Category: High-rises
Hold on to your hard hat, Yo's taking a go through the Loop
In the Loop, construction workers in concrete-stained jeans and tee shirts have become just as prevalent as white collar commodities traders in thre [...]
New Sky55 apartment high-rise gives plenty to look at
With our recent posts on Sky55, the new-construction high-rise rental development in the South Loop, we thought it was high time we pass along a phot [...]
The Park Monroe won't star in any beauty pageants but it's got a great outlook
We've been wondering if The Park Monroe would be a hard sell. The Park Monroe is the name for the converted upper portion of the massive office buil [...]
Park 1000 condos: golf simulator and a serenity room
Last month we told you about the announcement of Park 1000, a 40-story high-rise that Renaissant Development plans to build at 1000 S Michigan Ave. L [...]
High-rise condo deal at Columbus Hospital site salvaged
Looks like that high-rise condo project slated for the old Columbus Hospital site in Lincoln Park may still go ahead, according to a story today in Cr [...]
Your daddy's rich: practice that swing at Astoria Tower's golf simulator
With summer officially starting tomorrow, Chicago's golf courses will surely be chock-full of plaid pants and funny hats for the next couple months. T [...]
Like it raw? Last 2 Fordham penthouse condos are blank slates
Extremely well-to-do condo-buyers looking for a place to customize can tilt their heads to the top of The Fordham, where two raw-space penthouses are [...]
Tallest high-rise, 1st hotel condos proposed for Evanston
The North Shore's first hotel condo building would also be the tallest tower in Evanston, if developer Thomas Roszak has his way. Evanston Now reports [...]
Everything must go at Edgewater high-rise
Next month, auction company Rick Levin & Associates is handling the developer closeout of the 292-unit Edgewater condo building at 6030 N Sheridan R [...]
Historic district residents parry with LaGrange over new high-rise
The Tribune reported today that residents near the Prairie Avenue historic district are complaining about plans for a development that will include tw [...]
New Homes Magazine names Aqua Chicago's best new high-rise condo
New Homes Magazine has named Aqua Chicago's best new residential high-rise."As good as it is, location takes a backseat to design in this project, t [...]
West Loop debates higher densities and appropriate mix of retail
We hear that as at least one development company is trying to convince West Loopers to allow higher-density development in their neighborhood by telli [...]
Cabrini gone and unlamented
Thanks to Chicagoist for the pointers to Gangsta City, a full-length documentary filmed entirely at the near-defunct Cabrini-Green housing project.
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Rezko files for bankruptcy on Hudson Tower condo deal
Given the number of new residential high-rises that have been built in Chicago during the last decade, it's surprising that more of these projects hav [...]
New Homes Magazine names Chicago's best new homes
Read it even before it's hot off the presses: the new issue of New Homes Magazine names Chicago's best new homes in the categories of high-rise, lof [...]
Chicago's best new homes
Chicagoans have always treated architecture as a spectator sport, but for decades frustrated fans have watched as the players repeatedly dropped the [...]
Chicago Plan Commission approves 64-unit project in Burnside area
The Chicago Plan Commission last week approved a proposal by 89th & State, LLC for 64 residential units in a mix of 24 single-family homes and 40 town [...]
West Loop residents battle high-rise after high-rise
The influential West Loop Community Organization says that ever since the high-rise condo development Skybridge was built at 1 N Halsted St a few year [...]
Fisticuffs avoided at Plan Commission hearing on new Cabrini-Green high-rise
We were secretly hoping for some actual yuppie violence when we attended a Chicago Plan Commission meeting earlier today when plans for a 25-story hig [...]
Streeterville high-rise Avenue East secures financing
We talked recently about all the new condo high-rises planned for Streeterville. Construction is underway on the 27-story Avenue East, 160 E Illinois [...]