Touring Woodlawn: Kimbark's new homes
After taking 63rd Street into Woodlawn, Joe Zekas and I headed south along Kimbark Avenue, home to much of the neighborhood's new construction. I vi [...]
The Two Joes drive 63rd Street into Woodlawn
Chicago had perfect convertible weather yesterday, and Joe Zekas and I took full advantage of it. We jumped in Val's old Miata around lunchtime, cru [...]
New Home Nuggets: New listings, new prices in Pilsen
Pilsen is usually a hot topic for discussion on our site. The diverse neighborhood has experienced a lot of flux in the recent past and brings out a l [...]
More adjustments afoot at Chantico South
In early May, Lipe Property Company and Jameson Real Estate started trimming prices on two-bedrooms at Chantico South, Lipe's colorful (and corruga [...]
Sales update: Five for sale at Prairie Parc
Five condos are still on the market at Prairie Parc, located at 5832 - 5836 S Prairie Ave in Washington Park, says Coldwell Banker agent Paulette Edwa [...]
Expanding East Pilsen's Jefferson Playlot Park
One of the neighborhood amenities Belgravia Group believes will attract families to East Pilsen is a planned expansion of Jefferson Playlot Park nea [...]
Union Row's green spaces and footprints
In this segment from our trip to Union Row, Belgravia Group Vice President Zev Salomon shows off one of the back yards available with select units a [...]
Giving buyers city views, exterior space at Union Row's townhomes
Despite Union Row's urban setting -- it's adjacent to train tracks and elevated freeway lanes in East Pilsen -- Belgravia Group Vice President Zev S [...]
A driving tour of Pilsen
Joe Askins and I took a driving tour around Pilsen after having a look at Belgravia Group's Union Row townhome development last Friday. A neighborho [...]
We love lists: New Hyde Park homes
If you spend the weekend at Hyde Park's 57th Street Art Fair or Community Art Fair and like what you see, you have a few new-construction or convers [...]
Zev Salomon on East Pilsen: "I like to use the analogy of Lincoln Park"
That got your attention, right? While offering a brief introduction to Belgravia Group's Union Row townhomes last Friday, Belgravia Vice President Z [...]
Panorama-rama!: A view from Union Row
Buy a home with a northern exposure at Union Row and you might get a view like this. I shot this panorama from the fourth-floor deck of a Union Row [...]
Inside and outside Union Row's townhomes
Next week we'll bring you a series of videos we shot this afternoon at Union Row, Belgravia Group's 35-unit townhome development at 566 - 648 W 16th [...]
Twelve take part in $15K new home grant
A dozen local homebuyers took advantage of the $15,000 grant provided by a partnership between the City of Chicago and the Partnership for New Commu [...]
Trib: Greenline planning cohousing project
According to a report from Chicago Tribune real estate reporter Mary Ellen Podmolik, Greenline Development president Benjamin Van Horne and a group of [...]
Dwindling availability at two new-construction developments in Heart of Chicago
Pilsen gets all of the attention, but Heart of Chicago, Pilsen's neighbor to the west, might be a better 'hood for new-construction condos. Koenig & [...]
New photos and incentives from Signature Residences' Facebook fan page
I check the development Web site periodically for any updates on the Signature Residences, 207 E 31st St, but there haven't been too many changes o [...]
Prices dip for two-bedrooms at Chantico South
When Jameson Real Estate assumed sales and marketing duties for Lipe Property Company's Chantico South, 1621 S Carpenter St, in September, prices f [...]
Two homes still available at Bridgeport Commons
“These are what I would call Prairie style homes, and they fit so well in this neighborhood. And another thing, a very important thing: these are ve [...]
New homes roundup: Bronzeville condos
As I've noted before, brokers tend to shift Bronzeville's boundaries to fit their current stock of South Side listings. @properties' market report s [...]