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40 Michigan Avenue Tower II condos to be auctioned in November
Are the auction floodgates finally opening?
Following the Vetro auction last winter, several market observers expected condos at big developments to [...]
Construction checkup: EnV
One new development that wouldn't rank high in a Web presence watch is EnV, the new 28-story, 249-unit apartment tower going up next to the Merchan [...]
Web presence: OK at K Station
Welcome to the another installment of our ongoing “Web presence” feature, in which we collect as many links as we can for one residential developme [...]
Suburban showcase: Ranches and recreation at Mill Creek
In their drive through Mill Creek, Joe Zekas and Sho-Deen Residential president Mark Thomas drive past a ranch home, known as The Abbey, still unde [...]
Thousands of new homes planned for Pullman
The non-profit development arm of Park National Bank hopes to build as many as 3,000 new single-family homes, townhouses and low-rises on 138 acres in [...]
Trump resales, above and below ground
As we saw yesterday in my video tour with Tricia Fox, Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago is just one example of a new high-rise with lots [...]
New mixed-use develoment proposed for Logan Square
Plans for several tall, mixed-use developments along North Milwaukee Avenue in Logan Square will go in front of the 1st Ward's advisory panel next wee [...]
Floor-to-ceiling views from a Motor Row Lofts corner unit
"This is the sex appeal people associate with a loft," says Joe Zekas as he walks around unit #206 at Motor Row Lofts, 2303 S Michigan Ave, with dev [...]
Bridgeport's "island" on the Chicago River
Continuing our drive through a rainy, October day in Bridgeport, Nicole Pusateri, broker / owner of Bricks Realty, takes me to an area she likes to [...]
Loft living: "You have to want it"
In addition to organizing last weekend's South Loop Neighbors Loft Walk, South Loop Neighbors Chair Helen Kaplow opened her Donohue Building home to [...]
Views aplenty from a Trump three-bedroom
After chatting about the state of Chicago's luxury market, Tricia Fox of Keller Williams Gold Coast Realtors took me through a couple of her listing [...]
Construction checkup: 215 West tops out
The silence from downtown's condo high-rise construction sites would be deafening if not for all the noise coming from several new apartment towers [...]
Fiserv: Lower prices on the horizon, but Chicago should weather storm
A new study from Fiserv predicts home values to drop in 342 out of 381 national markets during the next year, according to CNNMoney.com, but it looks [...]
Bob Darrow on Broadway retail and alternatives to Boys Town
From the Center on Halsted, Bob Darrow and I walked east along Waveland Avenue to Broadway. If Halsted Street represents the heart of Boys Town nigh [...]
Neighborhoods for the rest of us: McKinley Park
Taking its name from the 69-acre public space bounded by 37th Street, Pershing Road, and Damen, Western, and Archer avenues (itself named after Pres [...]
Opera's lofty themes: rent or own?
In Chicago's Near South Side, Opera Realty's Opera Lofts are selling and leasing lofts converted from a storage warehouse for the Lyric Opera of Chi [...]
Live and Play in Chicago: the creation and management of a Realtor's blog
Jenny Ames' Live and Play in Chicago is one of the best Realtor blogs in the city today. For more than a year, Jenny has posted her thoughts and obs [...]
Private lane living in Old Town
Join Joe Zekas and Prudential Rubloff's Joanne Nemerovski for a walk through a mint-condition three-bedroom / three-bath-plus townhome on a private [...]
Trend-setters in blue-collar Bridgeport
Last week, I toured Bridgeport with Nicole Pusateri, owner and managing broker of Bricks Realty, and her husband Joe, also an agent. Nicole and Joe [...]
Construction checkup: Walton on the Park
Up and up and up Walton on the Park goes...where it stops, somebody knows! I'll hazard a guess and say it has another three stories left in it, bas [...]