Landmark conversion at 1400 Lake Shore Drive adds fitness center
Residents of the 398-unit conversion at 1400 Lake Shore Drive recently got a new 2,700-square-foot fitness center, according to Karen Goodman Cable, [...]
Dreams come true on West Barry Avenue in Lake View
Here at Yo, some of us have always dreamed of living next to a swimming pool during the sweltering summer months. Though you'll find backyard pools [...]
Construction update: 2035 W Melrose St
This new single-family home at 2035 W Melrose St in Roscoe Village looks like it's designed to give a gentle nod to past Chicago architecture.
The [...]
More from Lincoln Park: least expensive homes sold in 2007
To extend our Lincoln Park week a little longer, Karen Stierwalt, a sales agent with Coldwell Banker, gave us some stats about the cheapest homes s [...]
Born on the 4th of July
Country Club Hills residents raised an 80 - by - 50 foot flag today at Community Park at 175th Street and Pulaski Road, near the intersection of I-8 [...]
Sales and construction update: 50 East Chestnut
Sales have reached the 40 percent mark at 50 East Chestnut, according to Steve Mandell of Jameson Development, LLC. The 39-story building at Rush a [...]
Developments along West Belmont Avenue
The wave of residential development along West Belmont Avenue has extended west to the 2100 - 2300 blocks, between North Damen and North Western ave [...]
Real estate laugh line
In one of the glossy mags, a newer home is described as being in "the fashionable and fast-appreciating Avondale neighborhood."
Can anyone tell me wh [...]
Comment of the day: where are the dalmatians?
"Is the fire truck included?"
- NSH, commenting on our post on a River West home that features a rather fire station-like facade. [...]
Quote of the day: reconnect home values with the market rate
"If (the housing value boom) is over, the 7 percent will allow those home values to get reconnected with the market rate."
- Cook County Assessor Jim [...]
Immediate occupancy at The Terrace condos
We recently came across this sign noting immediate occupancy at The Terrace, 3917 N Kedzie Ave. When construction on the project is complete, the de [...]
We like to watch: four-bedroom house in River West
This four-bedroom, 4.5 bath home at 945 N Racine Ave has the kind of space you might find in the 'burbs, but it's within two miles of the Loop.
In [...]
We like to watch: four floors of mod in Wicker Park
If you're looking for modern living in Wicker Park, you might want to check out this four-bedroom 3.5-bath single-family home at 1438 N Elk Grove Ave. [...]
Ripped from the headlines: breaking promises at the CHA
Breaking promises at the CHA Trib
Mixed-use development proposed for Hyde Park's Village Center HP Herald
Competing plans for Cook County tax bill [...]
Patriotism on display at Pulaskiview
Patriotism was on display yesterday when we stopped by the Pulaskiview development at 4119 N Pulaski Rd. The 12-unit project is comprised of nine re [...]
Crain's releases residential real estate data
Crain's Chicago Business yesterday released Market Facts 2007. Among the data included in the section on residential real estate (pdf) :
97 percent [...]
Sales update: Washtenaw Gardens Condominiums
Sales have reached the 70 percent mark at Washtenaw Gardens Condominiums, a 22-unit courtyard conversion at 6341 N Washtenaw Ave in West Rogers Park [...]
Construction update: Edgebrook Glen
We had the chance to check out Edgebrook Glen, the newest high-end project by Chicago-based CA Development, Inc. The 11-acre community is a private [...]
Walton on the Park brochure gives buyers a workout
For a while there, developers seemed to think that buyers seemed to think that the bigger the brochure, the better a development must be. Brochures [...]
Lincoln Park market times up, price trends mixed
Yo's Lincoln Park week is over, but we didn't want to call it quits without a closer look at some neighborhood stats we started posting on Friday.
Ac [...]