Category: Featured projects
Back to Earth
RCR|DC expands city housing options with single-family homes
Chicago has seen tens of thousands of new housing units created during the past decade, [...]
Southward bound
Sutherland Pearsall's Drexel Parc brings loft living to South Side
Shortly after Sutherland Pearsall Development Corporation was formed in 1996, when [...]
Building vocabulary
CMK's Contemporaine changes the language of city housing
A few months ago, Colin Kihnke, of CMK Development, could not stop talking about Contemporai [...]
Encore in Old Town
"I love Italian; everything Italian has such a nice flair."
So says Robert Mosky, referring to the Neapolitan, the new highrise he built at 1212 N. W [...]
Jefferson Tower offers 1st-time buyers 1st-class finishes
What comes to mind when you hear the words "entry-level" used to describe new housing? Laminate counters, carpeted living rooms, second-rate applian [...]
Love at first site
Innovative architecture inspires RCR|DC's latest condos
Development is generally a labor of money, not love, and nowhere is that in greater evidence [...]
Building Sterling homes
Invsco aims high with new River North tower
The 50-story Sterling, a new condominium tower with a bold, modern design of glass and concrete, rises ab [...]
The art of architecture
CMK's Contemporaine raises condo to art form in River North
"One day I get a call from Colin. He's only 30 years old, you know, and he likes modern&# [...]
A Superior development
JFJ's Superior West brings bold design to River North
When you're building on a street called Superior in a district known for its art galleries and [...]
Lofty ambitions
Rare loft condos well received in Bridgeport
As the first loft condo conversion to hit Bridgeport, Union Lofts, 939 W. 35th Street, faced an uncertai [...]
No tradeoffs
River City opens townhouse model with highrise perks
Some of the tradeoffs that come with leaving a multi-level house for a single-floor condo are ob [...]
River City duplexes offer townhouse space, highrise amenities
As downtown Chicago experiences a renaissance and city life appeals to more and more people, the condo market has been slow to react. Empty nesters, f [...]
Opportunity knocks at Printer's Row
Popular enclave on edge of Loop offers rare loft conversion
Residents consistently describe the neighborhood in the same terms: small-town, friendly, [...]
1000 S Michigan offers something for everyone
Note: The following article dates from 2003. For current information, visit the building's website.
In a market rife with new highrise developm [...]
Point of view
909 Washington highlight W. Loop location with expansive glass
There are those who prefer lake views, but anyone who's ever stood on a balcony in the [...]
Return of the loft
Winthrop offers rare find at Printers Row Lofts
It was not so long ago that if a development didn't have "loft" in the name, Chicago home buyers were [...]
RDM brings vision to Venetian
Standing in the center of the nearly complete penthouse at the Neapolitan, his brand new highrise in Old Town, developer Robert Mosky, waves a hand at [...]
Room with a view
Vue 20 focused on innovation, affordable prices
Architect David Brininstool rarely likes the overwrought names developers tend to attach to their pro [...]
Breaking the rules
RCR/DC's modern designs have wide appeal
Meeting a visitor outside a recent East Village project, at 839 N. Hermitage, developer Bob Ranquist correct [...]
A Sterling address
Invsco's gateway tower designed from inside out
Take a quick look at the Sterling, American Invsco's new-construction condo tower in River North, and [...]