Category: Condo conversions
Courtyard rehab puts smaller units up front
Think of a typical courtyard development in Rogers Park. Where are the one-bedroom units? Usually, they’re squeezed into the rear of the development, [...]
The Residences at the Tower
"With Zell's reputation for savvy real estate deals, gossips wonder if the gothic Tribune Tower building -- long a proud symbol of distinctive archite [...]
Plymouth developers plan to restructure loan, fight foreclosure suit
Everything looks rosy for Walton on the Park, which received a $135 million construction loan to finance the first tower's groundbreaking, but we can' [...]
Castle Coalition rallies community around Lincoln Square's eminent domain crisis
How would you like to see your community, your home and your livelihood threatened by an abusive state law and an indifferent local government? Chri [...]
Chicago deal of the day: free closing costs and plasma TV at 1343 W Winona
The developer of 1343 W Winona St, a conversion in Uptown just south of Andersonville, will for a limited time pay closing costs up to $4,000 and th [...]
A miniature car to go with the miniature condos at The Flats at LaSalle
Evidently, the folks at The Flats on LaSalle love all things tiny. As we've noted before, the units are itsy bitsy - a mere 250 to 375 square feet. [...]
Chicago deal of the day: $3,000 back at closing at Terraces at Talman
Buyers at The Terraces at Talman, a 15-unit condo project in Avondale, will get $3,000 back at closing if they sign contracts by Nov 30 of this year [...]
Chicago deal of the day: Silver Cloud condos
It's no secret that we have a little crush on Silver Cloud Condominium Homes in Hyde Park - our affiliated monthly, New Homes Magazine, named it the [...]
Edgewater new development round-up
1219 W Foster Ave: two bedrooms and two baths, from the $350s
5147 N Paulina St: one or two bedrooms, from the $220s
6121 N Winthrop Ave, thre [...]
Open house review: nice finishes, awkward layout at 5838 N Glenwood Ave
Over the weekend I stopped in at 5838 N Glenwood Ave, a condo conversion next door to the Ardmore Academy Rowhomes, a development I toured earlier.
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Chicago deal of the day: $40,000 off parking spaces at 200 North Dearborn
American Invsco has busted out a series of deals for 200 North Dearborn Private Residences, its 309-unit Loop condo conversion. The latest is a stee [...]
Comment of the day: props for a restoration job
"I was once Director of The Harvard School, and applaud the efforts to keep some elements of that wonderful old building and its history. An amazing p [...]
Get your exposed brick fix at Columbia Gardens in Rogers Park
Plenty of condos and lofts have exposed brick walls here or there, but at Firebird Development Corp's Columbia Gardens in Rogers Park, the exposed b [...]
New development round-up: Lake View
Here's a look at the new developments we came across this month in Lake View:
630 W Wellington Ave, $730s - $970s
2217 W Roscoe St, two or three [...]
Outdoors in Uptown: now that's a courtyard
Was a time, not so long ago, that some people considered being out of doors in Uptown a risky proposition. A new emphasis on outdoor space at condo [...]
JAB down to two units at Paulina Street conversion in Ravenswood
JAB Real Estate has only two of the 39 condos at its 4609 N Paulina St conversion remaining for sale. The development includes completely rehabbed u [...]
Rogers Park conversion with condos under $170k
One of the benefits of shopping at smaller condo conversions, as opposed to the mega-developments downtown, is that it's not unusual to stumble acro [...]
2-bedroom condos under $200k at Rogers Park conversion on Farwell
At this vintage condo conversion, located at 1667 W Farwell Ave, in Rogers Park, YoChicago's Joe Zekas checks out two-bedroom one-bath condos priced [...]
Interesting layouts at Rogers Park conversion close to Charmers Cafe
Enroute to a Rogers Park open house at 7431 N Greenview Ave, YoChicago's Joe Zekas stopped by Charmers Cafe, part of a resurgent commercial corner i [...]
Serious courtyard action at Dover Court Condominiums
There are courtyard buildings, and then there are courtyard buildings. The one I live in is nice, with a good chunk of green space in the courtyard, [...]