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Tip jar: Watch that debt load
Here's some advice from a local lender to buyers who are already thinking ahead to home furnishings and a ride to park in the garage:
Nowadays, once [...]
Walking the Drive: Mies' four black boxes
In this segment from their Lake Shore Drive walk, Joe Zekas and Francesca Rose look at the Mies van der Rohe-designed co-ops at 860-880 N Lake Shore [...]
Riding the rails: Few homes to find near the Loyola Red Line stop in Rogers Park
Loyola's facilities take up a lot of area directly around the Red Line station at Sheridan Road and Loyola Avenue in Rogers Park, so it's not surpri [...]
Then and now: Water Tower Place
Here's what our 1992 Co-ops & Condos sourcebook had to say about Water Tower Place, the 74-story high-rise and shopping center at 180 E Pearson St in [...]
Beyond Blaine: Schools near Southport, and other things buyers should know
Most of the conversations I've had with Realtors about schools in the Southport Corridor begin and end with Blaine. But as Realtor Eric Rojas notes [...]
New cuts for Heart of Chicago condos
This morning Koenig & Strey agents posted new, lower prices for eight new-construction condos at Oakley Pointe, a new 21-unit building at 2520 S [...]
BlockWalking West Walker with Eric
Long-time YoChicago readers may remember Eric Borys as "The Bench," our Irving Park correspondent. For about six years, Eric has lived in an apartme [...]
A living space at Benton Place
That's what a furnished living room looks like at Magellan Development's Benton Place Parkhomes. Interior designer Robert Pope, who designed the int [...]
From the vault: Central Station in 2001
In early 2001, the stock market, which had risen to dizzying heights, fell precipitously. Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan moved swiftly to c [...]
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: July 3 – 10
Can’t keep up with YoChicago throughout the week? Here are some stories you may have missed:
Renaissance Lofts watch -- another unhappy owner
An [...]
A first-time buyer on choosing Silver Tower
When Abigail and her husband decided to move out of their Wicker Park apartment and buy their first home, they turned their attention to the high-ri [...]
How they play: The living rooms and kitchens of State Place resales
Remember State Place? The mixed-use development in the 1100 block of South State Street in the South Loop comprises three mid-rises and a 24-story hig [...]
Waiting it out: Olympia Centre studio nearing 1,000 days on the market
Do good things come to those who wait? And wait? and wait? The owner of one 650 square-foot studio at Olympia Centre must think so. He or she has ha [...]
Grab your greens, find some fruit every weekend, just steps from Grand Bend
Last month I asked Grand Bend at Green Bay sales manager Andy Kiener about the kinds of community activities a buyer could find near his Evanston co [...]
Wrigley takes new tack for $14 million Gold Coast penthouse space
The Tribune reported in late June that Wrigley chair Bill Wrigley Jr was taking a new approach to selling 12,120 square feet of raw penthouse space [...]
Inside a duplex gut rehab at Dearborn Park
Ted Guarnero is our guide to West Loop lofts, but that's not his only area of expertise. He certainly knows his way around Dearborn Park in the Sout [...]
The upper end of Southport's condo market
The building at 3214 N Southport Ave, just north of the Southport / Belmont intersection, doesn't look much different than all the other new brick s [...]
Small homes not a sacrifice for new buyers
From MSNBC's "The big thinking in condos now is to get small":
“For Gen Y, the home is a place to live out of, not to live in. They don’t think of [...]
Chess Lofts slashes prices for 10 buyers
The next 10 buyers at Chess Lofts in the South Loop will see discounts of 40 to 50 percent off their purchase prices, according to Weichert, Realtor [...]