Author: mark boyer
Deal of the day: New incentives at Michigan Avenue Tower II
It's a rare day when resident skeptic Joseph Askins is forced to eat his words around here, so I might as well serve it up while I can. I'd like to ca [...]
Bluewater 5440 proceeding carefully
Is there anything wrong with a developer biding its time, testing the waters and exercising a little caution before plunging head-first into a project [...]
Immediate deliveries at Union Row
Construction is advancing at Belgravia Group's Union Row, so much that I scarcely recognize this stretch of 16th Street in East Pilsen that just a yea [...]
Construction checkup: Lexington Park Condominiums
I wrote a couple of posts last week on Lexington Park Condominiums, but the only visual representation of the building I had was a grainy rendering [...]
Signs of life at 1555 Wabash
Judging from this photo I took over the weekend, it looks like construction of 1555 Wabash, New West Realty's 14-story South Loop high-rise, has gotte [...]
Construction proceeding at Coliseum Park
"Nothing has changed," Koenig & Strey GMAC Real Estate associate Sophia Klopas says of sales at the Coliseum Park Condominiums development at 14 [...]
Firebird Development's Rogers Park two-fer
It's not only in San Diego that buyers are encountering 'buy one, get one free' offers. In Rogers Park, people who buy the first-floor, two-bedroom co [...]
Deal of the day: Hyde Park's Silver Cloud
With prices for new condos at Solstice on the Park starting in the $500s, some of Hyde Park's other condo developments are starting to look more affor [...]
Go west: feeling at home in the West Loop
A warm glow hangs over the West Loop's lofts and restaurants in Michael Kardas' panoramic shot above, but the neighborhood wasn't always a yuppie ha [...]
Sales update: Seven left at Zen
Considering that there were just 12 units left in Zen when Joe strolled through the West Loop in February, I was surprised to learn that there's sti [...]
5430 Sheridan nearing closeout
There are only five units left in 5430 Sheridan, Bluewater Companies' 48-unit mid-rise development in Edgewater. When Patrick posted a sales update [...]
Two floor plans for the Lexington Park lofts
Although construction at the Lexington Park Condominiums in the South Loop still has a ways to go, the seven-story loft portion of the development is [...]
Special pricing and financing at 1954 Wilmot
We had a pre-construction post by Joel on this Bucktown condo development in 2006, but since then, this building at 1954 N Wilmot Ave seems to have sl [...]
An inside look at 2701 West Chicago
Following up on my weekend post about the new condo development at 2701 W Chicago Ave, I went and visited the West Town development with Pat Burns o [...]
Sales and construction reach halfway points at Lexington Park
If it seems like sales and construction at Lexington Park Condominiums are proceeding slowly, it's because they are. Sales are still at the halfway [...]
The Breakers: Rogers Park's lakefront condos
In this second part of my visit to Rogers Park with Joe Zekas, Connie Abels tells us about The Breakers, a lakefront condo conversion at 1200 W She [...]
Outdoor space abounds at 2701 West Chicago
It isn't much to look at from the street, but Kevin Dembinsky from Century 21 Sussex and Reilly assures me that this property at 2701 W Chicago Ave [...]
Rogers Park's Jarvis Square
Yesterday, Joe Zekas and I toured Rogers Park with longtime resident and real-estate veteran Connie Abels, who showed us some of the recent commerci [...]
Introducing 3130 West Fullerton
Joe and I stumbled across this Logan Square six-flat at 3130 W Fullerton Ave while scouting new construction on the northwest side earlier this week. [...]
Two left at Armitage Place
When Joel wrote about MK Development Group's Armitage Place in 2006, commenters were up in arms over the renovation of this building at 3031 W Armitag [...]