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Pure living in the West Loop
If you're looking for natural living, but you're afraid of turning green, you might want to check out Pure, one of the West Loop's newest developmen [...]
Pure condos, 24 S Morgan, Chicago’s West Loop
Take a tour of this new 75-unit boutique mid-rise in Chicago's West Loop neighborhood. [...]
Searching Streeterville apartments on Craigslist is a fool’s errand
A recent Craigslist apartment search for Streeterville returned 2,500 results – Craigslist's maximum. Further limiting the search by adding "Chic [...]
Wolf Point West apartments prepping for January occupancy
The weather was gloomy last Thursday when I headed for the roof of the new Wolf Point West apartment tower, and it was raining by the time I left. [...]
Lies Chicago rental services tell – apartment listings
Almost every Chicago rental service a/k/a apartment locator a/k/a apartment finder claims to have the largest database of listings in the city. Th [...]
Headed for a $107 million meltdown in Bronzeville?
Curbed called attention yesterday to the City Council's Finance Committee's approval of $25 million in TIF funding for the renovation of the Rosen [...]
Where rental rookies rate rave reviews
Have you ever wondered about the fact that complete novices at Chicago rental services almost always receive rave reviews on Yelp?
I think it' [...]
Are you ready for Humboldt Park?
The blocks just south of North Avenue east of the park in Humboldt Park have seen a great deal of new construction activity in the past ten years, [...]
Fulton River District’s Trio Park appears complete
There's a decent-sized park, complete with a dog area and playground, adjacent to Echelon at K Station.
The part of the Fulton River District [...]
A tight North Shore rental market
We've been following the market for rental homes and condos on the North Shore for several years and the market appears to be as tight as I've see [...]
From Yo’s archives – before the sun set on Sunrise’s Ponzi scheme
Five years ago our staff was breathlessly writing the following:
Community is key at Pure, a 13-story high-rise slated for construction at 24 S [...]
The price goes down, the price goes up, Lake Forest home doesn’t sell
A Lake Forest home has undergone multiple price ups and downs in its nearly 3-year tenure in the MLS. We first began tracking it as new constructi [...]
Recalling the mythical Irish buyers
Stories like this one, reporting on the National Association of Realtors 2011 Profile of International Home Buying Activity (pdf), bring to mind t [...]
Deal of the day: Rent at 200 Squared, win (the chance to win) a new Smart car
Is a name in a hat a worthwhile incentive for leasing a Loop apartment? Draper and Kramer thinks so. The first big promotion for D&K's 200 Squ [...]
Yo in review: November 13 – 20
Welcome to a new YoChicago
Could Waterview move ahead as an office tower?
How Sandz Development will build Webster Square
Searching for sta [...]
The other pieces of the Sunrise scam
Our angle on the indictment of three Sunrise Equities principals naturally focused on the Pure building at 24 S Morgan St in the West Loop, simply bec [...]
Weekend opinion – why not build Volo in Bronzeville?
I believe the city has blown and will continue to blow a major opportunity in Bronzeville. That opportunity was presented by the large amount of vac [...]
Yo's year: South Loop on the auction block
Individual posts on Roosevelt Collection, Pure, and The Silver District pulled in lots of page views this year, but one story really set the tone for [...]
Yo in review: December 6 – 12
Can't keep up with Yo on a daily basis? Here's what you may have missed this week:
Inside a corner unit at Astoria Tower in the South Loop
Touring [...]