kennedy Estates, located at 4801 N Lavergne Ave in Jefferson [...]
Grandwalking in River West and West Town
I've been posting quite a bit recently on some mid-size developments on Grand Avenue, west of the Chicago River, and it's no coincidence - I regularly [...]
Construction checkup: North River Court
I had filed this development in the "uncertain" column in a roundup of new construction in Avondale earlier in the week, mostly because I've been unsu [...]
Letting some air out of Kennedy Estates' prices
We've been howling at the prices for two-bedrooms in Kennedy Estates since it was first announced more than two years ago, and now, after a number of [...]