Category: Horizon watch

A couple of views from R+D659

A couple of views from R+D659

These photos were taken from Mesirow Financial Real Estate's R+D659, which is currently under construction at 659 W Randolph St in the West Loop. I'm [...]
Peshtigo renderings evoke warm summer days

Peshtigo renderings evoke warm summer days

Jaimie Altman, senior marketing manager for Related Midwest, sent me a few renderings of Peshtigo, the firm's new high-rise planned for 515 N Peshtigo [...]
Despite the frigid weather, a busy day at 1600 Museum Park

Despite the frigid weather, a busy day at 1600 Museum Park

Yesterday was a bitter day to be working on a high-rise - even 1600 Museum Park, where construction appears to have reached the parking deck and low [...]
Trump Tower joins Chicago skyline

Trump Tower joins Chicago skyline

Yep - that's the top of the Trump International Hotel & Tower, peeking over 330 N Wabash in River North. The weather was nice today, so we deci [...]
Where's the Parc Huron?

Where's the Parc Huron?

We learned yesterday that Parc Huron, 469 W Huron St, is planning a sustained marketing push this spring. It's been about four months since the deve [...]
Tribune checks in on Trump services as tower continues to rise

Tribune checks in on Trump services as tower continues to rise

We still have a ways to go before we see a fully-formed, fully-functional Trump building, but we're starting to hear reports about the views and ameni [...]
Trump Tower reaching higher in River North

Trump Tower reaching higher in River North

Thanks to some superb access at 330 N Wabash, we were able to snap these photos of the ongoing construction at the Trump International Hotel & T [...]

Several high-rise proposals stalled for '08

High-rise development has its winners and losers, and 2008 will certainly prove to be a watershed year for the entire building community. For New Hom [...]
Dirt meets shovel at Walton on the Park

Dirt meets shovel at Walton on the Park

Get a good glimpse of these smiling, shovel-clutching suits while you can, because you may not see many other high-rise projects break ground this yea [...]
Hotel portion of Trump Tower finally opening

Hotel portion of Trump Tower finally opening

It's happening two months later than expected, but Trump's hotel is opening. The Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago will open for busine [...]

Stay far away from this hell hole

That's the advice from one Horizon Realty Group tenant at ApartmentRatings. If other tenant reports are to be believed, Horizon will lie to you, boot [...]

Another landlord horror story

You guessed it — the subject is once again Horizon Realty Group and 525 West Oakdale. When my now-deceased ex-wife first moved into 525 Oakdale [...]

Horizon Realty Group sinks even lower

Yesterday I went to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office to secure an order for the police to remove the seal from the apartment where my kids' m [...]

Horizon Realty Group threatens to arrest me

This morning I visited 525 W. Oakdale, Chicago, the building where my kids' mom died last week, to check for mail and to check the Medical Examiner's [...]

Horizon Realty Group – as bad as it gets

Check out the reviews of Horizon's management of 525 West Oakdale, in Lake View for starters. They don't even begin to hint at how bad the management [...]
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