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Yo in review: January 29 – February 5
How long do people stay in condos?A reverse comp-killer in Prospect Heights?Will Waterview Tower 'rust in peace' no more?Lake Forest open house pi [...]
Could Waterview move ahead as an office tower?
Developer Mark Goodman may try to complete the unfinished Waterview Tower at 111 W Wacker Dr, not as a 90-story condo / hotel high-rise, but as a [...]
Shoulda, woulda, coulda: Canyon Ranch Living
Of all the high-rise proposals that have come and gone in recent years, only a few can still send Realtors drifting into wistful thoughts of what coul [...]
Poem of the day: Shangri-La Shattered
Over at the Beachwood Reporter, poet-in-residence J.J. Tindall pens an ode to the 26-story concrete skeleton of the would-be Waterview Tower at 121 W [...]
Quote of the day: "It's worthless"
"Nobody’s going to get anything out of it because it’s worthless... The property is worth less than it would be if it was vacant. At this point, the d [...]
WBEZ: City's urban design and planning director says slump can be good for planning
Chicago Public Radio ran a feature story this morning on the state of Chicago's downtown condo market titled, "The Big Chill: Chicago’s Condo Market I [...]
Quote of the day: Ta-ta, Shangri-La
“Under the current economic environment, regrettably, the implementation of the hotel project has been suspended with no indication of when activities [...]
Chicago Spire – the plan is to wait
That's the word from developer Garrett Kelleher in this must-read article from the New York Times, which focuses on the Spire and Waterview Tower.
Th [...]
Stuck in condo limbo – or on to refund heaven?
The Monday, January 26 issue of Crain's Chicago Business, parts of which were online late Saturday, is reporting that GlasHaus buyers remain "stuck in [...]
We love lists: Our updated dustbunny list
Over the next few days, Mark and I are going to convert a few of our recent "We Love Lists" posts into interactive lists on NewHomeNotebook.com.
One [...]
Quote of the day: "Pushing pause"
"We’re not pushing rewind, we’re not pushing eject, we’re just pushing pause."
- Zac Henson, CEO of the U.S. subsidiary of Beijing Construction Engin [...]
Moss gathers at two Loop hotel / condo sites
Those figurative crickets continue to chirp at the sites of Mandarin Oriental Tower (above), located at 215 N Stetson Ave, and Waterview Tower, at 1 [...]
The cost of getting high in Chicago
As long as there's a lake, a park, and a cityscape, there will always be a market for sky-high penthouses in downtown Chicago. Many of the homes und [...]
Quote of the day: All are welcome at Waterview
"We're always interested in talking with people who need to place money."
- Sean McMahon, project manager for Teng & Associates' Waterview Tower [...]
We love lists: Construction-free zones
With the release of Appraisal Research Counselors' latest report on the downtown condo market and some renewed conversation on here about Piedmont Gro [...]
Foreign investors pulling Chicago condo market out of slump
Foreign investment and financing dollars from countries such as Ireland, Germany, China and Kuwait may be the muscle that pulls Chicago’s new-construc [...]
The tallest towers: Chicago's ultra-luxury buildings hit new heights
This month's issue of New Homes Magazine takes a look at Chicago's tallest residential buildings under construction, which are soaring to unpreceden [...]
Room at the top: New Homes' annual ultra-luxury issue
Ultra-luxury features:
Interior monologues: Ultra-luxury finishes meld super standards, building aesthetics and buyer personalities
Size matters: [...]
Size matters: Luxury rises with building heights on Chicago’s soaring skyline
The Sears Tower, which for more than three decades was the tallest building in the world, stands 1,450 feet and, depending on how you count them, 10 [...]
Ripped from the headlines: Lennar scraps South Loop condos, sells site for apartments
Lennar scraps South Loop condos Crain's
Uptown apartment building on market Crain's
Oakwood Shores gets TIF funds Trib
Mortgage woes affecting [...]