Category: Video
The great Belgravia bowl-off
And you thought we were kidding...
Last week, the Yo staff traveled to the 565 Quincy sales center at 565 W Quincy St to see how the Belgravia Grou [...]
Bowling with the Belgravia Group Part 2
YoChicago sees how Alan Levy, Cory Robertson, Liz Brooks, and Carmen Krushas of the Belgravia Group hold up to a game of bowling in the 565 Quincy sa [...]
GrandView joins the growing Chicago condo deadpool
When the real estate market starts to tank, projects on busy streets in outlying neighborhoods generally tank harder. The once-thin demand for these [...]
Jens Jensen, poet of the prairie
It's landscape architecture day. Our intern Lou, who's planning on a career in the field, received a generous offer of advice from commenter Mike.
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Talking ten-pins at 565 Quincy
The folks at Belgravia Group are good sports (even if a couple aren't particularly good at sports). We met up with president Alan Lev, sales directo [...]
Bowling with the Belgravia Group Part I
YoChicago interviews Alan D. Lev and Cory Robertson of Belgravia Group and takes a look at one of Belgravia's newest projects: 565 Quincy. [...]
Home inspectors and new construction
In this video, Lexington Homes' Jeff Benach discusses the value of using home inspectors to check out new construction.
Jeff says that while he doe [...]
Printers Corner responds to buyers' desire for corner units
Joe Zekas visited the sales center at Printers Corner, a high-rise in the South Loop where every home is a corner unit with 10-foot ceilings and rea [...]
Meet the developer of 565 Quincy
High-rise living and loft conversions exist side-by-side at 565 Quincy, a hybrid project by Belgravia Group in the West Loop.
In this video, Jacob K [...]
What can home buyers expect in Chicago now
Coldwell Banker's Lino Darchun says that he sees mostly "lowball offers" today but that serious buyers end up paying about 97% of the seller's asking [...]
565 Quincy, model unit tour
Patrick Rollens of YoChicago.com, tours a model unit of 565 Quincy in the West Loop. [...]
565 Quincy, lofts in the West Loop
Patrick Rollens of YoChicago.com, interviews Jacob J. Kaufman, executive vice-president of Belgravia Group. Jacob discusses the features and history o [...]
How should buyers pick a real estate agent?
As Joe Zekas notes in this video, Chicago is overrun with real estate agents. How should buyers go about narrowing the potential candidate pool?
Jo [...]
Why are home buyers so skittish?
On a visit to Printers Corner, a new high-rise in Chicago's South Loop, I posed that question to Winthrop Properties' Chad Baugh.
The answer was i [...]
Printers Corner, a new South Loop high-rise
Make a checklist of the features that home buyers value and you'll find them at Printers Corner, a new high-rise that reflects the developers' experi [...]
Lino Darchun, on selecting a buyer’s agent
Chicago has tens of thousands of real estate agents. How should a home buyer go about picking one to work with?
That's the question I posed to vet [...]
A tour of West Loop construction
Joseph Askins of YoChicago.com looks at new residential construction along the Madison Street corridor and beyond in Chicago's West Loop. [...]
Talking about Winnetka teardowns
Last week I met developer Gary Gries for a walk-through of a newly-built home at 1093 Elm St in Winnetka (video). We then chatted a bit about the te [...]
Green Armitage's energy guarantee explained
In this video, I talk with Paul Sanders and Celeste Karan about Green Armitage, an 8-unit new-construction project at 3018 W Armitage Ave in Palmer [...]
Picking the right time to buy a home
While other home builders are scaling back or closing down, Jeff Benach and his partners, home building veterans, recently launched Lexington Homes t [...]