The Catalpa in Andersonville sold out
In early May, we posted about the self-closing drawers and non-slamming toilets at The Catalpa, a seven-unit conversion in Andersonville. At the ti [...]
Ripped from the headlines: Park Millennium garage sells for $25 million
Park Millennium garage sells for $25 million Chicago Real Estate Daily
Green expo coming to Chicago Sun-Times
Tour gives insight into Robert Taylo [...]
Construction update: Armitage Square
The steel structure is up and the walls are being framed at Armitage Square, located at 2738 W Armitage Ave in Logan Square.
The Pitch Development [...]
Sales update: 1254 W Eddy St in Lake View
Two condos remain for sale at 1254 W Eddy St, a 12-unit rehabbed building at North Lakewood Avenue and West Eddy Street, according to Julie Siragusa [...]
Construction update: two new ’38s on Fairfield Avenue
No, we're not talking about .38 caliber revolvers. Two single family homes are currently under construction nine blocks apart on Fairfield Avenue [...]
A challenge to the bubble babblers
We seem to have quite a few commenters who draw very negative conclusions about the future of the new construction market from a very limited base of [...]
Zillow freebies for real estate agents – 4 of 4
Real estate agents pride themselves on their ability to talk to people - but seem to get tongue-tied online.
Zillow's Chicago broker marketing rep [...]
Zillow’s marketing tools – 1 of 4
Like many people, I've been fascinated with Zillow and its approach to marketing real estate.
Sara Bonert, broker relations manager for Zillow in [...]
Comment of the day: amount of development 'insane'
"Chicago's real estate market may not be normal in terms of the enormous glut of supply (thus the auctions)…the glut of supply isn't really so much fr [...]
Quote of the day: modern design not "comfortable"
“This modern architecture that everybody talks about doesn’t correspond to the desire of the society we live in. A lot of people don’t find that comfo [...]
Plans for Lake View duplexes canned
Plans to construct a condo building with two duplexes at 1544 W Henderson St have been scrapped, according to @properties agent Mary Bowler, who w [...]
Twins on North Damen Avenue in Saint Ben's
These new-construction condo buildings on the 3600 block of North Damen Avenue could be fraternal twins: same design, same wrought iron balconies, d [...]
Sales kick off tonight for Cityscape Condominiums
The developers of Cityscape Condominiums, a row of condo buildings that will front Western Avenue in Saint Ben's, will hold an opening reception ton [...]
Take the kids to school at 2311 N Rockwell St
When the school year rolls around again, the buyers of this home, at 2311 N Rockwell St in Logan Square, will be walking the kids to school in their [...]
First phase of Logan Station sold out
Logan Station, a 10-building condo development in Logan Square, has sold out its first phase of 28 units, according to Kevin Dembinsky, the Second C [...]
Ripped from the headlines: developer shifts downtown plan
Developer shifts downtown plan Sun-Times
Troutman pleads not guilty Trib
Frankfort's downtown revitalization approved STAR
Ex-aldermen crash ribb [...]
Chilling at 1813 W Newport Ave
If we owned this newly rehabbed house, at 1813 W Newport Ave, we'd be on that front porch right now - lemonade in hand.
Baird & Warner is ma [...]
Marketing on hold for 535 St. Clair
Sutherland Pearsall Development Corp. has temporarily suspended its marketing program for the 38-story 535 St. Clair, according to Jerry Houlihan, dir [...]
Best practices for Zillow EZ Ads
Zillow recently introduced EZ Ads, a self-service tool for targeting messages by ZIP code. It's one of the most cost-effective ad opportunities I've [...]
Smart ways for agents to use Zillow
This is the 3rd part of a 4-part interview with Sara Bonert, who handles broker relations for Zillow in the Chicago area.
YoChicago's Joe Zekas as [...]