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Web presence: Alta at K Station site updated with prices, floor plans, and more
The not-quite-twin towers of Alta at K Station at 555 W Kinzie St will have added well over 800 new apartments to the Fulton River District's invent [...]
Rental snapshot: How much for a 2,000 square-foot home in the downtown market?
The number of downtown homes listed as rentals on the MLS fell again between Dec. 18 and 25, according to our weekly tally. A total of 1,760 condos we [...]
List vs. sale: charting trends in three Chicago neighborhoods
Redfin can crunch a lot of data for users based on ZIP code or neighborhood. This morning I looked up the site's pages for three areas -- 60611 (Stree [...]
Yo's year: South Loop on the auction block
Individual posts on Roosevelt Collection, Pure, and The Silver District pulled in lots of page views this year, but one story really set the tone for [...]
Ritz-Carlton gets its financing
It'll be a happy new year for the Ritz-Carlton Residences after all. Arabian Business reports that Kuwait Finance House, which has a 95-percent stake [...]
Where have all the Illini gone?
The US Census Bureau estimates (Excel file) that 632,866 more Illinois domestic residents left for other states than migrated here from other states b [...]
An audio-visual Christmas experience in Oswego
Before coming to YoChicago.com in the final week of 2007, I worked as a "content specialist" for the Sun-Times News Group's short-lived hyperlocal W [...]
Holiday activities in Antioch
During the holiday season you'll find a variety of activities and events in downtown Antioch, courtesy of the Antioch Chamber of Commerce and local [...]
Christmas goes to the dogs in Antioch
A couple weekends ago, pooches from Round Lake, Lakemoor, Bristol, and other towns in the Chain of Lakes area arrived in Antioch dressed in their Ch [...]
Was $335,000, now asking $19,900 in East Garfield Park
Back in February of 2007 I characterized East Garfield Park as "flat on its back and barely twitching." A month later Business Week singled out East G [...]
Roseland stocking stuffer under $5 a square foot
If your purchase of a 3 bedroom, bath-and-a-half home at 32 West 104th St in Chicago's Roseland neighborhood qualifies for the $8,000 tax credit you'l [...]
From the video vault: Wilmette's Christmas house
In 2006 Joe Zekas trained his video camera on one of Wilmette's favorite Christmas traditions, the Warren A. Perkins Memorial Christmas Display.
Al [...]
Light holiday posting, but regular news updates
It's slow go on Yo for the holidays.
If you're looking for real estate news, you'll continue to find at least twice-daily updates from 100s of local, [...]
From the video vault: Reindeer games in Logan Square
Travel back to a recent Christmas past with this video, a short vignette featuring the decorations outside a home in the 3600 block of West Wrightwo [...]
For sale or lease: Waltz into a "suite" condo at Joffrey Tower
It's Nutcracker time for the Joffrey Ballet, which seems like as good of an excuse as any to check in on availability at the company's base of operati [...]
Last Motor Row Lofts cut by 27 percent
Sheldon Good & Company has reduced the remaining units at Motor Row Lofts, 2303 S Michigan Ave, by 27 percent off their original list prices and [...]
Robert De Niro, hotel-condo pioneer?
Leave it to Jake LaMotta himself to stare the dreaded hotel-condo concept in the face and yell, "You didn't get me down!" According to the New York Ti [...]
Chicago Spire non-story of the day
Crain's is reporting – to no one's surprise – that four large union-affiliated investment funds are taking a pass on the Chicago Spire.
Crain's quote [...]
Shoulda, woulda, coulda: Canyon Ranch Living
Of all the high-rise proposals that have come and gone in recent years, only a few can still send Realtors drifting into wistful thoughts of what coul [...]
Where to shop for wine in Evanston
This post doesn't signal an expansion of YoChicago's coverage. It's simply shameless plugs for a family friend and a new venture from our company. Fam [...]