Work in progress: Lake Park Gateway
Tiberias Home Builders is doing a fine job making Lake Park Gateway live up to its rendering.
We've seen some developments try to keep their larg [...]
Neighborhood bars aid love on the el
Yo's Chicago Scenester chronicles the travails of romance on the el train and suggests cool, convenient bars for an on-the-spot drink close to the n [...]
Motor Row Condominiums dresses the part
We've told you about Motor Row Condominiums, European developer Rokas International's $36 million new-construction condo building in the Motor Row D [...]
Condo developer auctions old Stars Motel sign on eBay
The old low-rise motels along Lincoln Avenue are toppling like so many dominoes as the city tries to reinvigorate a stretch of Lincoln Avenue that, [...]
The teardown debate – out of the abstract
The debate over teardowns and McMansions takes on a different cast, we think, when it moves from the abstract to the concrete. Or, more appropriatel [...]
The home inspector's advice for high-rise condo buyers
At least 60 new condo highrises are in various stages of development in Chicago, and if you think all are being built to the same level of quality, we [...]
Separated at birth: Marquette Row and the 3000 block of North Sheffield
Curious what the latest wall of condos, planned by Stillpoint Development for the 600 block of North Peoria, will look like? There's the rendering [...]
Let's hear it for the bays at Bronzeville Gardens condo conversion
It's bay windows for all at Bronzeville Gardens, a 14-unit condo conversion being marketed by Finders Plus. Inside the attractive, vintage facade ar [...]
Dick fights penis at Albany Park el stop
Ald. Dick Mell (33rd) says Albany Park residents are complaining about the "pornographic nature" of sculptures planned for the Kimball el stop on the [...]
Buyer takes over Rezko's failed condo development site
A condo high-rise may finally come to fruition on the one-acre site at Hudson and Chicago avenues after bankrupt developer Tony Rezko sold the site fo [...]
Naperville couple throws in a Hummer with the house
It seems that the growing inventory of unsold homes is making sellers resort to all kinds of tactics. RedEye reports that a Naperville couple is off [...]
South Loop office building getting the loft treatment
The condo conversion of the top floors of The Park Monroe may be getting all the attention, but another office building in the Loop (technically, th [...]
What's with all the prairie grass?
We can understand a clump or two of prairie grass near a prairie-style home. The Frank Lloyd Wright creation pictured above is in Glencoe.
We're se [...]
And you thought Helen Shiller was crazy?
Opinion in Chicago's 46th Ward has long been divided about the ward's long-term alderman, Helen Shiller. She's a bit of a saint to some, and a bit of [...]
Ronan-Heneghan tears the roof off the sucka after blaze strikes condo building
The roof, the roof, the roof was on fire, but it looks like construction has started up again on the condo building at 3122 N Sheffield Ave a month [...]
Buy the farm, literally, with new housing shopper
Chicago isn't the first city that springs to mind when you think of gentleman farmers, but we were struck over this blistering weekend by a scattering [...]
Hamlin Park to welcome new neighbors at Lathrop Homes
The little hamlet of Hamlin Park is looking lively these days and it's about to get even more so, with the Chicago Housing Authority's recent announce [...]
Drexel Place condos: new kid on the graystone block
It's always hard being the new kid on the block, but Sutherland Pearsall's Drexel Place Condominiums really had its work cut out for it, trying to [...]
Any hidden fees at Citizens State Bank Lofts?
The Citizens State Bank Lofts development, at 1623 W Melrose St, looks kinda interesting. The one- to three-bedroom condos are priced from the $360s [...]
Work in progress: West Point Village nearly complete
Construction on Sutherland Pearsall's West Point Village is wrapping up, and it looks like the finished product will be a dead ringer for its rende [...]