Category: High-rises
Yuppie-on-yuppie violence mars Cabrini-Green housing redevelopment
One of the problems with being a carpetbagger is competition from the other carpetbaggers. A story in today's Tribune quotes buyers of pricey new home [...]
JFJ brings its condo Opus to River North
"Opus" is a word usually reserved for a work of art, so we guess it's fitting that JFJ Development Company is referring to its new River North develo [...]
High art meets high-rise at 600 N. Fairbanks condo development
Ok, so he should probably stick to visual art and let someone else write his copy, and this project feels a little like a segment on the old Saturday [...]
Sneak a peek at Park 1000
Yesterday we gave you the lowdown on Park 1000, a 40-story condo tower that will overlook Grant Park. Today, we can offer you a peek at what the bui [...]
Park 1000 to bring 346 condos to empty lot across from Grant Park
Renaissant Development expects a mid-June grand opening for Park 1000, a 40-story high-rise at 1000 S Michigan Ave. In December, Renaissant acquired t [...]
Work in progress: 30 W Oak St
The rendering may make it look like a residential iron maiden, but the real-life high-rise at 30 W Oak St is shaping up to be a clean, smooth and ey [...]
Superior Street homeowner enjoys life sandwiched between high-rises
The Chicago Sun-Times has a fun story this morning on Gregory Cooper and his home, a narrow single-family at 154 W Superior St sandwiched between two [...]
Work in progress: 600 North Lake Shore Drive
Construction is underway on the first of two towers at 600 N Lake Shore Drive, which developers Belgravia Group and Sandz Development are calling " [...]
Helmut Jahn's street of cool
Construction is underway at 600 North Fairbanks, where future occupants are already talking about living "in a Jahn." [...]
SoNo's SoNogram has arrived
Here is our first peek at Smithfield Properties' new SoNo high-rise, designed by architectural firm Booth Hansen. Almost 25 percent of the condos hav [...]
SoNo says "So there!" to the doubters
It seems that a misleading marketing campaign and a silly nickname are no barriers to success in the Chicago condo market. We scoffed at Smithfield Pr [...]
Trump guests like to watch
Trump International Hotel and Tower in New York lists a telescope as one of its in-room amenities.
Exquisite Corpse explains the Donald's purpose for [...]
Charlie Trotter in the kitchen at Gold Coast high-rise
Ok, last word on 50 E Chestnut - the one and only Charlie Trotter also was at last night's promotional event, supplying delectable appetizers and sign [...]
New East Side's skyline of the future
This is how part of the skyline of the New East Side should look in a couple of years' time when Magellan Development's Aqua is completed. In the fore [...]
Major condo tower planned for South Loop
Ahh, we love the smell of new construction in the morning. Yo has caught wind of a new development coming to the South Loop all the way from the mossy [...]
Mandarin Oriental joins battle to make its mark on the Chicago skyline
A diligent YoChicago reader has proposed Palladian Development's Mandarin Oriental Tower be added to our skyline supremacy contest, and for good reaso [...]
River East spawns ugly salmon-colored RiverView II
MCL Companies is hyping its River East development (mixed-use project on 13 acres bounded by the river, Grand Avenue, Columbus Drive and Lake Shore Dr [...]
Life's a beach at 600 N Lake Shore Drive
When Belgravia Group and Sandz Development announced construction of 600 N Lake Shore Drive, many Streeterville residents threw a fit, saying that the [...]
Olympia Centre Chicago's only kosher condo tower?
Olympia Centre was considered the height of luxury by many when it opened in 1986. It's long since been bumped in the ranks by other high-profile buil [...]
New high-rises battle for skyline supremacy
Chicagoans have never been in love with change (I still can't get anyone to put ketchup on my hot dog), but like it or not, the city's skyline is chan [...]