Ripped from the headlines: downtown Chicago rents to rise
Rents to rise for downtown apartments Crain's
Madigan revives crosstown highway talk Trib
Real estate is heavy contributor to Matlak Booster
Mesa secu [...]
City homes
Lifestyle developments offer retail, spa amenities and woodsy retreats
In the search for a dream condo or single-family home, buyers carefully weig [...]
New construction corner
Take advantage of buyer's market to negotiate high-quality finishes
Market times have grown in Chicago during the last year, and the consensus seem [...]
Housing watch
New-home sales slowed slightly but still hit record levels in 2006
Despite talk of a housing bubble, the downtown Chicago residential real estate m [...]
Quote of the Day: Crosstown Expressway would cut Chicago traffic congestion
"What we're trying to accomplish is the building of a road that would make massive improvements in traffic congestion throughout the Chicago metropoli [...]
Candidate highlights problems along North Broadway
James Cappleman, aldermanic candidate for the 46th ward, discusses the problems along North Broadway in a recent story in Inside Publications.
"We ne [...]
We like to watch: inside Sauganash chateau
So you want to live like a French nobleman but favor Chicago's brutal winters over the balmy ones in Provence? You could always grab a brioche and a [...]
Nina critiques Sheridan Tower condo conversion in Lake View
It's no mystery why our first post on the conversion of Sheridan Tower, 2930 N Sheridan Rd, elicited many comments. The location overlooking Lincoln P [...]
Scenes from East Garfield Park, part 1
Okay, I'm going to level with you. I hadn't spent much time in East Garfield Park before the week began, and I'm sure some of you haven't either, so [...]
Chicago deal of the day: Edgewater condos from the $70s
When we heard from the Multiple Listing Service of Northern Illinois that that the median condo / townhome price for 2006 was $285,500, we began hunti [...]
Join Thrush's David Chase in hardhat territory
Yo Joe and The Thrush Companies' President and CEO, David Chase take a walk through hardhat territory on the fifth and thirteenth floors of 740 Fult [...]
Madison Street is open for business
Mike Tomas outlines a recently-unveiled plan for the revitalization of Madison Street between Damen and Central Park Avenues, and talks about some e [...]
Revitalizing MadisonStreet, East Garfield Park
Mike Tomas, an East Garfield Park resident, explains the recently-unveiled plan to attract new retail to Madison Street. [...]
Edgewater Glen condo project exudes warmth
You can tell that the developer of Edgewater Glen, 5858 N Broadway, has Chicago's fierce winters in mind. When construction of the 34-unit mid-rise ge [...]
Quote of the day: another blow for Troutman
"Bishop Arthur Brazier is an important man...A Daley aide once described Brazier and other key black clergy to me as 'surrogate aldermen' who could be [...]
Churches aplenty in East Garfield Park
We love to gawk at the old, ornate, cathedralesque churches still looming large in our fair city, but we also noticed several small, unassuming chur [...]
Comment of the day: Aldermanic privilege has to go
"The real problem is the continuation of the odd Chicago practice of aldermanic privilege (or prerogative, if you will). There really does need to be [...]
New condos at the axis of retail in Clybourn Corridor
With the "buying and developing frenzy" underway around North and Clybourn avenues, more retail behemoths are poised to join big-box brethren like B [...]
Rent barometer: Chicago's East Garfield Park
This being East Garfield Park Week at YoChicago, we thought we'd give you a look at available rentals. Since we didn't see too many comparable units i [...]
Ald. Burt Natarus' challenger accuses him of being "compromised" by donations from developers
In the South Loop, the aldermanic race is at least partly focused on the quality of residential construction, but what are the hot topics in the 42nd [...]