Little named CAR president-elect
The Chicago Board of Realtors has named Darlene Little president-elect of the 11,500-member real estate association. Little also is senior vice presid [...]
DeBat awarded HBAGC honor
Don DeBat, former real estate editor of the Chicago Sun-Times, will be the first media person ever to be inducted into the Court of Honor of the Home [...]
1111 S. Wabash offers free parking
Condominium sales have passed the 80 percent mark at 1111 S. Wabash, a 34-story highrise underway in the South Loop. Only 50 units remain in the 247-u [...]
Property tax relief proposed
Supporters of a bill that would provide tax breaks to property owners in gentrifying neighborhoods plan to push for a vote in the Illinois General Ass [...]
Park Alexandria leading West Loop sales
Park Alexandria, Magellan Development Group's 32-story condo tower at 125 S. Jefferson, led the West Loop during 2003. The project had 63 sales during [...]
Trump Tower selling quickly
Trump Tower, the lavish new project by New York real estate maven Donald Trump, sold more than 300 residences during the first couple of months of mar [...]
Breaking the mold
Progressive architecture gains a foothold in new Chicago housing
In a crowded market, some developers say, it's become more important than ever to st [...]
Most condominium problems found in common areas, not units
Often condominium and loft buyers are encouraged not to worry about common element repair budgets in their search for that dream home downtown. Most p [...]
Condo conversions make comeback in value-conscious market
Condominium conversions are cooking again as Windy City developers offer a growing menu of units in 2003, real estate experts say.
Appraisal Research [...]
Developers thinking small in tougher market for new homes
To counteract the glut of larger new-construction condominiums downtown, some of Chicago's most savvy developers are starting to think small, real est [...]
Simple review can prevent hazards on Chicago porches
Recently, while completing a three-story stair tower and porch inspection, I reached out and grabbed the two 30-foot posts, or uprights, and attempted [...]
Love at first site
Innovative architecture inspires RCR|DC's latest condos
Development is generally a labor of money, not love, and nowhere is that in greater evidence [...]
Building Sterling homes
Invsco aims high with new River North tower
The 50-story Sterling, a new condominium tower with a bold, modern design of glass and concrete, rises ab [...]
Lesson in tales from the front: buyers beware
Some weeks in the home inspection business are especially disheartening and the last few have been full of prime examples. Here are just a few recent [...]
Uptown emerging as hot market for homes
Uptown is emerging as the hottest area on Chicago's north lakefront for condominium and single-family home sales, according to Sudler's Lakefront Mark [...]
The art of architecture
CMK's Contemporaine raises condo to art form in River North
"One day I get a call from Colin. He's only 30 years old, you know, and he likes modern&# [...]
A Superior development
JFJ's Superior West brings bold design to River North
When you're building on a street called Superior in a district known for its art galleries and [...]
Is Lincoln Square the next Lincoln Park?
The new French restaurant, Bistro Campagne, uses organic products and flies in fresh fish from Pierless Fish, on the East Coast. It's specialties incl [...]
Brick veneer often presents problems in new masonry homes
During the last couple of years masonry problems have been cropping up in new construction all over the city.
The trend is ironic, given Chicago's hi [...]
Use common sense, over-design with city gem: the Chicago porch
There's a cherished half-century-old photo on my wall at home in Chicago's Old Town neighborhood.
In the 8-by-10-inch sepia-tone photo, a cocky, bare [...]