Category: Hotel condos
Chicago Shangri-La investigated over hotel condo marketing
Oops. Somebody at the Shangri-La Hotel (at Waterview Tower) allegedly was silly enough to give buyers marketing materials projecting the investment p [...]
Hotel condo reservations
Some developers check out of fledgling market as home buyers flock to others
by Alison Soltau
Buyers scouting downtown Chicago for in-town residen [...]
Is Chicago's hotel condo market for morons?
We've been watching developers jump on the hotel condo bandwagon over the last year and wondering whether it is the hot new thing that so many claim [...]
The high life
High-rise builders offer hot designs, "wow" finishes in fiercely competitive market
When interior designer Hollis Savin went looking for a new high- [...]
Waterview Tower leaves small footprint on Wacker Drive
It's hard to believe this small plot of land on the corner of Clark St and Wacker Dr will soon be home to one of the tallest buildings in Chicago. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
A hotel condominium? You're soaking in it
New Homes Magazine recently wrote that The James Hotel was one of the hipper new hotel condo developments. As if to prove the point, the project's new [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Suite dreams
Buyers have high hopes, little experience with new housing hybrid
Businessman Steve Snyder bought two hotel condos at the Solis Chicago Condominium [...]
Lap of luxury
Developer launches tony new hotel brand with Elysian hotel and condos
Take one look at drawings for The Elysian Hotel and Private Residences, a 60- [...]
The Solis stands out in Chicago's crowded hotel condo field
Here's a model of a unit at the Solis Chicago Hotel Condominiums, an upcoming conversion of Hotel 71 at 71 Wacker Drive. The hotel condo project is [...]
The hotels are coming, the hotels are coming!
Not since the Peninsula arrived close to five years ago has there been so much high-end hotel buzz in dowtown Chicago. Trump Tower is starting to actu [...]
The many X factors in Chicago's hotel condo market
After spending the week researching hotel condo developments in downtown Chicago, we realize that it is a venture that is not for the faint-hearted. T [...]
Chicago hotel condos – a financial or lifestyle investment?
Hotel condos - are they good investment vehicles? Opinions vary. Some say that by the time you have paid assessment fees and Chicago's notoriously hig [...]
A mixologist on ice at The James hotel condos
Curious about what's on offer in a hotel condo, the newest trend in the Chicago real estate market, we took a quick look around a suite at The James, [...]