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Quote of the day: The next hot 'hood
"How long before it becomes another Bucktown, Wicker Park? I would definitely say in a couple of years."
- Maurice Ortiz, marketing director at Apart [...]
"Offers welcome" for a Fairbanks at Cityfront Plaza terrace home
Meet T-905, the last terrace condo to go at Centrum Properties' Fairbanks at Cityfront Plaza high-rise at 240 E Illinois St in Streeterville. As the [...]
Quote: FHA isn't the new subprime
“All we think about is credit risk, but comparing it to subprime just doesn’t make any sense. Let’s be rational."
- FHA Commissioner David Stevens, d [...]
Floor plan focus: South Loop rentals
After seeing our corner one-bedroom showcase from a couple of weeks ago, reader Cg asked for more floor-plan comparisons. Today, I pulled similarly si [...]
Chicago's tall towers: a year in review
Downturn be damned -- when it comes to high-rise construction, Chicago still rules the roost. According to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Hab [...]
A note on Realtor-bashing
A spate of recent comments has me mulling a phenomenon I've noticed repeatedly over the years.
Almost all Realtor-bashing on Web sites comes from peo [...]
565 follow-up: 13 homes sold in one week
The folks at Belgravia Group e-mailed us this afternoon to say that they've sold 13 lofts and condos at 565 Quincy since rolling out their new home pr [...]
Belgravia cuts prices on Union Row townhomes
565 Quincy wasn't the only Belgravia Group project to see some significant price cuts last week. The developer also slashed prices at Union Row by a [...]
Reviewing resales and rentals at Skybridge
Skybridge had already reached sellout by the time I arrived at YoChicago at the end of 2007, so I've never had a reason to write about the building [...]
Meet 565 Quincy doorman Leonard Kelly
Leonard Kelly is just one of the men and women who keep 565 Quincy up and running for its new residents. Joe Zekas met Leonard during a visit to the [...]
565 Quincy: "It's all about price these days"
Belgravia Group held firm at 565 Quincy for a long time, but this weekend the developer finally put new prices in place for homes in the West Loop t [...]
Yo in review: January 10 – 16
Can't keep up with YoChicago throughout the week? Here are some of the posts you may have missed:
Koenig & Strey veteran Chuck Goro moves to Col [...]
The right time for serious buyers
After running through all the things in a buyer's favor in today's market -- low prices, low interest rates, and government incentives -- Genie Birc [...]
Shark bites: Big discounts at 2000 North Lincoln Park West Private Residences
Four of the top ten homes on CondoShark.com's list of foreclosures and short sales in Lincoln Park are located inside the 16-story, 120-unit 2000 Nort [...]
Construction compilation: Reviewing the newest proposals from around Chicago
Keeping with the last post's train of thought, here are some other development proposals we've seen in the news in recent weeks. It seems like a lot o [...]
New high-rise proposed for West Loop
A surface parking lot just south of Congress Parkway could be the site of a new residential high-rise once the economic climate improves, according to [...]
Trio's Craigslist blitz: I get the point, guys
Let's say, hypothetically, you have a hundred-unit tower near downtown that's ready to rock and roll -- how do you find tenants? You could have a leas [...]
Construction checkup: EnV
Joe Zekas brought back this shot of EnV, 161 W Kinzie St, from his visit to 400 North LaSalle yesterday afternoon. Window installation appears to ha [...]
Quote of the day: Inventory concerns "overdone"
“Although we forecast that as many as 7 million foreclosures are likely to occur over the next several years, we believe the pace at which these homes [...]
Floor plan focus: a four-bedroom Remington II home at Geneva's Mill Creek
One of the homes ready for immediate delivery at Shodeen Residential's Mill Creek - Oakmont community in Geneva is the one pictured above, a Remingt [...]