Good Lord! Wilmette convent goes condo
Heavens above! The old Mallinckrodt convent in Wilmette is going condo! Developer The Pickus Companies is converting the 1920s building into 81 cond [...]
Closeouts: Closing the book on Printers Square
JDL Development is advertising a close-out of remaining units at Printers Square, its giant Printers Row condo conversion. There are 24 units remain [...]
Bicycle repair prices are too high in Chicago neighborhoods
In fact, they are farcical. Today, while meeting a friend for lunch in Bucktown I thought I'd kill a few minutes by stepping into the bike shop on the [...]
The Lofts at Roosevelt Collection announced for mixed-use South Loop community
Centrum Properties has started teasing The Lofts at Roosevelt Collection, part of the massive mixed-use development that brings one million square [...]
Early loft building helped start the "burgeoning" South Loop's condo boom
Ah, the burgeoning South Loop. It's so burgeoning, it's hard to remember a time when it hadn't started to burgeon. And there's lots more burgeoning [...]
Chicago developers offer free assessments, TVs, partridges in pear trees over slow summer
As the pendulum swings in favor of buyers, developers are starting to offer all kinds of incentives, particularly with sales being extra sloooow durin [...]
Condo conversion has granite countertops, stainless steel appliances… and Batman?
It's certainly not unusual for a condo development to derive its name from the street it's on and a word like "manor" or "square," but you have to w [...]
Lincoln Park condos sport more silly balconies
This new condo building sits next door to the picketers on the 1400 block of West Fullerton, and it's a wonder architecture aficionados aren't stagi [...]
Union workers protest project on Fullerton
Speaking of signs, this one for Limestone, Inc. would probably be more effective if workers weren't in the way, picketing the development on the 140 [...]
Parkside of Old Town homes get unfortunate visibility in Cabrini shooting coverage
Usually, the bigger the better when it comes to signs for new developments, but the developers of Parkside of Old Town must have been wishing they cou [...]
Investors cheer as rental market tightens
Good news for condo investors, bad news for renters: Condo investors are poised to do well by renting out their units as the rental market tightens in [...]
Summertime and the parking's easy at Skybridge
Developers of Skybridge, the West Loop's 39-story architectural wonder, are running a "summer special." For a limited time, condos come with one fre [...]
Chicago rent barometer: lakeside pads for summer
If you're weary from trying to kick your a / c into action, and don't want to hang out with the seniors at the city's cooling stations, check out thes [...]
Work in progress: Drexel Square townhomes
It looks like Sutherland Pearsall's Drexel Square, under construction at 4450 S Drexel Blvd in North Kenwood - Oakland, is bringing some red brick [...]
Yo market-watch: Single-family homes under $1M in Chicago
No doubt about it: It sucks to be a family looking for a new-construction single-family home under $1 million in Chicago. Here's CA Development's la [...]
Mixed-use projects planned for the Near South Side
But wait, there's more: Earlier we told you about Eastgate Village, but there are several mixed-use projects planned for underutilized land that will [...]
Hot tea in the summertime
Say what you want about evil chains but I just had a delightful experience at Caribou Coffee near the corner of Clark and Halsted, just south of Wrigl [...]
Eastgate Village coming sooner than you think to Near South Side
All the signs say coming soon, but it looks like construction is already going strong on Eastgate Village, a sizable townhome and condo community [...]
Monday, Monday
It's Monday, Monday, manic or otherwise. Let's take a go around the Yo.
Wilmette: Alley hoops abandon ye who enter here
Gold Coast: Only farm-fres [...]
Karma for Magellan at Lakeshore East
It seems that the latest trend in townhomes is to offer private elevators for aging baby boomers. That's how Magellan Development Group is appealing t [...]