Category: High-rises
Jameson breaks ground on 50 E. Chestnut's full-floor units
Even by the luxury standards of the Gold Coast, it's unusual to find a residential highrise that dedicates only one unit – a virtual penthouse [...]
Silver Tower to rise in River North
Silver Tower, a 38-story glass highrise planned for 303 W. Ohio St. might seem alien among the brick and limestone of River North, but its modern sc [...]
The Marquee shows French influence
The Marquee, a 25-story tower planned by Sedgwick Properties in the South Loop, might look at home in the Gold Coast or amidst the historic building [...]
Deco design marks Astoria Tower
Some architecture buffs equate contemporary design with innovation, but that's a mistake, according to Pat FitzGerald, associate president of FitzGe [...]
Own to rent
Buyers embrace hotel condos but struggle with options, projections
From beach houses to timeshares, Americans are always looking for new means of esc [...]
Gaining converts
Highrise condo conversion boom is biggest since '79
Rob and Linda Williams spent a year and a half scouring Chicago for the perfect condominium, but [...]
On the rise
Something good is happening to highrise design in Chicago
It must be tall, every inch of it tall. The force and power of altitude must be in it, the [...]
Horizontal emphasis marks 30 W. Oak design
About 75 percent of the units have been sold at 30 W. Oak, according to developer Smithfield Properties. The highrise came online in early 2004, but [...]
Half of Grand Plaza going condo
Terrapin Properties and Jaeger Equities are converting the 37-story west tower of Grand Plaza, at 545 N. Dearborn St., in River North, to condominiu [...]
Fairbanks starts with big base of sales
Developer Centrum Properties hit the 25 percent sold mark during its first weekend of sales at the Fairbanks at CityFront Plaza, a 31-story condo deve [...]
Falor opening Hotel 71 units in August
The Falor Companies plans to begin selling hotel condos in August at what is now Hotel 71, a boutique riverfront hotel at 71 E. Wacker Drive, on the [...]
Chandler opens in Lakeshore East
The developers of Lakeshore East opened sales for the Chandler – the fifth new highrise to be announced in the $4 billion mixed-use community &# [...]
Park Millennium opens on Millennium Park
In what promises to be one of the city's most prominent active condo conversions, Centrum Properties and MCZ Development have started sales at the Par [...]
LR's 'unified vision' rising at 340 on Park
It's only fitting that the latest highrise on Millennium Park should be forward-looking, and as swift sales seem to attest, LR Development's 340 on th [...]
525 Hawthorne enters final phase
The luxury 30-story highrise condo conversion at 525 W. Hawthorne is entering its final phase of sales with a selection of corner one-bedroom units wi [...]
Optima plans 3 Skokie towers
Optima, Inc., the development and design firm behind a sizeable chunk of Evanston's mini-skyline, plans to build three of its cool modern towers in Sk [...]
Attention condo shoppers: Metropolitan Tower open
The original directional beacon atop Britannica Center, 310 S. Michigan, was meant to convey the global reach of S. W. Straus & Co., which built the s [...]
Waterview Tower opens model
Teng & Associates has opened a 5,000-square-foot model and sales center for Waterview Tower, an 85-story highrise planned for 111 W. Wacker.
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1000 S. Michigan tower moves forward
The developer of a planned highrise at 1000 S. Michigan began marketing condos nearly two years ago, but the development only recently received a key [...]
Condos looking up
New towers transform city skyline, downtown living
Things are looking up in Chicago's market for new condominiums – way up. After a couple of ye [...]