Category: Condo conversions
One-bedrooms popular options at Park Monroe
There was some skepticism when Glenstar Properties and Walton Street Capital announced plans to convert the top six floors of the shoebox-shaped off [...]
Only studios left at the Flats on LaSalle
Way back in 2006, Yo reported on the condos for sale at the Flats on LaSalle, a 250-unit conversion by Metropolitan Development Enterprises. None of [...]
21 homes available at Lake View gut rehab
Attentive readers may remember a post from last July regarding The Macon Group’s conversion of adjoining buildings near the intersection of Belmont [...]
Metropolitan Tower crawling toward closeout
As Patrick and I go back through the Yo archives to find developments in need of updates, one thing becomes more and more certain: Sales figures at a [...]
Developer freezing taxes at '06 values at 1400 Lake Shore Drive
Looks like RDM Development is itching to unload its stock of renovated condominiums at 1400 North Lake Shore Drive. The company, in an attempt to sw [...]
A closer look at the turnkey condos at 1600 N Halsted
Our recent post on The Axis, a 20-unit conversion in Lincoln Park, mentioned a pair of upgraded one-bedroom condos ready for immediate occupancy.
The [...]
Two upgraded condos available at The Axis in Lincoln Park
Sales haven't moved at The Axis since Yo checked in last August, but the Lincoln Park conversion project offers something that's still sought-after [...]
Winter sun sparkles in Motor Row Lofts' new windows
Remember those few bitterly cold days during the last two weeks? Well, one found me in the South Loop, frantically snapping photos before frostbite [...]
New and existing incentives offered at Westbrook Condos
Quietly nestled in the western Chicago suburbs, the village of Hillside is a developing municipality of more than 8,100 residents. A self-proclaimed [...]
Stately Hoyne Manor facing foreclosure
A Gurnee-based lender is giving Greenlight Development LLC the red light over a Rogers Park development, Crain's reports.
Greenlight failed to pay [...]
New on the market: 10-unit conversion at 1657 – 1659 W Foster Ave
The thing Barbara O’Connor likes most about working with the Kuzmanic brothers is that they get things right the first time.
“I’ve never had anyone [...]
Just ignore the pillar at 565 Quincy
The model unit at 565 Quincy, a combination high-rise and loft conversion by Belgravia Group in the West Loop, features a huge plaster pillar domina [...]
Sales update: 565 Quincy nearing half-sold mark
After a few months of inactivity, 565 Quincy's blog is once again abuzz with news of the project by Belgravia Group. The first steel beams have bee [...]
A few more photos from Klee Plaza
Yesterday's video about Klee Plaza at Six Corners has already drawn a couple comments about the ground-floor retail space and exterior of the buildi [...]
A tour of Klee Plaza at Six Corners
This interesting project - 64 condos in the heart of Portage Park on the Northwest Side - managed to completely escape our notice while it was under [...]
Chicago builders offer predictions for 2008
They didn't use crystal balls, but a handful of key real estate players from the Lincoln Park Builders of Chicago nonetheless sought to predict the fu [...]
Deal of the day: Free weekends for potential customers at 200 N Dearborn
Speaking of incentives, the folks at 200 N Dearborn Private Residences continue to roll out deals for potential buyers.
We've reported more than once [...]
Price shopping: Condo conversions in Hyde Park
The February issue of New Homes Magazine - a sweet number with a sharp redesign, if we do say so ourselves - lists a couple new condo projects in th [...]
New development round-up: North / Far North sides
Here are a few new condominium projects now on the market in the North and Far North sides of the city. These and other new developments will be liste [...]
Sales update: Shoemaker Lofts in Avondale breaks 75-percent mark
After more than two years of marketing, Shoemaker Lofts (a redevelopment of the old Florsheim Shoe factory on the Northwest Side at 3963 W Belmont A [...]