Category: Condo conversions
A tour of The Greenview in Rogers Park with developer Ben Myers
YoChicago's Joe Zekas wraps up his interview with developer Ben Myers, of Myers Realty and Affordable Home Developments LLC, with a tour of a condo [...]
Take a tour of 650 N Wood St (part III)
YoChicago concludes our tour of the condo conversion at 650 N Wood St with a look at how a recent buyer decked out one of the units. Susan Wooten, a [...]
Developer Ben Myers on construction quality and buildings that last
YoChicago's Joe Zekas continues his interview with developer Ben Myers, of Myers Realty and Affordable Home Developments LLC, who was working an ope [...]
Take a tour of 650 N Wood St (part II)
Join YoChicago for the second part of our tour of 650 N Wood St, a nine-unit conversion. Susan Wooten, a sales associate with Koenig & Strey GMA [...]
Take a tour of 650 N Wood St (part I)
Join YoChicago for the first installment of our tour with Susan Wooten, a sales associate with Koenig & Strey GMAC Real Estate, as she shows us [...]
Developer Ben Myers on Rogers Park, safety and his Greenview condo conversion
After his recent foray into Ravenswood, YoChicago's Joe Zekas headed up to Rogers Park to peruse open houses and get a feel for the condo market in [...]
Entrances set back from the street: friend or foe?
We're partial to vintage multi-unit buildings like this one, at 4838 N Ashland Ave, with long pathways leading to the rear units. Especially on busy [...]
Broadway in Edgewater: a drab freeway or a good place for a new condo?
We posted not long ago on the wave of residential development on busy commercial streets such as Ashland, Belmont and Halsted, sparking a lively deb [...]
Former kids' facility in Bucktown converting to 12 condos
For a little more than a century, the gabled brick building at 2150 W North Ave, on the border between Wicker Park and Bucktown, was home to Associa [...]
Three in 'One': W Developments behind a trio of West Loop projects
One Chicago, a condo tower planned for the West Loop, isn't as singular as its name might imply - it's actually part of a trio of related projects f [...]
Deal of the day: 2 years of taxes, assessments at 2 conversions
Some developers like to save deals for the sales center even in a market like this one, sweet somethings to be whispered in the ears of hesitant buy [...]
Condo conversion face-off: 927 W Eastwood versus 928 W Eastwood
Since we like smackdowns here at YoChicago, we thought we'd pit two condo conversions against each other. Eastwood Commons, at 927 W Eastwood, and [...]
An affordable conversion in Hillside
Jim Walsh, Sr, the developer of WestBrook Condominiums in Hillside, is an old friend of 20-years duration, a long-time advertiser in New Homes Magaz [...]
Chicago deal of the day: $5,000 closing costs credit at Sheridan Tower
Twenty Nine Thirty Sheridan Tower, a 22-story condo conversion at 2930 N Sheridan Rd, is offering buyers a $5,000 closing cost credit through Sept 30. [...]
Dept of getting what you pay for: "as-is" units at Granville Gardens
Condo conversions can do terrible things to vintage buildings: developers often shove hulking breakfast bars into what were nice, modestly sized ki [...]
Sales near halfway point at The Axis in Lincoln Park
Weekend traffic through the retail corridor at North and Clybourn is no picnic - it often seems as if every North Sider with a car is trying to angl [...]
Lakeview East condo conversions – variety in product and price
Lakeview East is a pretty dense enclave, so much of the residential development is in rental buildings converting to condos. We perused the offerings [...]
More on West Winnemac in Uptown
New-construction condo buildings certainly aren't unheard of in Uptown, but as Mario Greco of Rubloff's Mario Greco Group pointed out in a recent co [...]
1400 Lake Shore Drive: updating a landmark
The September issue of New Homes Magazine takes a look at the renovations for RDM Development's 1400 Lake Shore Drive, a 1927 high-rise with a lobby [...]
Elston Avenue roundup: new construction from Belmont to Addison
Ah, Elston Avenue. The many lanes of whizzing traffic, the rambling industrial buildings, the new condos. Yep, condos are cropping up along this unl [...]