A good time to buy?
As market booms, buyers should consider quirks, risk of buying new
Is now a good time to buy a new home? During 2004, plenty of buyers in Chicago tho [...]
Edgewater builds on winners as business plays catch-up to housing
At first, it's a little hard to square Bek Allen's vision of Edgewater as the promised land with the view of Granville out the coffee shop window, but [...]
View from the top
Developer: no building in city offers as many stunning views
For almost 15 years, the tenants at 474 N. Lake Shore Drive have been enjoying perhaps t [...]
Triple threat
RDM's Trio optimizes location, pricing, design in 1 cool complex
RDM Development's Robert Mosky always has shied away from becoming a signature devel [...]
Simple review can prevent hazards on Chicago porches
As spring rolls around and the weather improves, city residents will take to the outdoors, and for many of us, that means making use of that longstand [...]
Downtown Chicago condo market rocks with record sales in 2004
Condos of all sizes and shapes were king of Chicago's downtown housing market last year.
With the interest rates at historic lows, the downtown marke [...]
Boom towns
Buyers are flocking to the mega projects that increasingly dominate downtown housing
In the coming decade, buyers of new homes in Chicago will be sho [...]
Mortgage rates continue gradual climb
The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage stood at 6.04 percent last week, up slightly from the previous week when it was 6.01 percent, according to Fre [...]
University Village opens 219-unit phase
If you haven't been to the Near West Side lately, as the saying goes, you haven't been to the Near West Side. The change is perhaps most dramatic driv [...]
Rubloff names top producers for '04
Following record company sales of more than $1 billion during 2004, Rubloff Residential Properties recently honored its top producers with the annual [...]
Tandem breaks ground in Bridgeport
After a sellout of Union Lofts, Bridgeport's first luxury loft condo project, Tandem Developers has broken ground on Bridgeport Station Lofts, a new m [...]
Prairie House opens 3 new models
The Radco Companies has opened three new condo models at Prairie House at Central Station, a new 187-unit mid-rise in the South Loop.
Since taking ov [...]
Boy's Town tries to maintain its identity as popularity brings higher prices, new residents and a shrinking gay population
It's Tuesday night in Lakeview East and the Kit Kat Lounge and Supper Club is the place to be. While most of the bars along Halsted don't get going u [...]
New townhouses come to McKinley Park
Developer William Warman was a pioneer in the South Loop, which has grown dramatically since his first projects there. Now, the builder has set his si [...]
Optima's Elm Tower selling quickly
Optima, Inc. took more than 40 reservations during March at Elm Tower, the second phase of its Optima Old Orchard Woods development, located three blo [...]
JMM building houses under $700k
When I first met Marla Mason and Mark Olshansky, the brother-sister team behind JMM Development, they were converting vintage apartments into condomin [...]
Park Millennium opens on Millennium Park
In what promises to be one of the city's most prominent active condo conversions, Centrum Properties and MCZ Development have started sales at the Par [...]
LR's 'unified vision' rising at 340 on Park
It's only fitting that the latest highrise on Millennium Park should be forward-looking, and as swift sales seem to attest, LR Development's 340 on th [...]
Mortgage rates up for 3rd straight week
The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose to 5.79 this week, up from 5.69 percent last week, in the third straight week of increasing rates, accord [...]
1st buyers move in at State Place
The South Loop just got livelier as the first residents began moving into State Place, a mixed-use development that spans a full block on State Street [...]