Ripped from the headlines: Housing dip taking a toll on the economy
Housing dip taking a toll on the economy Crain's
City property values grow faster than suburbs Sun-Times
Developer wants judge to settle Gold Coas [...]
Ten East Delaware evokes '20s style
In the August issue of New Homes Magazine, architect Lucien Lagrange dishes on Ten East Delaware, his classically inspired 35-story high-rise in the [...]
More change along Belmont: 3133 N Lakewood Ave gets gutted
We posted recently on the wave of development along Belmont Avenue. Here's yet another new project: a conversion at 1243 W Belmont Ave, which is bei [...]
A room with a view at Superior 110 in River North
The August issue of New Homes Magazine explains how JFJ Development Co. managed to build tall at Superior 110, a 27-story high-rise in River North:
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Just off the green at Foster Manor
If green space is what you're after, being close to the river can provide a dose of nature without an inflated price. Foster Manor, a condo conversi [...]
Slipping the surly bonds of Uptown
"Although it was an elite nineteenth-century suburb, Edgewater was not recognized as distinct when scholars laid out the community areas in the 1920s. [...]
Living large at 1206 W Wellington Ave in Lake View
This new single-family home at 1206 W Wellington Ave is on a 37.5-foot-wide lot - and that's not its only jumbo-sized feature.
Your family and frie [...]
Have Uptown and Rogers Park traded places?
"It's interesting that the old diverse Uptown is purely listed as 'emerging high-income.' I've heard people say that Uptown and Rogers Park have sort [...]
A peek inside River Park North
We dropped by an opening party for River Park North yesterday and got a look inside one of the last remaining townhouses in the 56-unit development, [...]
We like to watch: Heritage on Drexel
We dig the expanses of hardwood floors and pale, neutral walls in this model unit at Heritage on Drexel, a 20-unit conversion in Hyde Park. An entic [...]
Designer lofts without the hassle at Kissel Kar Lofts
AtProperties’ Pamela Holt knows new-home buyers are busy people. Most don’t have the time or desire to spend hours scrutinizing over paint chips and [...]
Ripped from the headlines: Naperville apartment complex on the block
Naperville apartment complex on the block Crain's
Downtown colleges mull expansions Crain's
"Gnome planks" on display AC Plus
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$1-million home planned for Winnemac Avenue in Uptown
We knew home prices were trending upward in Uptown, but we had a moment of sticker shock when we saw that a pair of new single-family homes planned [...]
Interest rates at historic lows despite housing slump
Columnist Don DeBat weighs in on the ups and downs of mortgageland in the August issue of New Homes Magazine, which hit the stands yesterday:
With h [...]
Quote of the day: hotel condos a risky investment
"From a personal standpoint, I just can't understand the economic justification for buying a hotel room that's gonna lose money. . .We like the amenit [...]
Waterman Place in Evanston gives alternative to high-rise living
Waterman Place, at 651 Hinman Ave, might be a good alternative for Evanston home-seekers miffed about the proposed high-rise developments in the pop [...]
When a real bubble really bursts
The Wall Street Journal has an entertaining video of the ghost towers of Bangkok, high-rise buildings left in various stages of completion and abandon [...]
How to make sure you buy a quiet high-rise condo
In the August issue of New Homes Magazine, which hits the stands today, columnist Tom Corbett tells buyers to make sure their high-rise condo has a [...]
Construction moving ahead at 4872 N Clark, another mystery project
Speaking of mystery developments, which we were earlier today, we've noticed that construction has been progressing by leaps and bounds at 4872 N Cl [...]
7 lots remain at Bridgeport Village
When we visited Bridgeport Village last summer, we found more green -- the literal kind, not the bamboo-floors-and-LED-lights kind -- than we've see [...]