Work in progress: River Village Pointe
It's been a while since our last stroll down a booming stretch of North Larrabee Street in River North (late-night visits to The Motel Bar don't re [...]
Introducing Abbott Court Condominiums
Here's a look at one of the two graystone buildings that make up Abbott Court Condominiums, a 15-unit Lake View conversion that we brought up a coup [...]
Prime business location in Old Town vacant
First the Days Inn at the corner of Clark, Lincoln and Wells in Old Town changed its name to the Gold Coast hotel (that was about six months ago). The [...]
Carnival Mondays: what do I have to do to put you in this house today?
This week, the 19th Carnival of Real Estate is hosted by Ubertor Real Estate Blog, which also takes the opportunity to pitch its Web site software (al [...]
Sad fate of South Side's Raber House
Hard to believe that this Italianate South Side home (photo by a daring Val Zekas) was once the pride and joy of a member of Chicago's elite. This h [...]
I'll take Manhattan – the South Loop loft development, that is
Everything is just bigger and better in Manhattan, isn't it? Ripped from the musty archives of New Homes Magazine is this interesting piece of informa [...]
Monday, Monday
It's Monday, Monday, manic or otherwise. Let's take a go around the Yo.
DePaul: Bringing my car to DePaul was a bad idea
West Lake View & Roscoe Vil [...]
Why things work the way they work
Last Thursday, at The Gerald Fogelson Forum on Real Estate at Roosevelt University, Richard A. Hanson, president of Mesa Development, talked about som [...]
Why things work the way they work in real estate
Richard A. Hanson, Mesa Development, speaking at The Gerald Fogelson Forum on Real Estate, Chicago [...]
Pioneering on South Michgan Avenue
The success of Millennium Park makes it easy to forget how South Michigan Avenue was perceived 10 years ago.
Watch Louis D'Angelo of Metropolitan Pro [...]
Pioneering on Chicago’s South Michigan Ave
Developer Louis D'Angelo of Metropolitan Properties, speaking at the Gerald Fogelson Forum on Real Estate, Nov 16, 2006. [...]
In search of the Lincoln Park Trixie
Yo Joe ventured into the heart of Trixieland this morning for brunch with his Trixie consultant.
We then stood on a few street corners on Webster A [...]
In search of Lincoln Park Trixies – Part two
In which YoChicago's Joe Zekas ventures into the heart of Trixieland, with his Trixie consultant [...]
In search of Lincoln Park Trixies – Part three
In which YoChicago's Joe Zekas ventures into the heart of Trixieland, with his Trixie consultant [...]
In search of Lincoln Park Trixies – Part one
In which YoChicago's Joe Zekas ventures into the heart of Trixieland, with his Trixie consultant [...]
Our 2,500th spam comment
YoChicago's just passed another milestone, of sorts.
The counter on the filter that traps spam comments just hit 2,500. The filter is very effective [...]
Hanging out at The Lofts at Roosevelt Collection
The staff at the sales pavilion for The Lofts at Roosevelt Collection was busy today, so I just hung out, shooting the occasional video clip, which yo [...]
Hanging out in a sales pavilion
YoChicago visits The Lofts at Roosevelt Collection, 709 S Clark St. The developer has not approved this video. [...]
Chicago open house: Yogi's picks for the weekend
When we heard about the new 24-unit Wilton Schubert condo development in Lincoln Park we intially thought Mr Schubert must have been some long-forgott [...]
Shelbourne Development announces team for Chicago Spire
It takes a village to raise a spire, so Shelbourne Development has announced a team of professionals that will be charged with delivering the goods fo [...]