Author: sheila burt

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History lesson: RDM restores vintage charm while updating Lake Shore landmark

History lesson: RDM restores vintage charm while updating Lake Shore landmark

Gutting a 1920s high-rise can be a little like plunging your hand into an elaborate wedding cake. The architectural detail for which the era is ce [...]
Comic book characters invade R+D659

Comic book characters invade R+D659

Pow! If the ads for X / O Condominiums are bringing sexy back, the marketers for R+D659 are creating a whole new cast of comic book characters. The [...]
More luxury rentals coming to edge of West Loop / River North

More luxury rentals coming to edge of West Loop / River North

We posted late last week about the progress at Kingsbury Plaza, The Habitat Company's rental high-rise designed by Solomon Cordwell Buenz. K Statio [...]
The Seasons at Madison Park in Hyde Park

The Seasons at Madison Park in Hyde Park

Here's a late addition to our roundup of South Side developments: The Seasons at Madison Park Condominiums, 1215 E Madison Park. The project's Web s [...]

Comment of the day: a million bucks ought to buy some wiggle room

"Real estate is expensive, I know. But when I think of a million dollar home I don't think of high density pack-em-in kind of housing developments. Ma [...]
Development roundup: 9 new-home projects open on South Side

Development roundup: 9 new-home projects open on South Side

We spotted nine new developments on the South Side this month - projects that either just hit the market, or that we just discovered. Prices range fro [...]
Deal of the day: foam finger not included

Deal of the day: foam finger not included

We normally don't associate home buying with the rah-rah spirit you'd find at a football game - but then we saw this ad in today's ChicagoTribune.com. [...]
Morgan Row – next best thing to a West Loop townhouse?

Morgan Row – next best thing to a West Loop townhouse?

They kinda sorta look like townhouses, don't they? Well, they aren't, but like C/A 23, Morgan Row is catering to West Loop condo buyers who crave s [...]

Quote of the day: foreclosures hit Austin, Humboldt Park, Englewood harder

"The market is still strong. It will assimilate these foreclosures. The impact is not as much as in areas like Austin, Humboldt Park and Englewood, wh [...]

Ripped from the headlines: local home sales down in 2nd quarter

Local home sales down in 2nd quarter Crain's Residents protest park high-rise Hyde Park Herald Center shows local increase in foreclosures Booster [...]
We like to watch: abundant light in Lincoln Park

We like to watch: abundant light in Lincoln Park

This single-family home at 844 W Webster Ave is long on natural light. Although the facade is traditional, the three-story house is all new, accord [...]

Real estate agent's Web site showcases Uptown

Simply writing the word "Uptown" in a post tends to draw vehement comments from Yo readers, so we thought we'd fan the flames by linking to an Uptown [...]
Views of Lake Street Station in Fulton Market

Views of Lake Street Station in Fulton Market

Yesterday, we posted on developer John Madonis' plans to build four mixed-use properties with C1-1 zoning - buildings that are ideal if you like the [...]

Chicago auction action: foreclosed homes on the block this weekend

When we saw auction company Hudson & Marshall's slogan, "Enjoy the intensity of the real thing," we hoped they were auctioning off Javier Bardem, [...]

Agent: renting more flexible, cost effective

A Crain's article last week about The Streeter, a high-rise at 345 E Ohio St that sold for nearly $212 million, suggested that amid falling condo sale [...]
Construction update: 757 Orleans @ Chicago

Construction update: 757 Orleans @ Chicago

Construction on the River North high-rise 757 Orleans @ Chicago is underway. Workers are currently building the project's parking garage, which wil [...]

Quote of the day: put historic buildings back on the tax rolls

"My view is if you have an historic building that graces the city's lakefront skyline and there is an opportunity to reuse the structure and put it ba [...]
Live where you work in Fulton Market – no, really

Live where you work in Fulton Market – no, really

Chicago might have its fill of new condo projects, but developer and contractor John Madonis says there's one part of the market that hasn't been se [...]
Deal of the day: free flat-panel TV, cheaper parking at Sheridan Tower

Deal of the day: free flat-panel TV, cheaper parking at Sheridan Tower

If Frigidaire stainless steel appliances, granite countertops and Brizo faucets aren't enough to get you excited, the condos at Sheridan Tower also [...]

Quote of the day: development highly localized

"Development is a highly localized thing. If you live in a 10-story building, on the fifth floor facing south,  and someone was going to build a 25-st [...]
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