Category: New condos
So which homes WILL deliver in 2010?
Several of the comments regarding the South Loop's "pipeline" seem to center around the definition of that very word.
The way I interpret it, when Ga [...]
New year brings new team for Trio
The turn of a new year is always a popular time to roll out new changes, and there appears to be one example of this already: We hear that RDM Develop [...]
Development roundup: Irving Park, north of Irving Park Road (Part 2)
During my visit to Irving Park yesterday, I found plenty of mid-size new-construction developments, but I also came across plenty of renovation projec [...]
Development roundup: Irving Park, north of Irving Park Road (Part 1)
Across the city, construction is slowing on new condo developments, but you wouldn't know it if you live in Irving Park. I visited the Northwest Side [...]
Concept vs. execution: Chantico South
No false advertising here: Chantico South, located at 1621 S Carpenter St in Pilsen, came pretty close to matching Lipe Property Company's original [...]
Lexington Park's new lofts near completion
Since we classify Chieftain Group's Lexington Park Condominiums as a high-rise development, it's easy to forget that it also has a set of new-construc [...]
Two- and three-bedroom floor plans still for sale at Lake View's Residences at the Vic
It's been a long time since we've heard so much as a peep out of the Residences at the Vic, the 51-unit condo development located at at 3140 N Sheffie [...]
Sales update: Two three-bedrooms at BLU 44
“The area has been hit hard, and we’re keeping pace with price reductions,” Rubloff agent Michelle Browne says of the last three-bedrooms available at [...]
Is Lake Park Gateway's second phase bringing sexy back to North Kenwood?
I've never thought of North Kenwood as a "sexy" neighborhood, but that's exactly what Realtor Michelle Browne called it this afternoon during a conv [...]
Two garden units still for sale at Belmont Row
We don't encounter too many subterranean condos in new-construction buildings, and that might account for why these two homes haven't been sold yet. O [...]
Buy or rent at 5771 North Ridge in Edgewater
This six-unit new-construction condo building at 5771 N Ridge Ave in Edgewater has been on the market since the beginning of 2008, and still none of t [...]
Eight condos for sale at 1937 West Diversey
We've compared the look of some developments around town to games of Tetris, but this one reminds me more of Jenga. When I look at this 24-unit deve [...]
Nine condos coming to 118 North Halsted
The design isn't new, but the condos are. This style of four-story brick building has been slowly creeping into the West Loop over the past few years. [...]
More frosted glass balconies at 2738 North Southport in Lincoln Park
The gloves came off yesterday in the comments section of a post about a new six-unit condo development at 1437 W Diversey Pkwy, with most of the ire d [...]
Down to final home at Adams on the Park
Adams on the Park, the small six-story condo development at 1259 W Adams St in the West Loop is inching towards closeout, and there's just one unit le [...]
Introducing The Nirvana: Washington Park's grunge rocker
Many developers assign names to condo developments for purposes of branding, to differentiate a building from the rest of the pack. In some cases, suc [...]
Sales update: CMK down to 35 unsold homes at 1720 South Michigan
Ever since CMK Companies' 235 Van Buren started to go up in the Loop, we've treated 1720 South Michigan a bit like yesterday's news. The developer s [...]
Sales update: One left at 3255 North Paulina
Back in September, Jameson Real Estate agent Michael Downing said that the next person who signed a contract at 3255 North Paulina would get a $20,0 [...]
The revival of the Wabansia Row II townhouses
Joel once called Wabansia Row "the Bucktown construction site that time forgot." He wasn't kidding.
On Dec. 5, 2006, Joel posted these photos in a "W [...]
Broadway 3030 groundbreaking pushed back
Back in September, the Sun-Times reported that groundbreaking was imminent for Broadway 3030 in Lakeview East. I drove through the neighborhood earlie [...]