Category: Ultra-luxury
Room at the top: New Homes' annual ultra-luxury issue
Ultra-luxury features:
Interior monologues: Ultra-luxury finishes meld super standards, building aesthetics and buyer personalities
Size matters: [...]
Interior Monologues: Ultra-luxury finishes meld super standards, building aesthetics and buyer personalities
The crowd trailing Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava through the 18th floor of NBC Tower stopped at an unusual display: a pair of open-mouthed hu [...]
No stone unturned: CBI's granite mansion in Lake Forest has a room for every occasion
The rolling hills of Bucks County, Penn., feel a long way from suburban Chicago – unless you happen to be driving down Laurel Avenue in Lake Forest. [...]
Living large in Lincoln Park: Buyers assemble sprawling condos at Lincoln Park 2520
It’s no secret that people in Lincoln Park love big homes. Any cursory tour of the North Side neighborhood will reveal enormous houses rising on dou [...]
Canyon Ranch Living blends luxury homes with holistic care
It's not uncommon for developers of downtown condo high-rises to offer plush "lifestyle" amenities such as spas, massage rooms and upscale restauran [...]
The new high-end: New Homes' annual ultra-luxury homes issue
Ultra-luxury features
Ultra-luxury projects move to "new" locations
Design-builds let you have your way
Hotel condos get mixed reception
CBI's Glenc [...]
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 Custom Homes [...]
Good as gold
Luxury development heads south as "new" locations go high-endÂ
by Alison Soltau
Not so long ago, if you had several million dollars to lavish on a [...]
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 36-year [...]
Hotel condo reservations
Some developers check out of fledgling market as home buyers flock to others
by Alison Soltau
Buyers scouting downtown Chicago for in-town residen [...]
The high life
High-rise builders offer hot designs, "wow" finishes in fiercely competitive market
When interior designer Hollis Savin went looking for a new high- [...]
Suite dreams
Buyers have high hopes, little experience with new housing hybrid
Businessman Steve Snyder bought two hotel condos at the Solis Chicago Condominium [...]
Lap of luxury
Developer launches tony new hotel brand with Elysian hotel and condos
Take one look at drawings for The Elysian Hotel and Private Residences, a 60- [...]
Ultra-luxury homes
Chicago's high end keeps getting higher
If it is ever possible to pity buyers of new ultra-luxury condos in downtown Chicago, now is the time. Neve [...]
Timeless homes
North Shore's CBI brings its high-end historic homes to city
It has been more that 15 years since the principals behind CBI Custom Homes started thei [...]
Addressing the past
Adaptive reuse projects play on premium locations, vintage charm
While the ultra-luxury market is dominated by new construction, some of Chicago's to [...]
Hotel Condomania
Buyers and developers see new luxury hybrid as suite deal
A few years ago, almost no one in Chicago had heard of hotel condominiums. The concept, whi [...]
Do it your way
Ultra-luxury buyers spare little expense or imagination in custom build-outs
Now that corporate lawyer Jim Jacobson and his wife Mindy, a nurse, have [...]
Life at the top
Penthouses aren't what they used to be - but some are better than ever
For the true high-flyer nothing tops buying a penthouse, but buying the bigges [...]
Own to rent
Buyers embrace hotel condos but struggle with options, projections
From beach houses to timeshares, Americans are always looking for new means of esc [...]