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Quote of the day: Blowing up the "hip city" narrative
Between 2006 and 2008, the metropolitan areas that enjoyed the fastest percentage shift toward educated and professional workers and industries includ [...]
Touring the sixth floor of Trio's tower
Two Sundays ago, Jameson agent Matt Ohlsen took me through some of the finished units on the sixth floor of Trio's tower at 670 W Wayman St. This wa [...]
Rock out in an Irving Park Loft
For authentic loft conversions in Chicago, places like the South Loop and River North stand out as go-to neighborhoods. After reading about the "Wil [...]
Humboldt Park's "historical memory"
On Friday participants of LISC/Chicago's New Communities Program took Adolfo Carrion Jr, director of the White House Office of Urban Affairs Policy, [...]
Fox Business: Signs of life in Elgin
According to Fox Business, you need travel no further than Elgin to find positive signs in the housing market. Last week the network featured a segm [...]
Neighborhoods for the rest of us: Grand Crossing
Spend more than a minute Googling “Greater Grand Crossing,” and you’ll surely come across stories of a terrible train wreck at the intersection of t [...]
East vs. West at Grand Plaza
In 2005, developer Near North Properties sold the Grand Plaza's west tower at 545 N Dearborn St to Jaeger Equities. Two years later, NNP sold the ea [...]
On the roof at Motor Row Lofts
Joe Zekas and Motor Row Lofts developer Paul Zucker took to the roof during their recent tour of the development to check out the sweeping views of [...]
The present and future of green building
During the media tour of the Winthrop Club in Evanston, the topic of green construction and LEED certification came up over and over again. I talked [...]
A very bad day for Pullman
The opening day of last year's Pullman / Roseland Parade of Homes was, according to the residents I interviewed there, "a great day for Pullman."
T [...]
Union Row Townhomes joins the price cutters
"Every competing project with townhomes suffered very slow sales velocity in much of 2008 and all of 2009. Every other major competing project has r [...]
Yo in review: October 25 – 31
Can’t keep up with us during the week? Here’s what you may have missed:
Coldwell Banker's Jenny Ames on comparing prices across neighborhoods on [...]
Name the nabe where the caged bird-man sings
Where in Chicago can you see this statue of a man in a suit of feathers? Be the first to name the nabe of the caged bird-man statue and win a YoChic [...]
Panorama-rama!: Winthrop Club views
I can't take credit for these panoramas and view shots -- they came with the Winthrop Club's digital press kit -- but they're too nice to leave on t [...]
Shorties in Avondale
The "short sale" is somewhere between a sale and a foreclosure. Similar to a common sale, a short sale is listed and marketed by a homeowner or brok [...]
It's a South Loop shark hunt!
CondoShark's bohemian brother, LoftShark, prefers the industrial aesthetic of real lofts to the traditional condos and single-family homes the rest [...]
Is that a sellout on Vetro's horizon?
All this talk about Motor Row Lofts and Michigan Avenue Tower II had me wondering about the status of Vetro, 611 S Wells St, still the poster-child fo [...]
What to expect on auction day
You've brushed up on your auction lingo and the auction process -- now it's time to go to the event itself. Julie First of Sheldon Good & Associ [...]
Revisiting two soon-to-be rentals
I don't know it for a fact, but I'd guess that the new video above became outdated faster than any other I've ever uploaded. We got around to editin [...]
Hat tip: Finding your school district
We like to point out good tips from other sources when we can, and Baird & Warner agent Fran Bailey just shared a dandy on her blog, Chicago Metro [...]