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Construction checkup: Two Lagrange towers
Two Lucien Lagrange-designed high-rises in the far north reaches of River North (or the new southern end of the Gold Coast, in agent-speak) continue [...]
"Joewalking" by three River North construction sites
Since I was in the neighborhood on Friday, I decided to switch on the video camera and get some shots of construction near the intersection of State [...]
Joewalking at State Street and Delaware Place
Joe Askins of YoChicago.com checks out the progress of three new high-rise condo developments in Chicago's River North neighborhood: The Elysian, Ten [...]
X/O improves the growing South Loop skyline
By Dana Dubriwny
Driving south along Lake Shore Drive, commuters travel through a landscape of varying architectural quality.
Execs at Kargil Develo [...]
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: [...]
Lagrange to give architecture talk at CAF
Halloween is just around the corner, and what better way to celebrate than with a presentation by architect Lucien Lagrange at the Chicago Architectur [...]
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 [...]
Construction update: condo towers on East Walton, Delaware
The block bounded by North State Street, East Walton Place, North Rush Street and East Delaware Place is shaping up to be one busy construction zone [...]
High society: fresh designs, buyer perks prevail in market for new condo towers
Riding a construction elevator up the side of an unfinished high-rise is not for the faint of heart. Only a rattling wire cage separates you from th [...]
Walton on the Park brochure gives buyers a workout
For a while there, developers seemed to think that buyers seemed to think that the bigger the brochure, the better a development must be. Brochures [...]
Ripped from the headlines: home loss epidemic spreads
Home loss epidemic spreads Trib
Foreclosures raging in Chicago area Crain's
Chicago area sales down 16.5 % Sun-Times
Mortgage brokers - frie [...]
River North – Gold Coast South, or WI Dells II?
No, that's not a photo from a strip club above, although the distinction might be academic in the case of Coyote Ugly, 316 W Erie St, one of many sc [...]
Home to some of city's toniest towers, River North comes of age
Every morning in his office reception area, Albert Friedman passes a set of wooden display cases, the kind most people use to show off fine china or [...]
Ripped from the headlines: 32nd Ward gets a zoning change – the day after the election
Surprise zoning change in 32nd Ward Reader
Existing home sales drop in March AP (via MSNBC)
Why didn't City Hall stop Rezko? Sun-Times
Pritzker [...]
The busiest block in River North
It may not look like much, but State Street between Walton Place and Delaware Place is the busiest stretch of Chicago's River North neighborhood, if [...]
River North developments roundup
The Yo counted about 19 new for-sale residential developments underway in River North, and all week we'll be giving you a look at some of the major [...]
A room of one's own
City's fledgling hotel condo market sees homeruns, strikeoutsÂ
by Kate Hawley
Ken Costanzo had practical reasons for wanting a second home in Chic [...]
Chicago's hotel condo market a slow burn, says hotel consultant
With at least 10 hotel condo developments underway in Chicago, among them Trump International Hotel & Tower (pictured), Mandarin Oriental Tower, Wat [...]
The new high-end: New Homes' annual ultra-luxury homes issue
Ultra-luxury features
Ultra-luxury projects move to "new" locations
Design-builds let you have your way
Hotel condos get mixed reception
CBI's Glenc [...]
Good as gold
Luxury development heads south as "new" locations go high-endÂ
by Alison Soltau
Not so long ago, if you had several million dollars to lavish on a [...]