Save Water Tower Place from being invaded by American Girl Place
Bye, bye Lord & Taylor. You had it good for a long time at Water Tower Place. According to Crain's, Water Tower won't renew the old department store's [...]
We couldn't have said it better
If you're at a loss for words when you pull into the parking lot for this development on Halsted Street in Greek Town, the sign that you see when [...]
South Loop week: neighborhood in progress
For the rest of the week (and maybe longer), we'll be taking a look at all the new construction in various stages of development that is changing t [...]
Community group pushes for townhomes in the West Loop
The West Loop Community Organization, has blocked many developers from building projects higher than 115 feet in the neighborhood west of Halsted Stre [...]
South Loop history: saving the Wheeler Mansion
Yo took advantage of the unseasonable weather yesterday to take a long, casual stroll around the South Loop. When we popped over to the intersection [...]
Deal of the day: free parking at One Museum Park
Today's daily deal appropriately takes us to the South Loop, our featured neighborhood this week. One Museum Park, designed for 1215 S Prairie Ave b [...]
Tower Pointe condos occupy construction-packed stretch of Lawrence Ave
Rounding out the new construction on one of the busiest blocks in Albany Park is Lawrence Tower Pointe, located next to the site of RiverHouse at 30 [...]
River House, on the North Branch of the Chicago River, is lovely jubbly
But wait, there's more. Yo's really buzzed about River House. After all, it's not every day we hear real estate agents wax lyrical about owls, blue [...]
RiverHouse promises condos, zen, Blago in Albany Park
Here's a look at the site of developer Real Concord's RiverHouse, a sizable new condo development planned for 4835 N Sacramento Ave in Albany Park [...]
Where have you gone, Joe Dimaggio?
Jolting Joe, hitting one out of the park on Taylor Street. [...]
Neighborhoods for the rest of us — Sauganash Woods
Some of us pine for subdivision living, with neatly manicured yards, newer homes with 3-car garages, floor plans for the way we live now, a forest p [...]
Custom House restaurant draws raves in South Loop
The newest restaurant by acclaimed chef Shawn McClain, Custom House, 500 S Dearborn St, balks at referring to itself as a "steak house," and for good [...]
Puppy love in the South Loop
Ok all you crazy mutt-loving South Loopers, never let it be said that Yo isn't good to you. Today we pay tribute to the dogs of the South Loop, as s [...]
Work in progress: Manor's Gate
New Chicago Real Estate's Manor's Gate is shaping up in Albany Park, and the 17-unit building looks a bit chubbier than it does in the rendering, d [...]
Mann makes space for a woman in Winnetka single-family home
Julie Mann considers herself an anomaly. As one of the only (if not the only) female general contractors working in luxury construction on Chicago's [...]
Deal of the day: interest rate lock at 1555 Wabash condos
Last week we wrote that New West Realty was offering $5,000 in furnishings and free interior design consultations for buyers at luxury condo property [...]
Puttin' on the Ritz at Chicago's priciest condo development
According to housing analyst Appraisal Research Counselors, new-home sales were strong during the first half of the year, and even luxury product pric [...]
Sign of the times: South Loop starting to look like a neighborhood
How do you know when an area that's undergoing a housing boom has started to morph into a real live neighborhood? When you get your very own dog park. [...]
Mid-rise condo building coming to Prairie Avenue in South Loop
Historic Prairie Avenue in the South Loop offers just about every kind of housing imaginable these days: cutting-edge high-rises, converted mansions [...]
Closeouts: One "newer" unit at Flats of Old Irving
Only one unit remains for sale at Flats of Old Irving, an eight-unit conversion at 3737 N Pulaski Rd in Old Irving Park. Condos in the building are [...]