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Lounges, courts, and theaters: More amenities at Alta at K Station's K2 floor
Part 2 of my Alta at K Station video tour features more of the spaces open to Alta residents on the development's K2 amenities floor: a party room w [...]
The lowdown on Parc Huron's pricing
Parc Huron's leasing center at Erie and Kingsbury streets in River North is open for business, and I've already stopped by to grab a copy of the tower [...]
A great starter home at Lake Park Crescent
Check out one of the new one-bedroom condos ready delivery at Lake Park Crescent in North Kenwood-Oakland. With a price below $170,000, the home is [...]
A Good Friday morning in Pilsen
Thousands of Pilsen's faithful shut down traffic through the heart of the neighborhood on Friday as a Stations of the Cross procession made its way [...]
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 le [...]
Lincoln Park's highest real estate tax bills
The top residential tax bill in Lincoln Park: $76,405.55. As you might expect, the 1800 and 1900 blocks of Orchard, Burling and Howe are well repre [...]
West Loop loft tour – a 4,000 square-foot triplex
Remember when lofts were all about large, open spaces and soaring ceilings?
This 4,000 square foot loft at 1000 West Washington, in the West Loop, [...]
Yo in review: March 27 – April 3
Can't keep up with YoChicago throughout the week? Here are some stories you may have missed:
Yo's Lake Shore Drive drive: Part 1, Part 2, and thro [...]
Shark bites: Deals on investment properties
You know that Matt Garrison tracks big price reductions on condos and single-family homes at CondoShark.com. But did you know he also keeps an eye on [...]
A fresh approach to selling gut rehabs and new construction homes in Chicago
Last month Greg Rose of Fresh Horizon Realty talked to Joe Zekas about how his brokerage differs from other local real estate companies when it come [...]
A skyline drive through Grant Park
Last week, Zekas and I set out for a drive north along Lake Shore Drive. Before returning to the office, we doubled back to Columbus Drive for a clo [...]
It's neighborhood tour time — what would you like to see this year?
Spring is finally here, which means we'll be spending a lot more time outside on the afternoons and weekends in search of homes and 'hoods to tour. We [...]
The handcrafted, high-ceilinged rowhomes of Lake Park Crescent
Follow Joe and Kim on a video tour through a three-story, single-family-style rowhome at 4060 S Oakenwald Ave, a unit that doubles as the sales cent [...]
Lake Shore Drive, north from Lake Point Tower
The second leg of our drive up Lake Shore Drive took us past Lake Point Tower and into Chicago's North Side, where the wall of high-rises lining the [...]
Zekas: "I'm Sabrina" of CribChatter fame
Joe Zekas was taking a smoke break when the mail arrived at the YoChicago office Wednesday afternoon. I typically don't snoop around his office, but [...]
Sales update: 15 condos under contract following Silver Tower slash
Since taking over the high-rise's sales and advertising newly reduced prices last week, Jameson Real Estate has drawn up 15 new contracts for condos [...]
Great moments in ad copy: "Surge into the 'red zone'" at 1738 North Winchester
IF YOU ARE READY-TO-ACT BUYER, BUCKLE UP BECAUSE YOUR ANTICIPATION IS GETTING READY TO SURGE INTO THE "RED ZONE". HERE IS A HOME THAT HITS THE JACK [...]
It's cruise season on the Chicago River
We normally don't promote a lot of "go-and-do" events around the city, but in this case I'll make an exception. The Chicago Architecture Foundation [...]
Madness goes beyond March with new incentives at Mill Creek
Just as March Madness stretches well into April these days, Shodeen Residential has extended its Spring Madness Sale past an original March 31 deadl [...]
All our exes live in Texas
To get a glimpse of [the] future, urbanists and planners need to get beyond their nostalgic quest to recreate the highly centralized 19th-century city [...]