Category: Video
The cost of building green
Brad Leibov, principal of Terra Firma Co., discusses the cost of building Fountain View, a LEED Silver-certified development in Chicago's Lincoln Squ [...]
Discussing Fountain View's green features
On Wednesday, I went up to Lincoln Square to meet with Terra Firma principal Brad Leibov and Koenig & Strey GMAC Real Estate agent Jennifer Mills [...]
Fountain View, LEED-certified in Lincoln Square
Developer Brad Leibov and Koenig & Strey agent Jennifer Mills Discuss Fountain View, a new LEED Silver-certified condo development at 2326 W Giddings [...]
Video: Mondial's one-bedroom furnished model
After viewing the two-bedroom corner unit at Mondial last week, Jameson Real Estate agent Brant Booker and I went down the hall to have a look at a 70 [...]
Mondial’s one-bedrooms in River West
Brant Booker from Jameson Real Estate showcases a one-bedroom furnished model in Mondial, a new condo development in Chicago's River West neighborhoo [...]
Touring the Sangamon Street Condominiums
Here's some footage of my recent visit to the Sangamon Street Condominiums, which is located at 100 - 110 S Sangamon St in the West Loop. Jim Lynch fr [...]
Video vault: Eco18 goes for LEED Gold
I'll say this about Dynaprop Development: It hasn't given up hope. The Chicago Journal reported in October that Eco18, Dynaprop's proposed 93-unit g [...]
Video vault: How to pick a home inspector
In April 2007, Joe Zekas asked home inspector (and New Homes columnist) Tom Corbett how a buyer should go about picking an inspector during the buyi [...]
Sangamon Street Condominiums in the West Loop
Jim Lynch from Century 21 SGR guides a tour of the furnished model in the Sangamon Street Condominiums, which are located at 100 - 110 S Sangamon St [...]
Touring Mondial condos in River West
Brant Booker from Jameson Real Estate introduces the new furnished model at Mondial, at 900 W Huron St in Chicago's River West neighborhood. [...]
Video: Touring Mondial's two-bedroom model
Following up on the photos I posted earlier this morning, here's a short video I shot with Jameson Real Estate agent Brant Booker inside the newly-sta [...]
Closings underway at Park Monroe
At the beginning of February, Joe reminded us that closings at Park Monroe, the office tower conversion at 55 E Monroe St in the Loop, would begin by [...]
Video: Touring Cornelia Court's Addison model
As promised, here's some footage from last week's trip through Cornelia Court's Addison model, located at 3001 W Cornelia Ave in Avondale. In this v [...]
Video: Hyde Park, Kenwood and the lakefront
This final video from my Hyde Park driving tour begins along Hyde Park Boulevard, which is the boundary between Hyde Park and Kenwood. About halfway t [...]
Touring Cornelia Court’s latest townhome model
Joe Askins of YoChicago.com and NewHomeNotebook.com follows Coldwell Banker agent Gale Goldstick through The Addison, a three-bedroom / three-bath tow [...]
Driving down 55th and 53rd streets in Hyde Park
There's more to Hyde Park than just the University of Chicago campus. In this third installment from my recent visit to Hyde Park I investigate what 5 [...]
Hall: A generation of sellers and agents "only know the aberration"
We went through a period of time when the reason to buy a house was not to live in it but to resell it. You might live in it temporarily, but the ul [...]
Driving by the University of Chicago quad and Helmut Jahn-designed library additon
In this second part of the Hyde Park driving tour I shot last week I took a quick pass through the University of Chicago quad, and then cruised up to [...]
Hall to developers: Fill the holes in the market
Developers who brave today's market probably can't afford to pursue pet projects. If they have any hopes of succeeding, they have to find "the hole. [...]
Riding shotgun through Hyde Park
After visiting a few new developments in Woodlawn last week, I found myself with a little bit of free time, so flipped the video camera back on and dr [...]