Author: sheila burt

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Quote of the day: wellness is the new luxury

"Wellness is really the new luxury." - Related Midwest's Nancy Nugent, who is leading sales for Canyon Ranch Living - Chicago. The project comprises [...]

Lake View considers private security forces

A Lake View neighborhood group is considering hiring private security forces in response to the recent wave of attacks in the neighborhood. At a meet [...]

Ripped from the headlines: foreclosed homes to be auctioned off

Foreclosed properties to be sold this month Sun-Times Land bought for 2nd phase of Woodlawn project Trib Seven-story building planned for South Lo [...]
Sales update: Canyon Ranch Living – Chicago

Sales update: Canyon Ranch Living – Chicago

Canyon Ranch Living - Chicago, the 67-story tower planned for 680 N Rush St, is 10 percent sold, according to Nancy Nugent, director of sales for Re [...]

Comment of the day: market will bounce back, eventually

"The market always comes back, eventually. The hard part is, the market can stay depressed longer than many builders can stay solvent. I laugh at peop [...]
Parc Huron design heavy on glass, concrete

Parc Huron design heavy on glass, concrete

What's Yo'alls take on the rendering of Parc Huron? Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture designed the 21-story high-rise, planned for 469 W Huron St. T [...]

Comment of the day: Pullman the Rome of Chicago

"Pullman should be one of Chicago's number one tourist attractions. It is the Rome of Chicago. Historically significant actions that changed the direc [...]
21-story Parc Huron planned for River North

21-story Parc Huron planned for River North

Nothing's happening yet at the site of Parc Huron (or Parc Huron 469, as the sign on the fence says), but the development's Web site promises a sal [...]
Construction update: The Clare at Water Tower

Construction update: The Clare at Water Tower

The Clare at Water Tower looks to be almost halfway to its full, 53-story height. The senior living facility, at 55 E Pearson St, is designed by Per [...]
Condos coming to 660 N Kingsbury St in River North

Condos coming to 660 N Kingsbury St in River North

A vintage masonry building at 660 N Kingsbury St in River North will be gutted to make way for a new condo project, The Park Kingsbury Residences. [...]
Construction update: 451 Huron's lofty base

Construction update: 451 Huron's lofty base

The new 15-story high-rise, 451 Huron, appears to be nearly sold out (90 percent sold according to the site sign, 95 percent according to the projec [...]
16-story River North boutique will have 2 condos per floor

16-story River North boutique will have 2 condos per floor

The development team behind The Superior at LaSalle is planning another River North condo project - this time a 16-story boutique building at 100 W H [...]
Work in progress: construction moving on Superior 110

Work in progress: construction moving on Superior 110

It's too early to tell if Superior 110, the glass high-rise with the gently curving facade planned for River North, will look truly superior when it [...]
Construction update: condo towers on East Walton, Delaware

Construction update: condo towers on East Walton, Delaware

The block bounded by North State Street, East Walton Place, North Rush Street and East Delaware Place is shaping up to be one busy construction zone [...]

Comment of the day: affordable housing will keep Uptown down

"The real anchor that will keep Uptown down for longer than new residents would like is what Irishpirate referenced earlier - the large amount of affo [...]
More change along Belmont: 3133 N Lakewood Ave gets gutted

More change along Belmont: 3133 N Lakewood Ave gets gutted

We posted recently on the wave of development along Belmont Avenue. Here's yet another new project: a conversion at 1243 W Belmont Ave, which is bei [...]
Living large at 1206 W Wellington Ave in Lake View

Living large at 1206 W Wellington Ave in Lake View

This new single-family home at 1206 W Wellington Ave is on a 37.5-foot-wide lot - and that's not its only jumbo-sized feature. Your family and frie [...]

Quote of the day: hotel condos a risky investment

"From a personal standpoint, I just can't understand the economic justification for buying a hotel room that's gonna lose money. . .We like the amenit [...]
Waterman Place in Evanston gives alternative to high-rise living

Waterman Place in Evanston gives alternative to high-rise living

Waterman Place, at 651 Hinman Ave, might be a good alternative for Evanston home-seekers miffed about the proposed high-rise developments in the pop [...]
A tale of two graystones on North Lakewood

A tale of two graystones on North Lakewood

They just don't make 'em like that anymore - except they sorta did at 3733 N Lakewood Ave (pictured left above). At a quick glance this single-fami [...]
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