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Sitting atop Evanston in your own light-filled penthouse
Chicago doesn’t lay claim to ALL the good views. Check out this suburban skyline from the penthouse at Grand Bend at Green Bay, overlooking Evans [...]
70 percent of homebuyers more likely to purchase a green home in a down market*
Buyer interest in green home features in new construction homes has increased in recent years. Sure it’s the right thing to do and people are indeed [...]
Transportation access key for Loop condos
It’s hard to miss all the signage for 235 Van Buren condos at the LaSalle / Van Buren ‘L’ station near the southwest corner of the original ‘Loop’ [...]
Home builder strategies: soundproof design
An experienced homebuilder knows how to design a floor plan that minimizes the sound heard from room to room. When shopping for a new construction ho [...]
Evanston Grand Prix scheduled for Sunday July 17
On Sunday July 17, just a few blocks from Grand Bend at Green Bay condominiums in the heart of downtown Evanston, the Downtown Bike Grand Prix will [...]
Superior 110 flanked by River North restaurants
As the Taste of River North approaches on July 15-17, it’s worth noting the wealth of dining opportunities flanking River North’s Superior 110 condomi [...]
Wacker Gateway Park under construction below 235 Van Buren
Getting tired of the Congress Parkway bridge construction at Wacker Drive? You wouldn’t be the only one. According to IDOT’s bridge website, the [...]
North Aurora’s Remington Landings has new homes ready
Riding out I-88, a couple of miles past the Aurora Outlet Mall, is Remington Landings, a quiet community near parks and woodland that’s close to the [...]
Grand Bend – in a close-in suburb with an urban quality
Evanston is a lot of different things to different people, which is why the community is so diverse, what with the largest population of any town [...]
Geneva’s Mill Creek: Ready for the new school year
Time’s short for getting the family into a new school system for the fall and Mill Creek in Geneva has the perfect combination of opportunities.
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Rent-to-own in Evanston’s Grand Bend
Despite home ownership being oft cited as the better deal these days, consumers seem wary of making the commitment.
But if you’re mulling ownership [...]
New construction homes ready at Reston Ponds of Sycamore
If you’re looking to make a move this summer so your family is settled for the new school year, now’s the time to take a look at two move-in ready [...]
$30K discount for 30 days at Remington Landings in North Aurora
During June, J. Lawrence Homes is offering a $30,000 price break on two ‘move-in-ready’ homes at Remington Landings in North Aurora. Just a coupl [...]
Home builder trends: open floor plans replace the living room
New home sizes are shrinking and each space in a home is up for evaluation as to its usefulness when builders design new floor plans. In many cases, [...]
Rebuilding the Del Prado’s public spaces
Architect David Gwinn of the Silliman Group is overseeing the restoration of the old Del Prado hotel in Hyde Park and recently gave Joe Zekas a to [...]
1 year of assessments paid, $5K in closing credits, and an iPad for buyers at 235 Van Buren
The next 10 people who buy a new-construction condo at 235 Van Buren in the Loop will hit an incentive trifecta: one year of assessments paid, $5, [...]
Restoring the Del Prado, a Hyde Park classic
The Del Prado, built in 1918, is one of a group of distinctive buildings that mark the gateway from Lake Shore Drive into Hyde Park in Chicago. Th [...]
Townhome-sized single-floor homes in the West Loop
The high-style, design-intensive condos at CA23 in the West Loop are under new ownership, and prices have been slashed by 30% on the remaining 11 [...]
Hundreds of homes participate in Mill Creek’s community garage sale
The annual three-day garage sale event at the sprawling Mill Creek development in Geneva kicked off yesterday with strong participation despite th [...]
A Lincoln Park garden condo that defies expectations, priced below $300,000
Garden-level homes have a rep for being dim places with little natural light, but this morning Niko Apostal of Coldwell Banker and The Apostal Gro [...]