Sales open at X / O Condos
Despite information to the contrary at X / O Condos Web site, the development opened sales on Saturday. Yo's truly popped in for a quick look around.
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Introducing 1349 South Wabash Private Residences
Here's 1349 South Wabash Private Residences, which we told you about last week. Not quite a contender in our aforementioned battle for supremacy on th [...]
Battle for skyline supremacy rages on
The last time we pitted the city's planned high-rises against each other to duke it out for skyline supremacy, the erstwhile Fordham Spire emerged, [...]
River North's 451 Huron surrounded by new construction
The fifteen-story high-rise 451 Huron is under construction in a section of River North that is chockablock with new construction-- ranging from fe [...]
Carnival Mondays: Web's best real estate blogging in one place
You won't seen any Realtors walking tightropes (except maybe the metaphorical kind) or condo developers flashing their goods for cheap plastic beads, [...]
Buyers moseying on down to Canyon Ranch Tuesday night
Yee-ha! The dudes from Canyon Ranch Living Chicago are throwing an open house of sorts for would-be buyers of condos at the new River North high-rise [...]
Vince Vaughn pays $12 million for Palmolive penthouse
RedEye confirms today what we told you a few weeks ago: that Vince Vaughn has purchased the top-floor duplex penthouse at The Palmolive Building, 159 [...]
Wanted: 20k to restore historic Waukegan cottage
The Waukegan Historical Society is looking for someone to rescue a 93-year-old cottage that was financed by famous philanthropist Julius Rosenwald as [...]
Monday, Monday
It's Monday, Monday, manic or otherwise. Let's take a go around the Yo.
DePaul: Is my block going to be landmarked?
Bucktown: My first post!
The [...]
Learning a lot from North Lawndale: show ends soon
Yo's truly escaped the wintry weather on Saturday by diving into the Chicago Architecture Foundation, 224 S Michigan Ave, which is staging a small exh [...]
Help the homeless — and revenue share
Okdork.com has an idea to help the homeless: "A team would come up with crazy signs that are legible, funny and inspire people to give out money." A [...]
Lofts at Bridgeport Place – once a South Sider always a South Sider?
We told you a while back that Dubin Residential was milking the White Sox World Series victory to sell units at The Lofts at Bridgeport Place. It seem [...]
Chicago open house: Out and about this weekend
Welcome to Chicago open house, a round-up of interesting real estate events slated for the upcoming weekend and beyond. An early heads-up: Kargil De [...]
Construction update: West Loop's Madison 901
When we last visited the West Loop's Madison 901 this summer, the Terrapin Properties development had progressed about halfway toward its 10-story [...]
Bickerdike wins award for affordable housing in Humboldt Park
Bickerdike Redevelopment recently won a top honor from the Fannie Mae Foundation (PDF) for its Harold Washington Unity Cooperative (PDF), 87 affordabl [...]
Opus 110 "terrace units" get the green
It's hard for a high-rise to claim "vast green spaces" as an amenity, but the seventh-floor "terrace units" at Opus 110 will hog a helluva lot of gr [...]
A tale of two Mag Mile condos
High atop one of the most recognizable buildings on the Magnificent Mile, 800 N Michigan Ave, there are two condos for sale (okay... actually the [...]
Striking 300 North LaSalle office high-rise engages river
This is Hines Interests' glassy new 300 North LaSalle, a 60-story office building that will have pole position on the Chicago River and should be an a [...]
Northwest Huntley eyeing 120-acre shopping complex
Rubloff Development Group is proposing a 120-acre retail development that would include a Home Depot on I-47 at Powers Road, near Huntley, according t [...]
Work in progress: River North's 30 W. Erie
If the curvy glass facade of 30 W Oak is meant to stand out, nearby 30 W. Erie in River North is meant to look like it has been there forever. It l [...]