Category: Real estate business
Foreign investors pulling Chicago condo market out of slump
In the June issue of New Homes, columnist Don DeBat looks at several condominium projects that are moving forward thanks to foreign developers and inv [...]
DeBat: Location the driving force behind home price gains
Despite the gloomy national survey reports on falling property values that show lower home prices in 77 markets, prices of residences rose in 73 marke [...]
The Apartments at Lakeview Collection
Looks like I wasn't the only one calling around about the Lofts at Lakeview Collection. Crain's reports this morning that Centrum Properties will turn [...]
Proposals sought for Fort Dearborn Station
Fort Dearborn Station, the U.S. Postal Service's sprawling mail hub at 540 N Dearborn St, is the subject of a new request for proposals aimed at dev [...]
Overhaul for Cook County's property tax system?
In New Homes Magazine's March issue, columnist Don DeBat takes a look at the "antiquated" property tax system in Cook County. A solution might be foun [...]
Lissner: More inventory sales, fewer project announcements in '08
We may look back on 2008 as a year when developers put their big dreams on hold and focused instead on finishing what they had started. If that's the [...]
Convenient public transit can be a boon to property owners
About 25 percent of all Americans shopping for a home in the next 20 years will want to live within a half-mile of a public transit stop, and people w [...]
Roeder: Rokas president is nowhere to be found
Over the past few months, tidibits have been accumulating about the fate of Rokas International and the developer's South Loop projects. Lawsuits, for [...]
2100 sign still on display in South Loop
The sign for Rokas International's 2100 development was still on display last week in the South Loop, even though indications are that the firm is no [...]
Magellan to bolster Related Midwest through partnership?
Related Companies, the New York-based developer behind several notable high-rises in Chicago (through Related Midwest), is considering a partnership w [...]
Why are home buyers so skittish?
Why aren't more people taking the plunge on a new condominium or townhouse at the moment?
“They think that things may be worse than they are. They [...]
Residences at Burnham Pointe in jeopardy?
Chicago-based Terrapin Properties LLC may be in danger of dissolution following a foreclosure suit against one of the company's Kenosha, Wisc., develo [...]
Home inspectors and new construction
In this video, Lexington Homes' Jeff Benach discusses the value of using home inspectors to check out new construction.
Jeff says that while he doe [...]
First Trump flip sells for $899,000
Surprise! The flipping has begun at Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago.
The Sun-Times reports that the owners of a 21st-story hotel condom [...]
How should buyers pick a real estate agent?
As Joe Zekas notes in this video, Chicago is overrun with real estate agents. How should buyers go about narrowing the potential candidate pool?
Jo [...]
Stately Hoyne Manor facing foreclosure
A Gurnee-based lender is giving Greenlight Development LLC the red light over a Rogers Park development, Crain's reports.
Greenlight failed to pay [...]
Caveat emptor or righteous justice? Blogger lashes out at developer
Back in December, we talked to Garry Benson and Christine Lutz of Garrison Partners about a variety of topics related to Chicago real estate, one of w [...]
Looking ahead to the Olympic Village
Chicago’s claim to the 2016 Summer Olympics is anything but a lock. The city faces stiff competition from six Asian, European and South American cou [...]
Sun-Times publisher sues Trump over canceled condo contract
Remember last year when Donald Trump ruffled feathers by canceling a slew of contracts at the Trump International Hotel & Tower?
Well, the lead [...]
Deal of the day: Lennar matching Fed's interest-rate cut through Sunday
Okay, so this may apply only those shopping for homes outside of Chicago proper, or for those willing to hasten their hunts for new digs, but we fig [...]