Live the high life without headaches by thoroughly vetting high-rise condos
Chicago is in the midst of a high-rise condo boom, but before signing on the dotted line, buyers should look away from the enchanting skyline views a [...]
West Loop addition
At 565 Quincy, 7-story loft plus 11 glass floors equals one eclectic building
Topping a vintage seven-story brick warehouse with 11 stories of glass [...]
Recipe for success
Russland repeats Michigan Ave. Tower success with 2nd South Loop high-rise
When you find a recipe for success in real estate, you use it more than o [...]
Chicago's best neighborhood photo tours
See thousands more Chicago neighborhood photos like this one, snapped at Reserve, 858 W Lake St, at YoChicago's Chicago neighborhood photo galleries [...]
Shopping for new condos in The Gap
Looks like feudalism is still alive and well in The Gap, the Near South neighborhood where Lord Manor Condominiums is located. The rehabbed building [...]
Blue Cross-Blue Shield Tower gets addition
What's this? The Blue Cross-Blue Shield Tower at 300 E Randolph is about to become 24 stories taller. The extension has been in the pipeline since the [...]
Yo checks out new condos, lofts and townhomes on the South Side
It may not be moving at the same frenzied pace as around the Loop, but construction on the South Side is going strong. We recently cranked up our fa [...]
Sign of the times: Roscoe Village
You might be in Roscoe Village if ... you sidle up to the bar for a beer and find a baby's bottle waiting for you instead. Yo's truly is researching a [...]
Will zoning change make Joe E's a destination in Chicago's Irving Park?
The Bench, Yo's johnny-on-the-spot in Irving Park, is skeptical about the zoning change proposed for a stretch of Irving Park Road west of Pulaski.
T [...]
Seven Bridges condos: the only 24-hour door staff in suburbia?
It's hard to see the Condominium Residences at Seven Bridges as having "all the benefits of an urban downtown location," as a news release for devel [...]
Now showing at Evanston Theaters: new condominiums
We're opposed on principle to replacing vintage movie palaces with condominiums, but in the case of the Evanston Theaters' (1702 Central St) closing, [...]
Centro 18 project coming to Pilsen
Centro 18 is coming soon to Pilsen. As we've noted previously, the developer is marketing the project, a development of 387 townhomes and condos at 18 [...]
Two thumbs up for Lexington Park video
The Web site for Lexington Park Condominiums, the 297-unit new-construction condo development planned for 2138 S Indiana Ave, is now hosting a four- [...]
Uptown apartment building getting the condo treatment
Koenig & Strey is marketing a new condo conversion, The Park Sheridan, at 4144 N Sheridan Rd in Uptown. The rehabbed elevator building has a fitness [...]
The North Shore's "new home shoot-out"
This weekend, Yo introduced a new, semi-regular feature called the "new home shoot-out," a three-way duel among new homes for buyers in a hurry. Fin [...]
Hyde Park project Silver Cloud evokes art deco period
Meet Silver Cloud Condominiums, or at least a disappointing rendering of what promises to be an interesting conversion of a gorgeous building. Creat [...]
Hey, buddy, empty your damn traps
I hate squirrels as much as the next guy - but not, apparently, as much as this next guy.
This is one of several traps containing live (at least fo [...]
The ward belongs to the alderman
The streets may belong to the people, but the ward belongs to the alderman.
As debate on the "Big Box" minimum wage ordinance heats up, Mayor Daley, [...]
The first-time buyer: Son of a beach
The weather has been so great that I've taken a little hiatus from home-hunting in order to play dodge-the-E. coli-outbreak down at the lake. Recently [...]
Mr T was on the A-team at the Robert Taylor Homes
South Side native Mr T continues to make good on a promise that he made to himself as a child, staring out at the downtown high-rises from his parents [...]