Thursday, Thursday, it could be worse day
Your lawyer now owns your old estate, but you're out on bail while the appeal is pending, and there's that wad of cash in the Caymans.
Downsize [...]
Demeter back with Aspen 6 condos in Bucktown
We noticed Aspen 6 because the name sounded a little silly (boy band from Colorado, bandits on skis, rich snow bunny with fading looks?). Then we no [...]
Custom House a happy home
I am here to say with a full belly that Custom House lives up to the hype it has received. The meat-centric restaurant in the Printer's Row neighborho [...]
Wednesday, Wednesday is Yo Chicago rents day
Chicago Apartment Finders advertises an unusual number of great-sounding apartments on Craigslist.
To us, they sound suspiciously good. We're wonde [...]
The bargain hunt
They're growing rare, but deals remain for those in the know
Wouldn't it be nice to turn back the clock to that golden age, just six months ago, when [...]
Lost in the Loop
Hidden gems make Loop livable for those with the inside track
Dr. Maria Gracias already had the inside scoop on just how great the Loop could be when [...]
Palatine's smart growth
Metra station is focal point for continuing building boom downtown
Sue Curry is a living endorsement for Palatine. She was born in Boston but moved w [...]
Wrong side of the tracks
City hopes Wabash can emerge from shadows of the el
As well-heeled homebuyers snap up units in highrise developments near the dazzling new Millenniu [...]
Massive housing projects planned in emerging Chicago neighborhoods
City Homes
New-home buyers will have a potpourri of housing choices both in hot downtown enclaves and in emerging neighborhoods in 2006, real estate [...]
Don't play with fire – use caution in operating that new fireplace
New Construction Corner
Despite advances in heating technology, the humble fireplace remains a feature of many new homes, and with good reason. Nothi [...]
After record year in 2005, builders continue downtown condo boom
Housing Watch
Encouraged by record-breaking condo sales in downtown Chicago last year, when nearly 8,200 new units sold, developers are gearing up fo [...]
Through the looking glass
Roszak/ADC's Vetro sets new standard in S. Loop with glass tower design
The South Loop has been one of the city's fastest expanding neighborhoods, b [...]
West Loop looking up
Rare highrise project puts 2 Emerald towers on Green Street
Environmental considerations were integral to the design of the 12-story glass, steel [...]
Downtown Palatine – more than just a great place to park
It's been a while since we were in downtown Palatine (ok, some of us had never been there), and we were curious just how much of the much-touted dow [...]
Tuesday, Tuesday, the ugly building blues day
Was it George Ugwell (ouch!) who said that "all Jewels are created ugly, but some Jewels are more ugly than others?"
Are those some space alien bur [...]
Chicago real estate TV
Here's a good way to spend your Sunday mornings: Fox TV (WFLD) is screening Metroscene TV, a 13-part lifestyle series on Chicago real estate and archi [...]
City gives Target a helping hand in northwest Chicago
We hear that the city has cleared the way for Target to open a store on a 6.4 acre site at 2036 W Peterson Ave. The site has been vacant for a few yea [...]