Lincoln Park lofts "a la carte" at TRU
There may not be a caviar staircase on the menu, but LG Development Group is offering buyers at its TRU Lofts, a converted health club at 2525 N Sheff [...]
House swapping not just for the movies
Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet aren't the only ones who want to holiday by swapping houses on the cheap with a stranger. We'll admit to sometimes scann [...]
Sky55 wants to weigh your dog
Sky55, the new rental high-rise at Central Station, goes to greater-than-average lengths to bill itself as pet-friendly on its Web site, offering pet [...]
Apartment Therapy declares June Gardening Month
For those living in apartments and condos, indulging green thumbs can often mean getting creative: hanging plants, indoor herb gardens, tiny easements [...]
New townhome community headed to Southwest Side
Sergio & Banks is marketing a new development of 34 townhomes at 3601 W 53rd St on the Southwest Side. All-brick townhomes at 53rd & Millard (the We [...]
The first-time buyer: the FSBO and her fashion faux pas
So, in the hunt for our very first home, we decided we had looked at enough unimpressive rehabs, with their miserly dive rooms, and we should focus ba [...]
Closeouts: And then there were 3 at 909 Washington
Terrapin Properties is closing out the final three units at its West Loop condo development 909 Washington. The brick and glass mid-rise has one- and [...]
Like it raw? Last 2 Fordham penthouse condos are blank slates
Extremely well-to-do condo-buyers looking for a place to customize can tilt their heads to the top of The Fordham, where two raw-space penthouses are [...]
Sun-Times goes all design-y on us, and that's a good thing
Whether or not you're a big fan of Sun-Times art and architecture critic Kevin Nance, you've got to give his editors credit for letting him do all kin [...]
Lots o' light or fishbowl hell: short condos long on glass
Floor-to-ceiling windows aren't just for high-rises and mid-rises. Well, maybe they are, but lots of new condo flats on the North Side and South Side [...]
Central Station becomes renter-friendly with Sky55
Major rental high-rises have become rare events in the city during the last decade, even as dozens and dozens of condo towers transform the skyline. S [...]
Right bank doesn't know what left is doing at new apartment tower
It's your own little slice of Paris right here in Chicago. Just in time for the rental market rebound, Fifield Companies is wrapping up constructi [...]
An ugly duckling in East Village
Ouch, ouch, ouch. Life isn't fair. Not all of us can be beautiful, and here is a home that only a small-time developer could love. This ugly ducklin [...]
Closeouts: River North's Grand on Grand down to three condos
Only three units remain unsold at Grand on Grand, Sutherland Pearsall's 28-story condo tower in River North. The 111-unit building, located at 200 W [...]
NIMBY: Lakeview edition
Mary Schmick reports in today's Tribune that the folks up near the Paulina Brown line stop are plenty miffed about the new retailer soon to be in the [...]
Fountain Square: Elgin's answer to Fountain Square?
Just to clarify, our earlier post about the Times Square-esque video display planned for the proposed Fountain Square development in Evanston has no [...]
The first-time buyer: navigating the dive room
I'm still in the throes of conducting due diligence on the beautiful condo with the stinky hallway, and I haven't unearthed much today, so in the mean [...]
River North journal rates Chicago high for friendliness
It can seem like a zombifying, dog (or cat)-eat-dog world in the big city, but Shannon, our new johnny-on-the-spot in River North says that after he [...]
Fountain Square: Evanston's answer to Times Square?
We've told you about developer Roszak / ADC's proposal to build Evanston's tallest high-rise and the North Shore's first hotel condo project; now it l [...]
Oakwood Shores' mixed-income housing gets a good review
New homeowners, who haven't moved in yet, and renters, who have, give mostly positive reviews to the new Oakwood Shores development that's replacing [...]