South Loop condo sales down 11 percent from 2004
Need further evidence that the Chicago market is cooling overall? The volume of condo and townhome sales in the South Loop is down about 11 percent fr [...]
The South Loop is a beautiful but gangly teenager
Yo's truly is writing a feature about the South Loop from the premise that, developmentally (pardon the pun), the neighborhood is a teenager in the gr [...]
Arcadia Green brings green technology to Evanston
Green is the new black at Arcadia Green, an eight-unit Evanston condo development that uses the latest in "green" technology to supply 92 percent of t [...]
New condo conversion on the edge of Uptown and Edgewater
L Properties is developing and @properties is marketing a new condo conversion called North Edge Condominiums, aptly located on the edge of Uptown a [...]
The first-time buyer: Metra-sexual
Ok, I'll admit it. It's a gratuitous headline that had nothing to do with the post. In our search of our dream home we were interested to hear about t [...]
New-construction Living Green Lofts coming to Woodlawn
Real Estate Chicago, which has one of the more infuriating Web sites I've come across recently, has begun marketing Living Green Lofts, a 25-unit new- [...]
Some South Loopers like their nabe quiet and don't want it to become "sceney" like the Gold Coast
We always hear South Loopers kvetching that they don't have enough restaurants and bars in their fast-developing neighborhood. Yo's truly was rambling [...]
Wal-Mart plans five "supercenters" in key South Side wards
Chicago labor leader Dennis Gannon equated Wal-Mart's decision to build five new "supercenters" in the South Side wards of alermen who supported the s [...]
Ultra-luxury condos to replace Columbus Hospital in Lincoln Park
Goodbye Columbus Hospital, hello condos. RMI Development is set to replace the hulking hospital, currently lying lifelessly at 2520 N Lakeview Ave, [...]
North Shore dream houses take time, patience, money
To build or not to build, that was the question facing 36-year-old Devin Mathews and his wife Gina as they moved their young family back to Chicago [...]
Tales from the rental front: home alone
I learned the hard way last night that the maintenance person in my building split town more than a week ago with nary a word to the tenants from mana [...]
Has River North lost its luster for luxury condo construction?
River North seemed to be THE place to buy a new luxury condo for several years running, and construction cranes were ubiquitous. But lately the neig [...]
Monday, Monday
It's Monday, Monday, manic or otherwise. Let's take a go around the Yo.
Lincoln Park: Lincoln Park manses attacked as vulgar and excessive
DePaul: T [...]
The new South Loop dog park sucks
There, I said it. Seriously, you call that a dog park? It's a sectioned-off area of Grant Park that's slightly larger than an Olympic-sized swimming p [...]
Bringing up baby: Family planning and homebuying in Chicago
Yesterday's Trib had an interesting story about buying and selling a home when you're expecting a child. For expectant parents selling their home in o [...]
Housing bubble hiss: teardowns slowing in Hinsdale
A slowing real estate market resulted in 56 demolition permits for houses in Hinsdale during the first nine months of 2006, according to a story in to [...]
Neighborhoods for the rest of us — Old Norwood Park
Curving tree-lined streets, gently rolling terrain, park-like yards, varied architecture, a sense of safety, stability and community, a strong insti [...]
Buyers line up at 4:30 a.m. for Museum Park Place II
Between 400 and 500 prospective buyers attended the opening of sales at The Enterprise Companies' Museum Park Place II (otherwise known as Museum Park [...]
Another loft development we missed: 123 North Sangamon
We know, we're obsessed with lofts today. But bear with us while we give props to commenter JJ who pointed out that we left 123 North Sangamon lofts [...]
Deal of the day: free Plasma TV at Brookstone with townhouses, duplexes
There must have been a giant sale on Plasma TVs at Best Buy. How many more developments are going to try and lure buyers by waving a TV in front of th [...]