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Are condo boards prepared for their responsibilities?

Are condo boards prepared for their responsibilities?

In this video, home inspector Tom Corbett outlines some of the pitfalls that new condo boards encounter. One typical scenario, he says, involves ine [...]

Ripped from the headlines: Citing slowdown, Target backs off on several planned stores

Target scraps three planned locations Daily Herald Retail center space to top 7M square feet Globe St. Buyers snap up deals in struggling market S [...]

The ugliest townhouse: a YoChicago year-end contest

As we close out 2007, we invite our readers to chime in on that most poignant of year-end topics: the ugliest townhouse in Chicago. We've seen some r [...]

Real estate issues top Chicago Journal's year-in-review

A handful of hot-button real estate issues topped the Chicago Journal's year-in-review feature this month. The weekly newspaper serves Wicker Park, B [...]

Ripped from the headlines: Two plans floated for Logan Square building

Two plans floated for Sachs building Lake View Booster Group plans upscale hotel conversion Crain's Design center planned opposite Mart Globe St. [...]
Courtyard rehab puts smaller units up front

Courtyard rehab puts smaller units up front

Think of a typical courtyard development in Rogers Park. Where are the one-bedroom units? Usually, they’re squeezed into the rear of the development, [...]
Has The Huron Club found its niche?

Has The Huron Club found its niche?

In a changing market, even the best-laid plans need a little tweaking. High-rise development is a particularly fickle property type; developers are ta [...]
Eye for design brings townhouses to life

Eye for design brings townhouses to life

In today’s market, it’s the rare developer who can build something truly unique into an established neighborhood. The Byrne Development Group, a bui [...]
Green home shines in USGBC pilot program

Green home shines in USGBC pilot program

It used to be a tavern, but now a century-old building at 1825 W. Wabansia Ave. in Bucktown has a new label: the first home in Chicago to go green und [...]
Sales update: 1 unit left at Schubert Square

Sales update: 1 unit left at Schubert Square

Just a single unit remains at Schubert Square Condominiums, a 12-unit gut rehab in Logan Square by Link Co. It's a three-bedroom, two-bath condo pr [...]

Quote of the day: Existing homes struggling versus demand for new construction

"The real tale of the two condo markets in the Chicago center city is told in the pricing problems that existing units are having. In the past six mon [...]

Would you listen to a real estate podcast?

Chicago-based Jones Lang LaSalle is betting that investors and executives will have an appetite for short snippets from the real estate world. The gl [...]

Ripped from the headlines: Transit solution must wait until 2008

Special transit session planned for Jan 2 Crain's Jones Lang LaSalle to begin podcasting Globe St. Green industrial park welcomes supplier Crain's [...]

Quote of the day: Petroleum prices will trump housing slowdown in 2008

"Lower house prices, widely forecast for next year in the aftermath of the mortgage debacle, sound ominous. Wealth will be lost on paper for many home [...]

@Properties to add commercial brokerage arm

@Properties, the powerhouse broker that rode the housing wave to success over the last five years, is adding a commercial brokerage division. The rea [...]

Ripped from the headlines: Plan for Wicker Park building expected in January

City mulls plan for Sachs building Chicago Journal Zoning change approved in Lincoln Square Inside Pubs The subprime blame game Chicago Magazine [...]
Chicago deal of the day: Pile on the incentives at Emerald

Chicago deal of the day: Pile on the incentives at Emerald

We've written about the nifty electric scooter that's available to buyers at Emerald in the West Loop. Recently, though, they've rolled out a laundr [...]
Gold Coast still commands healthy prices

Gold Coast still commands healthy prices

Think of this as a bookend to yesterday's dismal foreclosure sale in Wicker Park. Chicago Magazine's Deal Estate blog is reporting the sale of a seven [...]

Plymouth developers plan to restructure loan, fight foreclosure suit

Everything looks rosy for Walton on the Park, which received a $135 million construction loan to finance the first tower's groundbreaking, but we can' [...]

Ripped from the headlines: Walton on the Park gets loan, groundbreaking planned for Jan 21

Walton on the Park ready to go Crain's Fund to acquire two Hyde Park buildings HP Herald Record amount of retail space added in 2007 Trib Plymout [...]
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