South by southwest

New homes, residents spur change in staid affordable neighborhoods  Story by Alison Soltau  |  Photography by Barry Peterson Amy Mogelberg grew up in a...

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The single-family condo

KB Home offers luxury houses minus maintenance at Creekside by Dan Schuyler What do today’s new-home buyers want in floor plans, finishes, landscaping and...

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Well manored

CBI Custom Homes sweats the details for $3.9 million Tudor in Glencoe by Dan Schuyler When you cast an eye over design-build firm CBI...

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Have it your way

Design-build offers perfect homes for picky buyers with time, money by Joel Hoglund To build or not to build, that was the question facing...

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Saving Northbrook

Can a quaint village retain its charm despite growth and inevitable teardowns? These days, the old water tower in Northbrook is a clean slate,...

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Maxwell Street makeover

Ivy Hall caps new University Village, adding houses to mix During the past five years the historic Maxwell Street neighborhood has gone from a...

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East meets West Ridge

West Rogers Park remains port of entry, but rising prices make docking more difficult Leah Averick couldn’t imagine living anywhere but her home of...

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Riding high

Highwood now a hotspot in shadow of Highland Park’s upscale homes, downtown Here’s a trip for you. Make your way up to the north...

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Chicago's best new homes

Chicagoans have always treated architecture as a spectator sport, but for decades frustrated fans have watched as the players repeatedly dropped the ball in...

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A dream deferred?

Shrinking numbers, soaring prices put new houses out of reach for families When Paul Bertsche and his wife, Wendy Andrews, began searching for a...

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JMM building houses under $700k

When I first met Marla Mason and Mark Olshansky, the brother-sister team behind JMM Development, they were converting vintage apartments into condominiums in Albany...

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