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Shoulda, woulda, coulda: Catalyst in the West Loop
Our file cabinets (real and virtual) are filled with all sorts of renderings and sales materials, some for projects long since finished, others for pr [...]
Deals for buyers, agents at 235 Van Buren
For the next six weeks, buyers who sign contracts on homes at 235 Van Buren in the Loop will receive as much as $5,000 in closing credit, according [...]
Reviewing 2009 and preparing for 2010
Few people in the real estate business will be sad to see 2009 come to a close, but that doesn't mean the year has been a bust for everyone. Armando [...]
Neighborhoods for the rest of us: South Triangle
The area we call the South Triangle is big enough to contain several South Side "neighborhoods for the rest of us." Within the boundaries of the Dan [...]
Sales update: Price cuts and resales emerge at Silver Tower in River North
We received a new e-blast from @properties over the weekend advertising two examples of price reductions at Silver Tower, the 40-story high-rise at [...]
Inside a Seyfarth "fun room" in Glencoe
So indoor swimming isn't your top priority. How about some half-court hoops? The buyers of this Robert Seyfarth-designed home at 600 Sheridan Rd in [...]
Quote of the day: Liquor stores, not libraries
For kids at Altgeld, who are already so isolated from the rest of the city, not having a library is a big deal. The resources your community provides [...]
Yo in review: December 6 – 12
Can't keep up with Yo on a daily basis? Here's what you may have missed this week:
Inside a corner unit at Astoria Tower in the South Loop
Touring [...]
Dempster diving: Buy a pitcher's pad
Typically when a ballplayer puts his home on the market, it means there's a trade on the horizon.* In the case of Cubs pitcher Ryan Dempster, who is h [...]
Weekly watch: Condo rentals on the MLS
This is the third week we've recorded the number of condo rental listings from 14 Chicago ZIP codes, and already we notice a trend: Since November 27, [...]
Shark bites: a Palmolive delicacy for $810K
This week's CondoShark choice cut comes from straight from the big fish himself, Matt Garrison. Matt singled out this 1,529 square-foot two-bedroom on [...]
Yo's year: Whatever happened to Pure?
The Pure scandal was already in full swing by the beginning of 2009. It kicked off back in September 2008, when developer Salman Ibrahim absconded to [...]
Touring a West Loop ho-ho-home
With Hanukkah and Christmas right around the corner, people often consider this a hibernation period for the real estate market, but I met one agent [...]
Crêpes and cheese at the French Market
Joe and I left the Ogilvie Transportation Center feeling better about the Chicago French Market than we did upon our arrival. Near the end of our vi [...]
A new glimpse inside The Elysian
A special word of thanks to the Chicago Architecture Blog for sharing the link to this strangely silent video, released in conjunction with the open [...]
Want to take a dip? Few options available for renters in the winter
It's 2:30 in the afternoon and 9 degrees outside...time to practice that butterfly! Year-round swimming isn't a problem at a lot of condo high-rises, [...]
Sampling transit-friendly homes in Beverly and Morgan Park
Now that you've seen all of my Beverly / Morgan Park drive-around with Marcia Walsh, let's look at some of the homes for sale in both neighborhoods. [...]
The Walter Burley Griffin homes of Beverly
The final segment of my Beverly and Morgan Park drive-around features the homes of Griffin Place (formerly 103rd Place), site of the largest concent [...]
Quote of the day: renting as a "stealth stimulus"
People's increasing willingness to abandon their own piece of America illustrates a paradoxical change wrought by the housing bust: Even as it tarnish [...]
First impressions of the French Market
I'm not sure what Joe and I expected to see upon our arrival at the Chicago French Market at the Ogilvie Transportation Center on Monday, but what w [...]