Optima plans 3 Skokie towers
Optima, Inc., the development and design firm behind a sizeable chunk of Evanston's mini-skyline, plans to build three of its cool modern towers in Sk [...]
Polo Tower on the block
DJM Asset Management has been hired to sell Polo Tower, a 189-unit condo conversion at 4180 N. Marine, where 159 of the units remain unsold. The court [...]
Office Depot eyes State Street site
The former Toys 'R' Us store that has been a glaring gap on State Street for the last two years is slated for a new Office Depot, according to reports [...]
SOM, Sasaki picked for South Works site
Skidmore Owings & Merrill and Sasaki Associates Inc. have been picked to design the master plan for redevelopment of the 284-acre site that was home t [...]
950 W. Monroe hits 70% sold
MR Properties has sold more than 70 percent of the units at 950 W. Monroe and with construction proceeding at a rate of two floors a month, the West L [...]
Thrush nears a sellout at Shakespeare Court
Only five condominiums and two townhomes remain for sale at Shakespeare Court, a new development by the Thrush Companies in North Kenwood-Oakland, on [...]
State Place 65% sold, nears delivery
State Street Associates, LLC has sold 65 percent of the units at State Place, a block-long mixed-use development in the South Loop, and expects first [...]
Attention condo shoppers: Metropolitan Tower open
The original directional beacon atop Britannica Center, 310 S. Michigan, was meant to convey the global reach of S. W. Straus & Co., which built the s [...]
Catalpa Gardens marks Edgewater's rebirth
Edgewater already was an affluent community of large houses and peaceful beaches when the Edgewater Beach Hotel opened in 1916, but the exclusive inst [...]
Pointe 1900 offers "turret tours"
Condominium buyers have a rare opportunity to take a "turret tour" at Pointe 1900 on State, a 101-unit mixed-use development in the South Loop.
"With [...]
River Park North townhouse nearly complete
A townhome model is nearing completion at River Park North, a development of 56 luxury residences by Rezmar Development Group along the north branch o [...]
Playing to the gallery
CMK's 630 N. Franklin fits contemporary style into traditional River North
It took just two months of modest marketing to sell two-thirds of the cond [...]
Invsco's Plaza 440 offers big amenities, views in River North
No Chicago developer has converted more condominiums than American Invsco, and currently, no builder is selling more homes in hot River North.
Nichol [...]
Shortcuts in townhouse building often mean compromised safety
Townhouses are popular because they supply more privacy than condominiums but have lower construction costs than freestanding single-family homes. But [...]
Incentives are luring condominium shoppers to the city
Downtown Chicago home shoppers searching for a deal now have an enticing selection from which to choose. A wide range of incentives is included in the [...]
When is a townhouse a townhome?
Townhouse.
Seems like a perfectly good word, but at some point it must have struck the ears of Realtors as a little too cold and antiseptic. Brokers [...]
South Shore – the last lakefront refuge of the middle class?
Follow Lake Shore Drive as far south as you can, and then keep going. At 57th Street and the Museum of Science and Industry, the road begins to slow. [...]
New West's new lofts at University Station
New West Realty, which is marketing the University Village development that has transformed Halsted Street near the University of Illinois at Chicago [...]
Gouletas gets financing for new co.'s 1st conversion
Nicholas V. Gouletas apparently doesn't believe in starting small. The scion of a family with a long tradition in Chicago residential real estate has [...]
Waterview Tower opens model
Teng & Associates has opened a 5,000-square-foot model and sales center for Waterview Tower, an 85-story highrise planned for 111 W. Wacker.
Availab [...]