Category: New condos
New Homes Nuggets: New listings, new prices in Wicker Park, Lincoln Park, and Lake View
We often run across new listings or price changes on smaller developments outside of the downtown area that might not warrant a big post, but might in [...]
Update – Vision and Trio
Bob Mosky – the RDM (Robert D. Mosky) of RDM Development – called me on Monday to offer an update on Trio and Vision. My apologies for being slow to r [...]
2009 Good Neighbor Awards: Far North, Northwest, and South Side winners
The following is a list of 2009 Good Neighbor Award winners and nominees on the Far North, Northwest, and South sides that still have homes for sale. [...]
2009 Good Neighbor Awards: Loop / downtown and North Side winners
Tomorrow I'm attending the Chicago Association of Realtors' Good Neighbor Awards ceremony, where 26 new residential developments will be honored for " [...]
Reductions roundup: Cuts at three high-rises
If you took a break from Yo over the past week, you might have missed our posts on these recent price reductions at three downtown towers:
600 North [...]
Networking with buyers before you buy
Those of you who don't follow our comments feed regularly might have missed some recent comments from Kevin, a buyer at the Renaissance Lofts in Roger [...]
Views of Chicago: A panorama roundup
Views from SoNo, 860 W Blackhawk St:
Views from Superior 110, 110 W Superior St:
Views from Legacy at Millennium Park, 60 E Monroe St:
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Reductions roundup: Recapping price changes at five new developments
Miss out on any Yo posts over the past two weeks? Catch up on some recent price reductions at these five new developments:
3133 Lofts, 3133 N Lakew [...]
600 North Fairbanks, Metropolitan Tower, Joffrey Tower earn downtown awards
Mark mentioned yesterday that MCL Companies' ParkView was a recent recipient of a 2009 Friends of Downtown award for Chicago's Best Open Space. I chec [...]
340 Evergreen almost ready for first move-ins
There aren't a lot of options for the new-construction buyer in Old Town, so if you're in the market for a new condo in that neighborhood, there' [...]
Construction checkup: Getting your fill of the Lofts at Roosevelt Collection
Last week, for the first time in months, I found myself in the South Loop without a car or the responsibility of feeding a meter. That meant I had p [...]
Checking in with the Lincoln Park Lofts
A few weeks ago, we learned that this residential building at 1610 W Fullerton Ave in Lincoln Park, formerly known as the Ashton Lofts, was on the [...]
Dubin Residential revises plans for developments in Bridgeport and McKinley Park
Two Dubin Residential developments that had slipped below the radar over the past two years resurfaced today in a Sun-Times article. Plans for The L [...]
Concept vs. execution: Ashland Manor
The rendering of Ashland Manor, 2849 N Ashland Ave, that I posted a couple months ago struck me and several readers as somewhat unrealistic. Most com [...]
Construction checkup: Terrazio
Builders still have a lot of work ahead of them at Terrazio, going up at 1935 S Wabash Ave in the South Loop, but the seven-story, U-shaped mid-ris [...]
Grande on Southport model to open next month
The first listings have emerged for The Grande on Southport, a six-unit building at 3214 N Southport Ave that I first wrote about three months ago. [...]
Lexington Park, Roosevelt Collection to open models, start closings by late spring
Sales consultants at two new South Loop developments -- Chieftain Group's Lexington Park Condominiums high-rise (at right) and Centrum Properties' Lof [...]
Sales update: Variety of condos, townhomes and single-families still for sale at Ivy Hall
A reader recently asked whether we had any news to report from Ivy Hall, the third and final phase of the University Village mega-development near U [...]
Sales update: Four left at Urban Sandbox
Four three-bedroom condos are still for sale at Ranquist Development's Urban Sandbox, nearing completion at 1615 N Wolcott St in Bucktown. Along a $ [...]
First look at 2500 South Halsted's model
On Friday, Koenig & Strey GMAC Real Estate agent Jason Stratton invited me to have a first look at 2500 South Halsted, an eight-unit building at t [...]