Abseiling The Residences at The Vic
We sparked one hell of a brawl about the merits or otherwise of urban consolidation a couple of weeks back, when we showed you the Lonely Victorian [...]
South Loop's Velvet Lounge open for music tonight
Construction is underway and the official grand opening won't be for a couple of weeks, but the Velvet Lounge will be hosting live music tonight in it [...]
Work in progress: Morgan Street Lofts
The intersection of 35th and Morgan streets in Bridgeport is a hotbed of new construction. Yesterday, we told you about Bridgeport Station Lofts, a [...]
Can't afford a starter castle? Try West Lake View's $1 million-plus specials
Yesterday we showed you the starter castles in Roscoe Village; today we present the new breed of $1 million-plus single-family homes. These homes, o [...]
Lexington Park condos is site of Al Capone's famous vault
Irish developer The Chieftan Group is hoping to knock 'em dead with its new 35-story glass condo highrise, which has started sales at 2138 S Indiana A [...]
Exciting Marina City condos offer hookers, fires, lawsuits and fake flowers
You just knew there was something seamy going on inside funky, futuristic Marina City, the twin riverfront towers whose corncob shape and hive-like la [...]
No-hassle collections for condo assessments
Yo's resident condo board president, Reggie Vocks, complains bitterly about the hassle of collecting assessments from owners in his building, but he's [...]
Closeouts: 4 units left at Bridgeport Station Lofts
According to its Web site, Tandem Developers is offering free assessments for one year on the final four units at Bridgeport Station Lofts, a 66-uni [...]
High-rise builders offer hot designs, "wow" finishes in fiercely competitive market
Feeling low? New Homes Magazine is set to release its annual guide to living the high(-rise) life, which features profiles of 55 new high-rises (like [...]
The high life
High-rise builders offer hot designs, "wow" finishes in fiercely competitive market
When interior designer Hollis Savin went looking for a new high- [...]
East meets West Ridge
West Rogers Park remains port of entry, but rising prices make docking more difficult
Leah Averick couldn't imagine living anywhere but her home of [...]
Riding high
Highwood now a hotspot in shadow of Highland Park's upscale homes, downtown
Here's a trip for you. Make your way up to the north side of Highland Pa [...]
Another phase of condos, townhomes under construction at Jazz on the Boulevard
Construction is jumpin' on another phase of Jazz on the Boulevard in North Kenwood-Oakland. You can read all about the massive development in New H [...]
Starter castles in Roscoe Village
Check out the mini-mansions in this tony little enclave - paved red brick and all - built mostly by JDL Development Corporation on former industrial [...]
Chicago Aldermen earn pay raise with vital neighborhood programs
In case there's a grudging soul out there who doesn't think Chicago's fine aldermen deserve the four-year raise they today added to their nearly 100k [...]
Chicago rent barometer: Nightmare in Roscoe Village
Anyone have any horror stories of rents gone awry as the condo market slows down? Yo hears that twentysomething renters are starting to leave Roscoe V [...]
High-rises push south to Cermak Road as red-hot South Loop bursts its borders
With a lakefront location and plenty of vacant land for residential high-rise development, Chicago's red-hot South Loop neighborhood is about to burs [...]
Work in progress: Wabash Club brings townhomes, condos to Near South Side
The townhomes of The Wabash Club are under construction on the 2300 block of South Wabash Ave. The Dubin Residential development has a total of 62 [...]
North Shore new-homes shootout fizzles with Wilmette winner
Yo's own Wilmette gunslinger keeps his powder dry - for now - in the North Shore new-homes shootout. The competition for the best new-construction h [...]
The sound of a Chicago housing bubble hissing?
What's that we hear? Could it be the slow hiss of a deflating bubble rising in pitch, like the air from a balloon whose neck has been stretched by a s [...]