Category: New construction
New Lake View condos just 6,000 steps from the lake
How about that view of the lake?
Proximity to the lake and its beaches is a valued amenity for many Chicago homebuyers, and it's one that many deve [...]
Plenty of doctors in the house at Converge, in Lincoln Park
Ever wonder how some people get the heads-up on a new development long before the rest of us (aside from those with family or friends in the business) [...]
Home construction booming on Lake View side streets
Yo spent a couple of sunny days wandering the streets of Lake View and found tons of new homes, like these five on the 1700 block of W Wolfram St.
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Developers converge on "East Lincoln Park"
Names such as "West Roscoe Village" seem to be easing themselves into Chicago's real estate vocabulary, if not the official roster of city neighborhoo [...]
North Shore new home drive-bys
Yo was out on the shore yesterday for a morning of drive-by shootings, on the way home from a cheap-cigarette run to Highland Park. Lake County [...]
South Loop looks set to get a mega condo and retail development
The jumbo-sized mixed-use Riverside Park development, long slated for 62 acres of vacant land at Roosevelt Road and Clark Street, looks set to finally [...]
In Chicago's kitchens, is stainless steel the next avocado green?
It's not often that one can glean insight into new housing trends by watching a sitcom. I caught a re-run of Everybody Loves Raymond, wherein Ray's pa [...]
Will Chicagoans buy into Fordham Spire?
Would you pay $1,000 a square foot to live in Chicago's tallest building? That's the question on everyone's lips today, after the Plan Commission on T [...]
If you lived at Zen in the West Loop, you'd be calm by now
Is that a nine-story building or a large tree?
I didn't realize buildings could take themselves so seriously. Zen, a new, 78-unit condominium develop [...]
A spot rezoning within a Chicago PMD to permit condos
It seems that the city's planned manufacturing districts aren't sacred sites when it comes to residential development. According to Crain's Chicago Bu [...]
Thursday, Thursday, it could be worse day
It's been a helluva week.
The IRS seized the contents of your safety deposit box — there go the bearer bonds — and foreclosed the lien [...]
If you think the lake is bad, you should try the bay
I thought the price of a house in Chicago was high, but it seems like a bargain compared to the rest of the country. According to the Chicago Tribune, [...]
It's a nice day to work outside
Seven new single-family homes are under construction on the 3100 block of N Honore St. [...]
New construction on the cheap
$2 a gallon paint on the steps of a new, unoccupied home.
$2 a square foot Bowmanite on the street at a new development of luxury homes. [...]
Why the children of St. Ben's will inherit Chicago
Is it just me, or is anyone else surprised that single-family homes are now selling from $1 million in St. Ben's?
Centrum Properties has just announc [...]
Where will all the renters go?
I recently moved into a newly rehabbed apartment in a "vintage" (read: poorly insulated) walk-up. I've quickly come to realize the advantage of living [...]
The strange world beyond Chicago – a townhome in the woods
Residents of inner-city neighborhoods like The Loop often tell us that they moved downtown because they decided that if they were going to live in the [...]
Affordable options for empty nesters at Belle Plaine Commons
Suburban empty-nesters may be flying the coop in search of pricey in-towns that are just a short walk or Zimmerframe-amble from Michigan Avenue, but n [...]
A 5-star book and high-rise
The 2005 edition of Chicago Architecture and Design is getting 5-star reviews from Amazon readers. If you attended last week's groundbreaking for 600 [...]
Trump Tower moves to IBM sales center
Trump International Hotel & Tower, which is 75 percent sold, according to the sales staff, has new digs in the IBM Building. Koenig & Strey, which i [...]