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Quote: Your home is a "momentary media phenomenon"
From the Wall Street Journal:
Back when most folks looked for a new home by getting in the car, the freshness of a listing didn’t matter very much. B [...]
Half-mil homes: New listings near $500K
Yesterday afternoon I pulled up a list of homes priced at or near $500,000 (a range of $490,000 to $510,000, if you must know), that have been on the [...]
Grand Plaza's condo auction: a recap
On Thursday the Chartwell Group will auction the last 10 penthouse units at Grand Plaza in River North, at reserve prices of $345,000 to $775,000, or [...]
The Transportation Building in Printers Row, past and present
Here at Yo HQ we have file cabinets filled with old promotional materials and press releases about hundreds of Chicago developments. Here's some inf [...]
Renovated Carlyle condo gets $1.05 million markup from 2008 sale price
One of the 200-plus homes that went on the market this weekend is this 3,020 square-foot, three-bedroom / 4.5-bath condo at the Carlyle, the 40-stor [...]
Quote of the day: Condo marketing to "cast a wider net" than before
To adjust to a market strikingly different from the high-flying one that reigned when these projects were conceived, developers have not only created [...]
In other news – good reads from the feed
Not every story we add to our Chicago Real Estate News feed warrants "top story" status or a "quote of the day" post, but that doesn't make it any l [...]
Yo in review: August 14 – 21
Can’t keep up with YoChicago throughout the week? Here are some stories you may have missed:
Grand Plaza's condo auction: The impressive amenities [...]
Parc Huron leasing reaches 50 percent, park space to open in September
I've been inside Parc Huron twice in the past two days, once to pick up a Zipcar, and once to look around the building's models and amenity spaces. [...]
New condos competing with apartments in the South Loop
Earlier this week I posted a quote from the latest Appraisal Research Counselors Downtown Benchmark Report about the stiff competition new South Loop [...]
Row2750 in Lincoln Park moving forward
A sponsored ad in today's Tribune says LG Development Group has broken ground on its Row2750 townhomes and condos at the corner of Lakewood Avenue a [...]
Inside the completed Adams Sangamon Park
As promised, here's new video from inside the newly completed and opened Adams Sangamon Park in the West Loop. Alderman Bob Fioretti and several Wes [...]
Adams Sangamon Park is open
A lot of people have found YoChicago in the past two months through searches for Adams Sangamon Park. Traffic to my peek inside the park has picked [...]
A $2.6 million short sale on the Mag Mile
The most expensive short sale I can find in Chicago is this duplex penthouse at Chicago Place, on the northwest corner of Huron Street and Michigan Av [...]
Slow Home breaks down our bathrooms
I wasn't familiar with the Slow Home concept until this week, after I received a e-mail from a Slow Home devotee who found us during a search for co [...]
Grand Plaza's penthouses, ready for auction
The third and final video from Joe Zekas' recent tour of Grand Plaza with Bud Blinick of the Chartwell Group finds the duo touring several of the to [...]
ARC: High demand for downtown rentals
Appraisal Research Counselors on downtown apartment inventory:
Demand for downtown apartments continues to expand at a record pace. There are 2,146 m [...]
Quote of the day: Something still stinks in Back of the Yards
"There's no way any property in this neighbourhood should sell for that kind of money, even if it was in great condition."
- Emilio Carrasquillo of Ne [...]
Walking the drive with Francesca: 850 LSD, 840 LSD, and Lake Shore Park
The only rental building Joe Zekas and Realtor Francesca Rose passed during their walk down Lake Shore Drive earlier this summer was the luxury seni [...]
Market watch: What's available in Avondale
Avondale! Let's say you want to live there, because it's Chicago's next hot 'hood (or at least it was until RedEye decided it wasn't), but you don't [...]