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View the Lurie Garden with Piet Oudolf
Saturday, September 17, marks the first annual Lurie Garden Fall Festival and Plant Sale, from 10 to 3. Tours of the garden will be available alon [...]
Neighborhood vignette – Higher-class Milwaukee pimps dropping hookers in Bucktown
We're always on the lookout for good neighborhood sites with news feeds to scan for our Chicago Real Estate News page. Today we found Our Urban Ti [...]
Streamlining zoning decisions in the 48th Ward
Today's e-mail from 48th Ward Ald. Harry Osterman led me indirectly to the 48th Ward Community Process for Zoning and Land Use Approvals (PDF). Th [...]
A brief look at the Crescent Park neighborhood in Elmhurst
Yesterday I visited the Crescent Park subdivision in Elmhurst with Tom Makinney and Maria Gracik of Koenig & Strey's Gracik Makinney Group. We sho [...]
Rodkin going solo in home tour videos
Chicago Magazine's Dennis Rodkin is changing the format of his informative video tours. Going forward you'll be seeing mostly or exclusively Rodki [...]
A panoramic view from 235 Van Buren
There are 19 furnished models available for viewing at 235 Van Buren, a new high-rise condo at the edge of the . I'd only visited a few of them, s [...]
Ground broken for 500 Lake Shore Drive apartment tower
Yesterday marked the official groundbreaking for 500 North Lake Shore Drive, a 45-story, 500-unit luxury rental tower expected to be ready for occ [...]
Are you ignoring the EPA lead paint rules?
Envirnomental Protection Agency rules that went into effect last year require the use of "lead-safe practices" for renovation activities – includi [...]
Loyola students channel Chicago Tourism Bureau
Streeterville is "the ultimate destination for a night on the town with friends" according to the video. That's the kind of statement you'd expect [...]
Oakwood offers a new luxury rental housing option in Chicago’s Loop
Renters looking for housing in the heart of Chicago’s Loop have an exciting new option at Oakwood 200 Squared, 210 N Wells St.
Oakwood Worldwi [...]
Quote of the day – Kenilworth market time trebles
Chicago Magazine's October issue, with its annual look at real estate market conditions, hits the newsstands tomorrow. Following the archaic tradi [...]
A Ravenswood 2-bedroom with a unique duplex-down option
What's unique about the 2-bedroom condo at 2200 W Winona is the full lower level directly below the unit. It could easily be expanded into to cre [...]
Owning cheaper than renting at Loop’s 235 Van Buren
When I met with CMK Realty the other day I left with case studies comparing the costs of ownership and rental for 1- and 2-bedroom units at 235 Va [...]
Why a builder bought at Grand Bend in Evanston
After 35 years in the same home in a nearby community Doug and Elsa had a very specific set of requirements for the condo they were looking to pur [...]
Looking for an elegant motorcar pavilion?
You're in luck. There's one coming to auction in "fabled Oconomowoc Lake."
If you're seeking a six-car garage, you're also in luck – for that's [...]
Old Irving Park’s Race House now also listed for rent
The Race House, a Chicago landmark at 3945 N Tripp in Old Irving Park has been on and off the market for just over 4 years.
The 4-level home h [...]
See a renovated 4-bedroom Gold Coast penthouse
If you go searching for the heart of Chicago's Gold Coast you're likely to find it at 1400 N State Pkwy. The location almost defines the Gold Coa [...]
Tour Adler and Sullivan’s Auditorium Building
Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan's Auditorium Building cost millions to build in the 1880s – and sold to Roosevelt University for $400,000 60 year [...]
Are landlords eliminating the rental service bedbugs?
I've recently spoken to landlords who have either cut back on their use of the apartment rental services that we call bedbugs, eliminated them ent [...]
Quote of the day – housing is the economy’s silent killer
Although you can question its accuracy, you can't deny the attention-grabbing nature of the wording in this LA Times article:
More than four years [...]