Got $40M for a condo in The Chicago Spire?
We've just returned from the brand new sales center for The Chicago Spire, where architect Santiago Calatrava and developer Garrett Kelleher showed [...]
Landrosh nabbing hot sites in Lake View, Ravenswood
Success in developing and selling new construction often has as much to do with nabbing the right sites as it does with conceptualizing, marketing [...]
Trump through the trees
Iconic high-rises like Trump International Hotel & Tower change the skyline - the postcard view of Chicago. But they can have a subtler presence [...]
British School steaming ahead on Halsted
We hadn't stopped by the future home of the British School of Chicago in a while and were pleasantly surprised this morning to see how far constru [...]
Bella Point Condominiums to bring 60 condos, 5 shops to Montclare
Deva Development is planning a row of condos and shops along Diversey Avenue, in the far Northwest Side neighborhood of Montclare. Bella Point Condo [...]
Ripped from the headlines: high-end developments may feel the squeeze
High-end developments may feel the squeeze Trib
Spire preview launches today Repeat
Evanston apartment tower on the block Crain's
Children's Muse [...]
New model opening at 50 East Chestnut
A new model will open at 50 East Chestnut on Oct 18, according to Steve Mandell, of Jameson Development. The project comprises 34 full-floor condos [...]
Sleaze alert
WBBM 780 just keeps dishing the junk at me when I'm in the car. Perhaps money from slimy mortgage brokers is drying up, although I'm still hearing the [...]
YoChicago videos pass 100,000 views
McDonald's once touted the number of burgers served, so we have no hesitation to note that – some time this evening – YoChicago videos will pass the 1 [...]
Years of decline in U.S. housing market
That's the most likely scenario, according to Yale economist Robert Shiller, in this video from Bloomberg News.
Shiller cautions that "these markets [...]
Comment of the day: let's keep new buildings street-friendly
"One of the most rudimentary problems to be solved with a row of housing, whether it be rowhouses or flats, is how to deal with the end condition. Wit [...]
Quote of the day: Abundant choice is silver lining in cloudy market
"The abundant choice of homes is permitting buyers to better negotiate price and terms. There are good opportunities in the market now, especially fo [...]
SMB takes well-rounded approach to Lakeview Pointe homes in Rogers Park
The site at 7750 N Sheridan Rd, in Rogers Park, was in some ways a tremendous opportunity, with a park and a beach across the street, as well as lak [...]
Two on Ashland – construction far along on The Vue, LV Lofts
New Haven Homes is nearing completion on the 24-unit LV Lofts condo project at 3245 N Ashland Ave (above). Architects Sullivan, Goulette & Wils [...]
Uptown development loves the park more than the street
It's easy to see why the builders of 1218 - 1220 W Carmen Ave, a 12-unit condo development in Uptown, oriented the project toward Carmen Playlot Par [...]
Ripped from the headlines: no casino for Navy Pier, Northerly Island, McCormick
Daley: no casino for Navy Pier, other sites Sun-Times
Daley agrees to meet with Reilly on museum Trib
Museum renderings, in bad photos AC Plus
St [...]
Lennar opens sales for Parc Huron, 21-story River North condo tower
The signs went up yesterday on Lennar Urban's new "Welcome Home Center" on the 400 block of West Erie Street (sounds so much friendlier than sales t [...]
Work in progress: The Hudson at Parkside of Old Town
Much ink has been spilled about the overhaul of Cabrini-Green, the notorious public housing project. Last night we wandered through parts of Cabrini [...]
Take a tour of Riverside Homes in Bridgeport
Camera in hand, Yo recently walked through a model at Riverside Homes, from DeGrazia Development Co, which will ultimately comprise 37 single-family [...]
Quotes of the day: Excellent building or extended middle finger?
"I think it's going to be an excellent building. I think it will be a major draw to the downtown Evanston area."
-- Evanston Ald. Edmund Moran (6th)
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