Only $200K for a new condo… for your car
We thought $60,000 parking spaces in Streeterville, like those at The Fairbanks at Cityfront Plaza, were a tad absurd until we read Liz Pulliam Weston [...]
Chicago rent barometer: Linoleum is the new hardwood!
Linoleum lovers unite! Brazilian hardwood is so 2006. Don't confine this finish to the bathroom or the kitchen when you can entertain guests with it. [...]
Are Chicago police cameras announcing Blue Light Specials for real estate?
Chicago Police call it "Operation Disruption," an apt label for the network of roughly 2,250 public surveilance cameras keeping watch over city street [...]
Strapping lass Park Monroe goes under the knife
When we heard that the top section of 55 E. Monroe St. was being converted into condos we were skeptical to say the least. Would location, location [...]
Follow the red brick road – or not – in Chicago suburbs
Pulling up ratty - or even nice - carpeting to get to the character of the hardwood floors beneath is common practice in Chicagoland homes and apartme [...]
Work in progress: Seeing red at Prairie Pointe condo tower
It looks like The Gammonley Group's 25-story Prairie Pointe, located at 1600 S Prairie in Central Station, is going to be finished soon. They've ye [...]
Adding a bedroom doubles the price in Glencoe
We just found this fascinating tidbit about housing prices at the North Shore Real Estate Data site: a 4-bedroom house in Glencoe prices out at an ave [...]
Does Park Monroe make you horny, baby?
When Yo heard that buyers at the new Park Monroe conversion (the office building at 55 E. Monroe St.) could opt for leather floors, we did a double- [...]
Do sex offenders depress property values?
Yo doesn't normally venture beyond the Chicago metro, but this item from Manhattan-based Matrix poses an intriguing question: is a home harder to sell [...]
Closeouts: Lake View's Coronado nearly conquered
Only one developer unit remains at The Coronado, the 75-unit condo conversion at 3900 N Pine Grove Ave. The unit is priced in the $350s (hardly a cl [...]
A hot weekend at Millennium Pool
Ah, Millennium Park. We can barely remember what life was like before you came along. Well, we would probably have been at the lake at the weekend, [...]
Monday, Monday
It's Monday, Monday, manic or otherwise. Let's take a go around the Yo.
Bucktown: Summer in Bucktown
Streeterville: The Streeterville co-op revealed [...]
Preservation crisis on Stratford: the expanded version
At YoChicago, we take pride in being on top of things, even if we don't necessarily cover every angle of a story. Yo, after all, is a blog, and one of [...]
Friday night gallery-hopping
Buckle up. Today we're headed to Bronzeville, East Rogers Park and Lincoln Park (samples below).
View of the IIT el stop from 41st Street looking n [...]
It's a big weekend for big condo openings
A number of big ol' condo developments are having big ol' openings this weekend. The sales center (pictured) and one-bedroom model for Lexington Par [...]
Work in Progress: The Arches at Oakwood Shores
After recently wondering whether The Arches at Oakwood Shores will some day be known as the neighborhood Oakwood Shores, we headed down to the develo [...]
University Station goes from cold storage to new condos
We seem to be fixated on new housing developments with a vaguely prison-like feel today, so we thought it only fitting to take a ride past Universit [...]
Silver Tower condo development hits 75 percent sold
A quick glance at this living room and you might think Silver Tower was built in a steam bath. Fear not, this is a mere model unit. Silver Tower, whic [...]
Gay real estate Web sites busy in Chicago
In honor of the Gay Games opening this weekend in Chicago, we thought we'd point out an interesting site we discovered the other day. It's the Chicago [...]
Tru Lofts comes with options, ugly balconies
Buyers at Tru Lofts, the Lincoln Park loft development we told you about recently, have freedom when it comes to their lofts -- developers sell loft [...]