Author: mark boyer
Row houses with a view of the "parc"
When I spoke with Chelton Blackburn about the single-family home at 4747 S Drexel Blvd, he also offered some information about Parc View Place, the [...]
The Parkhomes at Lakeshore East
In the final video from my visit to Lakeshore East last week, Leila Zammatta, the senior vice president of sales for Magellan Development Group, tal [...]
Signs and signifiers at 2444 W Diversey Ave
An "Open House" banner alongside "Posted: Keep Out" and "Beware of Dog" signs seems so contradictory that they all ought to cancel each other out.
Ho [...]
Standard elevator in Kenwood single-family home
During a recent swing through Kenwood, I noticed these two new single-family homes at 4747 and 4749 S Drexel Blvd.
A contract was signed for the ho [...]
Talking green design with Anne Rashford
On Tuesday, Anne Rashford, the Museum of Science and Industry's director of temporary exhibits took a few minutes out of her busy schedule to speak [...]
An inside look at Aqua construction
Earlier in the week, I had the pleasure of visiting the construction site of Aqua with Leila Zammatta, the senior vice president of sales for Magell [...]
One duplex left at 1360 West Hubbard
There’s still one home left in this six-unit development at 1360 W Hubbard St. It's 1E, which should be the one closest to the camera in the photo at [...]
Another view of Camelot: Kenwood's McGill Parc Townhomes
"History repeats itself with modern elegance," reads a promotional brochure for the McGill Parc Townhomes, attempting to reconcile that Medieval cas [...]
More from MSI's modular home
One of the more notable features in the Museum of Science and Industry's Green + Wired exhibit is an integrated technology system with which you ca [...]
Clybourn Corridor development update
This morning I spoke with Rafael Leon, the executive director of the Chicago Metropolitan Housing Development Corporation, about the development plann [...]
McGill Parc Townhomes' unfortunate past
Some longtime Yo readers might recognize the above photo. It's an old castle that was converted to a 62-unit condo building at 4938 S Drexel Blvd in [...]
Museum of Science and Industry's modular home
During my visit to Hyde Park earlier this week, I dropped by the Museum of Science and Industry's Smart Home: Green + Wired exhibit.
After speaking [...]
Two- and three-bedrooms at Pearson on the Park
More than a year has passed since we last posted a sales update for Pearson on the Park, a 27-story apartment building in Streeterville that Hawthorne [...]
One- and two-bedrooms still available at Chess Lofts
There are still plenty of units available – 49 to be exact – in the Chess Lofts, the 119-unit South Loop loft conversion at the former home of Chess R [...]
Designing EcoLogic Lofts' "green museum"
On Friday I posted the first part of my video tour of Senco Properties' model unit for EcoLogic Lofts. In this second part, John Robert Wiltgen expl [...]
550 square-foot studios at 550 St Clair
Although it looks completed in the photo at right, Ron Ruby from Weichert Realtors First Chicago says construction is still ongoing at 550 St Clair, b [...]
A closer look at EcoLogic Lofts' furnished model
Construction hasn't begun yet on Senco Properties' EcoLogic Lofts, but there's already plenty of excitement at the sales center in Bucktown. As Joe [...]
Construction checkup: Aqua
Aqua, Magellan Development Group's mixed-use skyscraper, is moving skyward at 225 N Columbus Drive in the New East Side, but it's still below the half [...]
18 lofts still available at 3133 Lakewood
We received some press materials from the Macon Group yesterday and learned that three units in the loft development at 3133 N Lakewood Ave have sold [...]
A variety of floor plans available at 400 North LaSalle
Yo has never paid too much attention to DK / Equity's 400 North LaSalle, but on our recent walk through River North, Joe and I couldn't help but notic [...]