Finding housing deals
Even a hot housing market has its share of bargains
Perhaps the heat index should be used to measure Chicago's housing market, which remains as hot as [...]
The softer side of West Loop living
As I headed south on Green Street one recent Tuesday evening to try a new West Loop restaurant, a pleasant flow of foot traffic stomped west on Madiso [...]
Victoria Place: new condos in Bucktown
Bucktown, which went from an artsy, edgy enclave with Polish roots to an expensive neighborhood of popular boutiques and bars during the '90s, has lit [...]
River Village Pointe hits 35% sold
The Enterprise Companies has sold about 35 percent of the 100 condos at its planned River Village Pointe development, the latest in a long series of n [...]
Chandler opens in Lakeshore East
The developers of Lakeshore East opened sales for the Chandler – the fifth new highrise to be announced in the $4 billion mixed-use community &# [...]
Gaining converts
American Invsco's Ontario Place sees quick sales in River North
The lightning pace of sales at Ontario Place, the new River North conversion by devel [...]
A green thumb for building
Frankel & Giles touts loft design, environmental perks at Lakeside Lofts
Robbie Frankel and Keith Giles, partners in Frankel & Giles Real Estate, a [...]
Downtown's record building matched by record buying in 1st quarter of '05
If 2004 was a big year for new housing in downtown Chicago – and hefty sales figures and ubiquitous construction cranes leave little doubt ̵ [...]
Brick veneer can present problems in new masonry homes
In recent years masonry problems have been cropping up in new construction all over the city.
The trend is ironic given Chicago's history. After all, [...]
Historic conversions offer landmark savings at both ends of price spectrum
All adaptive reuse condominiums in the city are not created equal.
According to Appraisal Research Counselors' latest "Downtown Chicago Residential B [...]
Chicago's best new homes 2005
The experts choose the top city developments of 2005
The most difficult choice for this year's New Homes Awards was in the category of best new highr [...]
Affordable vision on State Street
During the '80s and much of the '90s, the South Loop was known as the downtown community where buyers could find affordable new homes close to the Loo [...]
Hyde Park spurs growth in North Kenwood-Oakland, Woodlawn
Story by Jefferey Steele
Conjure an image of the ideal urban neighborhood, and you might visualize Hyde Park on a recent warm Sunday morning. On sun- [...]
A loft by any other name…
When New Homes ran its comprehensive loft living feature in February, we didn't include the Thrush Companies' 14-story new-construction tower at 740 F [...]
550 St. Clair courts modern aesthetic
It wasn't long ago that real estate agents and developers were insisting that modern design would not sell when it came to Chicago real estate. Today, [...]
Roosevelt Square breaks ground on Near West Side
Some residents of the Near West Side feel that the community never fully recovered from construction of the expressways and the University of Illinois [...]
Cornering the market in Printer’s Row
Winthrop's Printers Corner brings fresh look to popular South Loop enclave
Winthrop Properties plans to cut a lot of corners in building its new Pri [...]
Thrush's Jazz on the Boulevard hits a high note in North Kenwood-Oakland
No, Jazz on the Boulevard is not, as the name might suggest, a nightclub, but the development of new homes by the Thrush Companies is meant to create [...]
Bulk of condo problems found in common areas, not units
One of the questions I mulled over while preparing the final exam for students in my home inspection class was what percentage of building problems ar [...]
Gold Coast real estate was money in bank as prices soared
Remember 1984? The Dow Jones average was 1,154, compared to a sky-high 10,791 in 2004.
A gallon of gasoline for your brand new $20,000 Corvette cost [...]