Who's doing the gentrifying?
The current issue of New York Magazine has the following take on the subejct:
"There are roughly four types of people who push the frontier of gentri [...]
A closer look at the live / work space at Westhaven Park
Here are a rendering and floor plans for that live / work townhousy-thing at Westhaven Park that we told you about last week. As you can see, the grou [...]
Carnival Mondays: do catty blogs pay off?
This week's Carnival of Real Estate is hosted by Property Monger. Head on over to learn about the National Association of Realtors' antitrust problems [...]
1 unit remaining at Lincoln Park townhome development
If you're cruising Lincoln Park with $2 million burning a hole in your pocket, you could pick up about a dozen units at LP 625 or the last of five t [...]
Work in progress: Rainbo Village
Metropolitan Development's Rainbo Village, which was named "best new mid-rise" by New Homes Magazine back in 2004, is still coming along on the 480 [...]
Glenview to discuss adding 41 acres to The Glen
Glenview officials will discuss in February plans for 41 acres of land that were a part of a former navy complex, according to a story in today's Chic [...]
Architect couple gives 1720 S Michigan the nod
It's always interesting to see where architects choose to live, isn't it? One young couple who both work in non-residential architecture recently boug [...]
REITs – the best thing since sliced bread or overrated?
In her Surreal Estate column for SFGate, Carol Lloyd ponders the investment potential of real estate investment trusts, noting that investor interest [...]
Presidential Towers up for sale
Crain's Chicago Business is reporting that Presidential Towers, the 2,346-unit behemoth in the West Loop, is being offered for sale by the Pritzker fa [...]
Signage – a step in the right direction?
Walking along North Ave and Pulaski Rd last summer - and wondering what happened to the Duks on the corner - I was struck by the notion that a lot of [...]
Monday, Monday
It's Monday, Monday, manic or otherwise. Let's take a go around the Yo.
Lake View: What a wonderful Saturday in Wrigleyville!
Calumet Heights: 87th [...]
Pilsen TIF funds go to Daley, Solis donors
The Reader's Ben Joravsky digs through the 2005 TIF reports to get to "the good stuff." .
See more in the Reader's TIF Archive. [...]
Are the buyers buying again?
I visited several open houses today, one in the city, and one in Wilmette, and heard from two real estate agents that the Mexican standoff (my phrase, [...]
About that skyline on the Edens
Traveling north along the Edens Expressway, just after you pass Dempster, the skyline emerging on the dim horizon is Optima Old Orchard Woods, in Sk [...]
Stay out of my neighborhood
There Goes the Neighborhood, a new book by two current and former University of Chicago professors, reports on "racial, ethnic and class tensions in f [...]
Chicago is winning the "young and restless"
Attracting a young, educated workforce is critical to a city's economic success, and Chicago is doing well on this indicator, according to a recent st [...]
"Live / work" homes for the $590s along Lake Street
Ok, we're tired of hanging around waiting for the folks at the Westhaven Homes development to send us pictures of these "live / work spaces" that just [...]
Construction update: Hartland Park
Construction is still cruising along on the stately single-family homes and townhomes of Hartland Park. Most of the former industrial buildings on t [...]
Chicago open house: sales open at phase 2 of Westhaven Park
Sales have just opened for 24 townhomes and 12 "live / work spaces" at Westhaven Park, the mixed-income development on the former Henry Horner Homes C [...]
Kingsbury Plaza is under construction in River North
The Habitat Company's Kingsbury Plaza apartment building is well underway at 520 N Kingsbury St, with occupancy slated for summer 2007. The high-ri [...]