Category: Renovation
Newport Green model opens in Lake View
A couple months ago I wrote about Clybourn Green, CG Development's eco-friendly condo conversion at 2401 - 2409 N Clybourn Ave in Lincoln Park. Now, C [...]
Sales update: Four left at Roscoeview
We've written a bunch of posts over the past six months about new developments with "-view" in their titles, but this Lake View rehab doesn't appear t [...]
Own or rent at Metropolitan Tower
For more than a year we've been reporting that Metropolitan Tower, Metropolitan Properties' conversion of the former Encyclopedia Britannica office bu [...]
Photo update: Clybourn Green in Lincoln Park
Soon after I posted an update a couple of weeks ago on CG Development's Clybourn Green in Lincoln Park, we received a call from the developer, who poi [...]
Three-bedrooms on North Wilton in Wrigleyville
With their team mired in a five-game losing streak, I'd imagine Cubs fans are putting on their rally caps and trying figure out some way to bust the s [...]
October move-ins at Six North Michigan
Do you like this view? It's pretty decent, and for the modest price of $5.5 million it could be yours, along with a 5,500 square-foot penthouse with [...]
Green on Bell's eco-features
It's unusual to see a two-story rehab like this marketed with a watercolor rendering, but maybe Green on Bell at 1316 N Bell Ave in Wicker Park isn't [...]
Clybourn Green back on track
When it comes to green building, it's the big new-construction high-rises that steal the headlines, but I'd wager that rehabbing and reusing an existi [...]
Introducing 1135 West Chicago
It isn't much to look at right now, but this shabby old apartment building at 1135 W Chicago Ave in West Town is being gutted and rehabbed, and it loo [...]
Sales update: One rehab left at Sedgwick Court
Sedgwick Court, Jolie Properties’ two-building, four-unit gut rehab in the center of Old Town Triangle, is down to its last home, a two-bedroom / tw [...]
Sales update: One duplex at Domus on Fletcher
Domus on Fletcher - two brick-and-limestone buildings at 1453 W Fletcher St in Lake View - is a "historically accurate complete gut renovation," acc [...]
Rebuilding Together in Englewood
Early this morning more than 1,000 volunteers arrived at scores of homes in Englewood and suburban Markham for Rebuilding Together, a day of repairi [...]
Landmarks Ordinance tops Preservation Chicago's 2008 watch list
In its latest review of the city’s threatened historical places, Preservation Chicago moved beyond buildings and neighborhoods and added a set of laws [...]
Prairie District Lofts a reminder of South Loop's past
The South Loop's slew of high-rises has turned history into a selling point. A case in point: Kargil Development's new Prairie District Lofts, yet a [...]
NYT looks at Driehaus' Nickerson Mansion restoration
A tip of the hat to Lynn Becker, who directs readers to the New York Times' recent profile of Richard Driehaus. The Chicago-based investor and preserv [...]
Two units available in renovated Ravenswood building
Two of 1625 W. Ainslie's newly rehabbed condos are still for sale, according to Lisa Cohen, of Jameson Realty Group.
The 94-year-old building at the [...]
Odyssey Lofts convenient to Greektown, Loop, Ike and Kennedy
The residents of Odyssey Lofts, 775 W. Jackson Blvd, will never want for gyros. The building is crawling distance from Halsted Street, the main arte [...]
Let the sun shine in: 154 Lofts on West Hubbard
Letting in enough light is a challenge when converting bulky structures designed for commercial use. Loft units often wind up long and skinny, with [...]
Report: Developer hoping to attract art set to Woodlawn
Searching for large, cheap, customizable space in the city and coming up short? You might boost your odds by picking up a brush and a palette, accordi [...]
Jane Addams Homes building could become public housing museum
Supporters of a proposed Public Housing Museum in Chicago's near west side have six more months to raise $14 million for their project, according to t [...]