"Properties of Distinction" and the afterthought of taxes
It's a tough row to hoe, but if you set your mind to it, you can indeed find local properties with taxes that exceed the 2004 Illinois average househo [...]
Lake View church / condo conversion #3
This sanctuary at Barry and Clifton completes our trinity of Lake View church / condo conversions, for this week. On the left-hand side, through the [...]
The smallest coolest apartment in Chicago?
Marc C. from Chicago is one of several renters who have entered Apartment Therapy's smallest coolest apartment contest. His entry photos show he might [...]
Chicagoland rental of the week for $2,195
Lee Street Properties has a three-bedroom "Townhouse Apartment" at Coronet Place in Evanston for $2,195 per month.
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In Chicago's kitchens, is stainless steel the next avocado green?
It's not often that one can glean insight into new housing trends by watching a sitcom. I caught a re-run of Everybody Loves Raymond, wherein Ray's pa [...]
Will Chicagoans buy into Fordham Spire?
Would you pay $1,000 a square foot to live in Chicago's tallest building? That's the question on everyone's lips today, after the Plan Commission on T [...]
Kendall Will Boone Grundy
Chicagoland suburbs snagged 4 of the top 80 positions on a list of the nation's 100 fastest-growing counties.
Kendall County ranked third, with popul [...]
Slag Valley, Irondale, Veterans Park
Yaptown, Millgate, Cheltenham, Avalon Trails, Arizona ...
Admit it. From the moment she cupped her hands around your ear and huskily whispered "Hege [...]
Friday, Friday is why-oh-why-oh-why day
Why don't bricks spawn salmon? Tell me why oh why?
The question for Saint Patrick's day ... In a city that's nearly one-third Hispanic, why do so man [...]
What can you get in Chicago resales for $200K?
Two hundred grand will land you a 600-square-foot condo in the Loop at 800 S Wells St. In Rogers Park, the same amount gets you a two-bedroom at 1415 [...]
If you lived at Zen in the West Loop, you'd be calm by now
Is that a nine-story building or a large tree?
I didn't realize buildings could take themselves so seriously. Zen, a new, 78-unit condominium develop [...]
The good, the bad and the ugly of Chicago apartment hunting
Our friend Jessica is in the midst of searching for apartments. She found the apartment she's moving out of on Craigslist posted by two guys looking f [...]
Chicagoland rentals for around $2,500
What can rent of $2,500 to $3,000 get you in Chicagoland? At the Park Evanston, an 1,100-square-foot two-bedroom unit is about $2,500.
For one dol [...]
Praise the Lord and cancel the college fund: Another Lake View church conversion
Earlier this week, we posted on an understated church / condo conversion at 1021 W Barry Ave. Just one block west, you can find a home for sale at a [...]
No parking means no parking
Maybe next time you'll think twice before parking in a construction zone.
These frustrated workers decided to take matters into their own hands [...]
A spot rezoning within a Chicago PMD to permit condos
It seems that the city's planned manufacturing districts aren't sacred sites when it comes to residential development. According to Crain's Chicago Bu [...]
Thursday, Thursday, it could be worse day
It's been a helluva week.
The IRS seized the contents of your safety deposit box — there go the bearer bonds — and foreclosed the lien [...]
Is Chicago's condo craze giving way to the age of the rental?
Is Chicago's hyperactive condo conversion market finally taking a chill pill? Compiling a little guide to current conversion projects we notice that T [...]