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Meet downtown's most expensive condos
Yesterday's Ritz-Carlton Residences update and all this talk about a tough luxury market (or no market whatsoever) made me wonder: Where are the mos [...]
We love lists: Chicago's new rental towers
As regular readers can probably tell by now, Jeremy and I are becoming more and more familiar with a part of the housing market that we haven't covere [...]
Closings begin at Silver Tower
A word of thanks goes out to commenter Mike, who informed readers last night about the latest entry on Silver Tower's construction blog. "Yes, our fir [...]
Vetro developer files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy
Who would have guessed that Vetro, a 31-story, 232-unit tower at 611 S Wells St, would be one of the most talked-about towers of 2009? Due largely t [...]
Panorama-rama!: Sweeping stills from Aqua
I'm amazed at how rarely Aqua shows up in my downtown panoramas. Whether I shoot an arc from Buckingham Fountain, the Shedd Aquarium, The Legacy at [...]
Are developers having second thoughts about the second Walton on the Park tower?
Most condo watchers have figured out at this point that any tower that isn't out of the ground already probably won't be going up anytime soon. But [...]
It's not a timeshare, it's not a condo, it's a…
...Private Residence Club?
That's what James Place, a proposed River North condo development at 100 W Huron St that was scrapped by Affinity Developm [...]
Touring the Chicago Model City
As a part of the year-long celebration commemorating Daniel Burnham's 1909 civic plan for Chicago, the Chicago Architecture Foundation has unveiled a [...]
Touring Chicago on a miniature scale
As a part of the year-long celebration commemorating Daniel Burnham's 1909 Plan of Chicago, the Chicago Architecture Foundation has unveiled a scale [...]
High-rise refresher: Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago
Now that its spire is in place, most of the exterior work on the Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago at 401 N Wabash St is complete, making [...]
Touring two models at 757 Orleans @ Chicago
Joe and I toured two model units at 757 Orleans @ Chicago in River North yesterday: a 790 square-foot studio and a 890 square-foot one-bedroom / one [...]
Touring two models at 757 Orleans @ Chicago
Jeremy and Joe of YoChicago.com and NewHomeNotebook.com tour two model units at 757 Orleans @ Chicago, Gammonley Group's new condo high-rise in Chica [...]
Gammonley Group offers lease-to-own option at 757 Orleans @ Chicago
Gammonley Group, the developer of 757 Orleans @ Chicago in River North, is offering a new lease-to-own option for potential buyers who can't or won' [...]
Two penthouse units remain at 30 West Erie
It’s just not the easiest time to be selling condos in the $1 million-plus range. The folks at 30 West Erie found that out the hard way. Despite the [...]
Sign o' the times: 9 West Erie lot for sale
Obviously Provence Development is keeping its options open when it comes to the surface parking lot at 9 W Erie St in River North.
Real Living Heli [...]
Interior construction continues at Superior 110
It appears construction is heading down the home stretch at Superior 110. According to Greg Eldridge of @properties, external construction is comple [...]
Quote of the day: Making lemonade
“I’m fully expecting to make a deal... I started getting knocks on my door from hotel developers. I’m trying to make lemonade out of lemons here... I [...]
Park Kingsbury Luxury Lofts in foreclosure
Well that answers that.
Crain's reports today that Mutual Bank has slapped Cataldo / Marovitz Group with an $8.4 million foreclosure lawsuit over t [...]
Paint update: Silver Tower and Trio whiten up
A few weeks ago, Joe and I noticed that some white paint was being tested on the upper floors of Silver Tower, Stonegate Development's 40-story hig [...]
Dustbunny of the day: Park Kingsbury Lofts
Pay no attention to the dilapidated signs outside, or the disconnected sales center phone line, or the expired URL, or the fact that Jameson has pul [...]