Green-friendly Prairie Crossing is very PC
We're intrigued by Prairie Crossing, a nationally-recognized conservation community set on 677 acres about 40 miles northwest of Chicago. Ok, on the [...]
We like to watch: new model shots from Aristocrat Tower
Warman Development has unveiled a model unit for Prairie Station's Aristocrat Tower, a 146-unit art deco-style high-rise slated for a site at 21st S [...]
No farm at Lakemoor Farms homes, but buyers don't need much green
Where are the farms in The Glen at Lakemoor Farms? Well, strictly speaking, there aren't any. There isn't even one farm, not technically. There is, ho [...]
Richard Dent – the new MVP of Chicago real estate
The celebrity real estate shopper who we mentioned yesterday is none other than legendary Chicago Bears defensive end Richard Dent. The 1985 Super Bo [...]
Torn between 2 suburbs: new homes for National-Louis site in Evanston, Wilmette
How do you market a project that calls two different towns home? Some builders might pick the suburb perceived as having more prestige, but in the i [...]
Chicago real estate celebrity sighting
Tomorrow at Yo: This famous Chicagoan has been spotted at several high-profile real estate events around town recently. Who is he, and where has he be [...]
Faces of which Chicago 'hood (IV) ?
Ok, can you guess where Joeff Davis took this photo? [...]
Clean, modern lines at the West Loop's R+D659
Here is a rendering of R+D659, a striking new condo high-rise designed by Brininstool+Lynch. The 15-story West Loop building, from developer Mesirow F [...]
Edgewater's M. Henry's expands into cafe space
Maybe the only good thing about rising early on a weekend morning is beating the brunch rush at M. Henry's, 5707 N Clark St (773-561-1600), a popular [...]
Houses in Humboldt Park and proud of it
The Chicago Public Library's Community Collection tells us, "...Humboldt Park has remained a neighborhood of persons 'passing through,' being an area [...]
Looking for a great one-bedroom in Andersonville? Good luck.
There was something liberating, but also terrifying, about telling my landlord that I wouldn't be renewing my lease this spring. It meant there would [...]
Mexican cooking class in hot Streeterville
Streeterville has had one of the hottest markets for new homes in the city lately, with a spate of high-profile high-rises, but upscale grocery and pr [...]
Luminiferous homes coming to Humboldt Park
We're betting the folks at development company Senco double-majored in English and art history. Their new 16-unit single-family development California [...]
Grilling 101 in the West Loop
We don't want to count our chickens before we grill them, but the sun is starting to show its face regularly, and if your sniffer is sharp you know th [...]
Tuesday, Tuesday, got the ugly building blues day
Looking for food on the way home Monday. Skipped these stomach-turning venues.
Belmont Avenue, just east of Kimball. Working hard at out-uglying th [...]
Sandburg Village Zestimates from Zillow
We just put Zillow's value Zestimates™ to the test in two Sandburg Village buildings — 1255 and 1355 N Sandburg — and it appears to [...]
Lifetime TV presents "732 Bittersweet Place"
The name "732 Bittersweet Place" may sound like a Lifetime TV movie, but it's actually a condo conversion of a 1930s apartment building on Bittersweet [...]
Living "in a Helmut Jahn" is state of mind for Chicago condo buyers
Ever noticed that some people don't live in Streeterville, they live in a Mies? Well that's what it's going to be like at the high-rise 600 N Fairbank [...]