Belgravia says 565 Quincy will be funky, aimed at young buyers
The men behind the new 565 Quincy project have told Yo that the building will have a "playful, perhaps even funky appearance" that should appeal to [...]
Rubloff introduces open house RSS feeds
Rubloff, that tony collection of real estate agents best known for its Gold Coast and Lincoln Park listings, now allows people to subscribe to RSS fee [...]
Is University Commons condo conversion a prison or a palace?
Now that Lake View's 901-unit Park Place Tower is sold out, The Enterprise Companies' University Commons, located at 1000 W 15th St in University Vi [...]
Re-selling below 2001 purchase price
Lately Yo has heard of several South Loop resales at prices below their cost in 2001. One seller dumped a condo she'd purchased at $525,000 five years [...]
Bungalow prevails in Legoland on Damen Avenue
When you find yourself a little David stuck between two Goliaths, cue Tom Petty and sing to yourself, "In a world that keeps on pushing me around, I [...]
Marketing genius: a quiz
Many of those who read and contribute here will get a giggle from checking out this test offered last week by Daily Dose of Architecture, which measur [...]
Renaissance Place loft project doesn't shake its hospital history
Sure, part of a loft's charm is the history of the building, but there are few memories we'd rather not live in, no matter the rehab inside (former j [...]
South Side street garden pretties up the streetscape
Last time we photographed the South Side, we couldn't help but notice the number of empty, overgrown lots, so we thought it only fair to note that dri [...]
Work in progress: Accomplishing Zen takes time
When New Homes Magazine named Zen its best new mid-rise of the year, a nearby resident commented that construction on the 78-unit development, at 2 [...]
Density done well on Damen – Attila the Architect's Aspen 6
We've had so much fun here at Yo today discussing streetscape and density issues that we thought we'd share another little architectural juxtaposit [...]
Emerald already making itself at home in the West Loop
Nary a handful of ground has been broken at the site of Emerald, 123 S Green St, but marketers Property Consultants are taking full advantage of the [...]
Waiting for the wrecker's ball, or maybe not
As reported here mere moments ago [at Yo, great minds are obviously on the same wavelength], you can find real-life examples of a famous New Yorker [...]
Work in progress: 740 Fulton brings more change to the West Loop
It's no Skybridge, but the 14-story 740 Fulton will bring further change to the West Loop, a neighborhood dominated by mid-rises and loft conversio [...]
Home staging moves way beyond common sense housekeeping
Here at Yo we're always looking ahead and we can't help but wonder what will happen when the frantic condo-buyers of today become the sluggish condo-s [...]
Chicago rent barometer: Edgewater apartments
Here at Yo headquarters, there are no shortage of Edgewater fans, but how much does it cost to rent an apartment in this lake-hugging neighborhood of [...]
The lonely Victorian on Sheffield meets her new condo neighbors
When we last posted about the lonely Victorian on Sheffield Avenue near Belmont, the owner was excited at the impending arrival of two mid-rise bric [...]
Closeouts: 3 units left at Paramount Lofts
Developers New West Realty and Ashland Developer Group are closing out the final three units at Paramount Lofts, the Near West Side loft development [...]
Separated at birth: Lofthaus
The rendering of architects Brininstool + Lynch's Lofthaus appears to hide what looks like a full wall of windows in the shade of a tree. It takes [...]
Wrigleyville's busy streetscape now super-sized
For most people, a neighborhood is defined as much by what it looks like as what it contains. So what does that say about the residents of Wrigleyvill [...]
Zoka Zola Studio Tour
Already making plans for next Tuesday (this Yo-ster will be celebrating her birthday, party details forthcoming)? Apartment Therapy tipped us off that [...]