Category: New condos
More photos from Lake View's LV Lofts
Here are a few views of the New Haven Homes' LV Lofts at 3245 N Ashland Ave in Lake View from my open house visit last week. When I visited, Liz Musca [...]
Inside Fountain View's open house
Before heading over to Clybourn Green last weekend, I visited Fountain View, where a furnished model was opened about a month ago. Like Clybourn Gree [...]
Kardas of the day: Looking down on the Spire
The site of the Chicago Spire, at center left, appears progressively more forlorn. Michael Kardas took this shot last week from a high floor at the [...]
Construction checkup: The Rotunda
In the past month, workers have enclosed the front balconies at The Rotunda and have begun to install the windows in the bays that give the developm [...]
Do buyers care about hand-made, custom tiles?
When I was visiting open houses this weekend, I stopped by a fairly nondescript three-unit building at 1470 W Ohio St in West Town. The building hadn [...]
Down to two at The Vue in Lake View
I've just learned from an agent with the Wolf Residential Group that just two homes are still for sale in The Vue, McHugh Development & Constructi [...]
Concept vs. execution: 1715 North Damen
Can you tell them apart?
If it weren't for the shadowy trees in the rendering, it might be a little bit more difficult. It's rare that a rendering c [...]
Development roundup: Wicker Park condos
If you're looking for a home in a brand-new boutique building on or near Division Street in Wicker Park, you have plenty of options. On the other hand [...]
Condo buyers – ask for the property report
In the late 1970s, when condomania was sweeping Chicago, the city responded with an ordinance protecting prospective condominium purchasers from perce [...]
Development roundup: Two- and three-bedroom condos in West Lakeview
West Lakeview isn't a neighborhood that gets mentioned much anymore in real-estate listings, largely because anything within a half-mile radius of Ros [...]
Inside and outside 1217 West Augusta
After checking out the building at 1217 W Augusta Blvd from the street earlier this week, I met with Paul Fortman from @properties on Friday to [...]
19 new condos coming to Sangamon and Monroe
It will be big news the moment any "high-rise dustbunnies" start to go up, but it's still possible for a smaller development to break ground and sta [...]
Deal of the day: "Guarantee of appreciation" replaces "live free" deal at Marquee
A few months ago, the prospect of "living free at Marquee" until 2009 might have sounded appealing. But with the new year exactly seven weeks away, it [...]
Sales update: Sealed-bid auctions for S&S Home Builders' condos and townhouses
In an attempt to sell off the remaining homes at one Northwest Side development and jump-start sales at another, S&S Home Builders and Koenig & [...]
Sales update: Two left at 6124 North Broadway
This muscular 12-unit condo building at 6124 N Broadway in Edgewater was first introduced to Yo about a year ago, but move-ins didn't begin until May. [...]
Sales update: Catching up with the condos of Buckingham Place
On Monday morning I heard some second-hand news (rumours, perhaps?) that 822 West Buckingham (above) was down to its last home, so I called @propert [...]
Sales update: Some for sale, others for rent at Catalpa Square
Last winter, the folks at Koenig & Strey GMAC Real Estate were pleased to see buyers signing up for Catalpa Square's condos based on floor plans [...]
Sales update: Three left at 4420 North Clark
While browsing the real-estate ads in the Tribune, I noticed that the three remaining homes at 4420 N Clark St are subject to "developer's closeout pr [...]
We love lists: Green developments
If you've noticed that word "green" cropping up more than normal around here, it's no coincidence. For the past day, I've been sifting through our New [...]
It's new to us: 340 West Evergreen
For all the talk of slowdowns and freezes, there appear to be a number of new-construction homes out there that have slipped under the radar and pas [...]