Walking Evanston with Andy: the dining and shopping choices near Church and Maple
In the first segment from their Evanston walking tour, Joe Zekas and Grand Bend sales manager Andy Kiener started with a look at Grand Bend, a new co [...]
Rent or buy a Winnetka lakefront home
Veteran real estate agents on the North Shore tell me they can't recall seeing as many lakefront homes for sale as are currently on the market.
The [...]
The Packard Lofts of Winnetka's Hubbard Woods – a perfect place for a "pied-a-shore"?
Hubbard Woods in Winnetka is as interesting and walkable a neighborhood as almost any in Chicago. Its eclectic mix of mostly local shops and restaur [...]
North Shore bargain-priced 4 bedroom, 3 ½ bath in Glencoe under $400K
The 4-bedroom, 3 ½ bath contemporary home at 1010 Skokie Ridge in Glencoe sold for $615,000 in 2002. It's currently listed with Jameson for sale at [...]
What happened to that looming North Shore foreclosure wave?
Late last year real estate agents were sounding alarms about a pending tsunami of foreclosures on the North Shore. It doesn't appear to be happening [...]
Walking downtown Evanston with Grand Bend's Andy Kiener
Evanston is the nearest North Shore suburb from Chicago, and its downtown rivals almost any Chicago neighborhood as a classically urban environment. [...]
Grab your greens, find some fruit every weekend, just steps from Grand Bend
Last month I asked Grand Bend at Green Bay sales manager Andy Kiener about the kinds of community activities a buyer could find near his Evanston co [...]
A David Adler coach house is not a city coach house
Local correspondent Ned Skae reports that Lake Forest has more David Adler historic homes on the market than perhaps ever before.
If your vision of [...]
Introducing Wilmette's Kenilworth Gardens
Kenilworth Gardens is the area bounded on the east by Ridge, on the south (approximately) by Lake, on the north by the Indian Hill Club, and on the [...]
Why Jillian bought a condo at Grand Bend
There's often a disconnect between what real estate developers perceive as the most attractive features of their projects and how their buyers percei [...]
BlockWalks: The 1000 block of Spruce Street in Winnetka
The block along Spruce Street east of Glendale is only one of many handsome blocks in Winnetka, says Joe Zekas. It has a special place in the memory [...]
From the vault: Memorial Day in Kenilworth
As we set out to enjoy a long holiday weekend, many of us will pause to remember and honor the sacrifices that make our enjoyment possible, and the [...]
BlockWalks: Prairie Avenue and Central Street in Evanston with Mike Stern
Mike Stern of Koenig & Strey took Joe Zekas on a walking tour around the intersection of Prairie Avenue and Central Street, a convenient, pedestrian [...]
What it takes to buy a beachfront home on the North Shore
Maureen Mohling, one of our local correspondents for Winnetka, has a flair for finding the right word or phrase to summarize a complex topic. "Patie [...]
Grand Bend's "Casa Della Luce"
Now that you've seen inside one of the ready-to-deliver condos at Grand Bend at Green Bay, 1228 Emerson St in Evanston, follow Joe Zekas and Insight [...]
Spend Mother's Day at North Shore open houses
But start the day by treating mom to a lavish Mother's Day brunch at a MIBS-Approved venue. Pop the cork on some Mother's Day champagne and, who kno [...]
New prices, new team at Grand Bend at Green Bay in Evanston
Andy Kiener of Insight Real Estate Services recently reintroduced Joe Zekas to a "tried and true project" in Evanston: Grand Bend at Green Bay at 12 [...]
The first passive solar house in America
The Henry P. Glass house in Northfield is, by some accounts, the first passive solar house in America.
Glass was trained as an architect in Austria [...]
New Buffalo or Evanston?
Anyone contemplating the purchase of a vacation home in western Michigan might also consider Chicago's North Shore. It's an easier commute for the w [...]
A Tony Grunsfeld home in Highland Park: not unfriendly, just private
Ernest Alton "Tony" Grunsfeld III has designed dozens of homes along the bluffs overlooking Lake Michigan. Most are in the distinctively modern idio [...]