Author: patrick rollens
Sales update: Catalyst 25% sold
As promised, I've got the latest prices and sales figures from Catalyst (including the pretty new rendering, shown mega-sized here for your viewing [...]
Catalyst unveils new Web site
In case you missed it, Catalyst rolled out its sleek, angular new Web site earlier this week. Marketing points, according to the PDF brochure, inclu [...]
Slight delay for new Wicker Park luxury condos
Back in June, we reported on the latest offering from RMR Group and Studio Dwell Architects: a nine-unit luxury project at 1919 W Crystal St in Wick [...]
Ripped from the headlines: Greektown hotel too tall, residents say
Greektown hotel draws criticism Crain's
Hotel's average room rate soars Crain's
City Hall settles Millennium Park dispute Crain's
Taxman Corp con [...]
Buyers know what they're looking for in Lincoln Park and Lake View
Armed with an Internet full of information and well-meaning advice from friends and family, Chicago homebuyers know what they're looking for in neig [...]
Sales update: 2 left at 1529 W Chestnut St
Two condos are left at 1529 W Chestnut St, a five-home development in Noble Square.
Unit 101 is a three-bedroom duplex starting at $524,000; it featu [...]
Something for everyone in Lincoln Park and Lake View
As communities go, the North Side has what you might call brand appeal. Descriptions of the neighborhoods read like tourist brochures: lakefront hom [...]
Ripped from the headlines: Lincoln Park immune to market downturn?
Lincoln Park called 'recession-proof' Inside Publications
Alderman bucks advisory panel Chicago Journal
Inside Blackstone Hotel's $128 million mak [...]
Only studios left at the Flats on LaSalle
Way back in 2006, Yo reported on the condos for sale at the Flats on LaSalle, a 250-unit conversion by Metropolitan Development Enterprises. None of [...]
MoMo is actually Joffrey Tower, ballet to open this summer
As promised, here's a photo of Smithfield Development's Modern Momentum project at 151 N State St in the Loop.
I was a little perplexed by this comme [...]
Ripped from the headlines: Shop and learn with Time Out Chicago's real-estate package
Avoid first-time-buyer mistakes Time Out Chicago
Explaining those pesky closing fees Time Out Chicago
Four neighborhoods with hot deals Time Out C [...]
A couple more Solstice on the Park renderings
Here are a couple more renderings from Solstice on the Park, a 27-story high-rise designed by Studio / Gang / Architects and planned for Hyde Park. [...]
What's left at Modern Momentum?
I wrote recently about the last four condos at Modern Momentum, Smithfield Development's Loop high-rise better known as MoMo.
The available units - a [...]
Roosevelt Square enters second phase
By Dana Dubriwny
Planning is key at Roosevelt Square, a $750 million development by Related Midwest and Quest Development on the Near West Side.
S [...]
Streeterville’s Peshtigo a diamond in a rough market
By Dana Dubriwny
With lender requirements becoming more stringent and financing becoming more difficult to secure, homebuyers are taking the long vie [...]
Lake Park Crescent takes the lead on lakefront
By Dana Dubriwny
In the recent history of Chicago, buyers have had few opportunities to purchase new homes along Lake Michigan. Rarer still are new [...]
235 Van Buren sees rapid sales in the Loop
By Dana Dubriwny
The Chicago Loop is home to many of the city’s business icons, including the Chicago Board of Trade and the Sears Tower. What’s mi [...]
Sales update: 4 units left at MoMo
Modern Momentum, Smithfield Development's 33-story under construction at 8 E Randolph St in the Loop, has been flirting with a sellout for several yea [...]
Ripped from the headlines: Plan to extend lakefront park meets opposition
Residents oppose Edgewater park plan Trib
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Diagram explains Solstice on the Park's angled windows
If you're like me, you probably just smiled and nodded when we described the slanted windows at Solstice on the Park, a 26-story high-rise planned f [...]