Only 5 condos left at Optima Horizons
Sales have been swift at Optima Horizons, a 16-story Evanston tower with just five condos remaining for sale.
The available units include a one-bedroo [...]
Habitat 90% sold at Quadrangle
The Habitat Company has sold more than 90 percent of units at the Quadrangle, a 261-unit lakefront condo conversion at 6700 South Shore Drive, in Sout [...]
Dynaprop scores Pointe in South Loop
New project meets demand for affordable condos, retail price
The trapezoidal island formed by State, Archer, Dearborn and Cullerton once housed a pop [...]
Back to Earth
RCR|DC expands city housing options with single-family homes
Chicago has seen tens of thousands of new housing units created during the past decade, [...]
Spring is maintenance time for home buyers and sellers
The fluctuating temperatures of the last month should have been more than a sign to start shopping for swimwear, especially if you plan on selling an [...]
$1 million-plus market for new condominiums thrives in Chicago
Whether you have a paltry $1 million to spend, or as much as $16 million, Chicago's luxury condominium buyers have plenty to ogle these days.
If you [...]
Heavy hitters dealing for South Works
One of the city's largest development parcels is being eyed by a group of politically connected developers. Reports in Crain's Chicago Business identi [...]
Builder confidence up in April
Builder confidence in the market for new single-family homes rose strongly in early April, according to the National Association of Home Builders' lat [...]
Mortgage rates climb as economy grows
As the economic picture has brightened and inflation has become a possibility, mortgage rates have continued to climb. The average 30-year fixed-rate [...]
Rainbo Village rising in Uptown
A little piece of Uptown history disappeared recently when the Rainbo Roller Rink, 4836 N. Clark, was demolished, though the name will live on in the [...]
Bridgeport Station riding on fast track
Tandem Developers was a pioneer in Bridgeport when the local builder opened Union Lofts, the first residential loft project in a neighborhood with lit [...]
No little plans
Buyers drawn to extra amenities at city's booming mega-projects
For a while there, residential development in central Chicago seemed to be going the [...]
DuSable Park back on drawing board
The 3.5-acre peninsula on the northern edge of the confluence of the Chicago River and Lake Michigan was christened DuSable Park back in 1987 after th [...]
Grand Orleans breaks ground in River N.
Developer Robin Construction Corp. has broken ground on the Grand Orleans, a 14-story condo building planned for the corner of Grand and Orleans, in R [...]
@ Properties gives timely agent rewards
If time really is money, there's no better sign of the old aphorism than the Rolex and Cartier watches @ Properties recently passed out to its top 11 [...]
Mortgage rates rise with jobs
The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage stood at 5.79 percent this week, up significantly from last week, when it averaged 5.52 percent.
"The bond ma [...]
1111 S. Wabash hits 80% sold
Sales have passed the 80 percent mark at 1111 S. Wabash, a 34-story highrise nearing completion in the South Loop.
Developer the Gammonley Group has f [...]
New housing, retail spur hopes and fears in Uptown
Uptown is back.
Which is nice because for nearly 20 years, the North Side neighborhood bounded by Irving, Foster, Clark and the lake, was missing. Re [...]
Pritzker winner Hadid to speak at Art Institute
Zaha Hadid, the first woman to win the Pritzker Architecture Prize, will speak at the Art Institute on May 4. The Baghdad-born Hadid, who lives in Lon [...]
Demolition halted on historic building
The future doesn't look bright for the "Indiana Flats," a 109-year-old apartment building at the northwest corner of Cermak and Indiana, but the dilap [...]