Category: Condo conversions
Edison Park, still right where we left it
Edison Park, as Joel once reminded us, is part of Chicago, too. We don't come across too many new listings in the far-flung neighborhood on the Nort [...]
Transformation complete at 1135 West Chicago
It might not be the most glamorous condo conversion in the city, but a look at the before and after photos side-by-side shows just how far this six-f [...]
Showing myself around Clybourn Green
I've only been to a handful of weekend open houses, but from what I gather, there's one basic rule that most agents observe: Don't leave the sales cen [...]
Three "stylish" homes still left at LP 625
"Looking for stylish beginnings?" inquires the listing for CG Development's LP 625. "Here, you have found it in this 88-unit rehab in Lincoln Park."
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Deal of the day: Condos starting at $85,900 in West Humboldt Park conversion
As if we needed more proof that just about anything with four walls and a roof is being sold with granite countertops and stainless-steel appliances t [...]
One home left at The Grove at Greenleaf
Last summer, Kate Hawley went out in search of two-bedroom starter home within "a five-minute-stroll-in-your-flip-flops" from the lake. The developm [...]
It’s…alive! Park Monroe "frankenbuilding" terrorizes Loop skyline
For most of us, Halloween is the one day when we can dress up in a disguise of our choosing. This year, it looks like the top portion of the 48-story [...]
Sales update: One studio remains at Invsco's 200 North Dearborn conversion
American Invsco is sitting on a lot of stock at 200 N Dearborn St, but at least one type of home in the 47-story conversion is in short supply.
Only [...]
We love lists: Downtown conversions
According to the latest Appraisal Research Counselors report on downtown homes, there's a good chance we'll see several new-construction towers go the [...]
New to the market: Wide awake in Pilsen
A less inventive developer would have christened this "The Renaissance on 18th" and thought nothing of it. Fortunately for us, the folks behind the co [...]
Party time at Sheridan Park's Dover Court
I was walking along Wilson Avenue in Sheridan Park when I spied what appeared to be a party. It turned out to be a "developer's close-out" event at [...]
One more from Deming Row
Deming on the Park isn't the only condo conversion on Deming Place in Lincoln Park with available units. Deming Estates, a four-unit duplex developmen [...]
Sales update: One left at Deming on the Park
There's only one condo left in the eight-unit Lincoln Park rehab development at 454 W Deming Pl, according to co-developer Richard Wexner of Wexner / [...]
Sales update: All sorts of layouts left at 474 North Lake Shore Drive
It's not a stretch to say that 474 North Lake Shore Drive is in no danger of losing its lake views. The converted North Pier Apartments tower stands r [...]
Sales update: 21 homes left at Dover Court Condominiums
Back in September, Kate Hawley introduced Yo readers to Dover Court Condominiums, an Uptown conversion with some "serious courtyard action."
After [...]
Paulina Ridge Court down to one garden unit
The last condo left at the 43-unit Paulina Ridge Court conversion at 5909 N Paulina St in Edgewater is a two-bedroom / one-bath garden unit, accord [...]
Two left at The Breakers in Rogers Park
Joe Zekas and I shot a video with Connie Abels at the adjacent beach on an overcast day a couple of weeks ago, but this photo from the veranda of Th [...]
Eight one-bedroom "beauties" left at Lake View gut rehab
Babelfish tells me that "bellezza" means "beauty." Buyers must have liked the look of Bellezza's two-bedroom condos, because they're all gone, leavi [...]
Firebird Development's Rogers Park two-fer
It's not only in San Diego that buyers are encountering 'buy one, get one free' offers. In Rogers Park, people who buy the first-floor, two-bedroom co [...]
Uptown conversion's one-bedrooms selling from $160s to $220s
According to our New Home Notebook, the North Side has fewer projects with homes priced at or below $250,000 than any other area in town (those othe [...]