10/2/08
For those who thought this post was going to be about the other new development known as “The Hudson” at 825 N Hudson Ave,...
9/17/08
Judging by the banners I’ve seen in ‘L’ cars this week, the city is stepping up its promotion of buyers incentives offered through its...
8/26/08
They go by many names: townhomes, rowhomes, attached single-families. I prefer the catch-all “townhouses” for this type of multi-story home, the kind of units...
7/8/08
The Yo office is just three blocks south of Chicago Avenue in River North, and we regularly pass by the southern border of Cabrini-Green...
6/20/08
While construction on The Hudson is wrapping up, The Cambridge, the other mid-rise condo building in Phase 1 of the Parkside of Old Town...
2/18/08
The folks at Kimball Hill Homes have a lot on their plate at the moment, so it should come as no surprise that one...
1/3/08
This must be the week of bad news. Kimball Hill Homes, the developer of both Parkside of Old Town and Park Boulevard, has delayed...
5/24/07
Massive developments build community, parks and more alongside new homes Most Chicago neighborhoods grow and die piecemeal – old buildings get new uses, condos...
5/8/07
“What we as developers can do is design great places and integrate these spaces into the city well…giving people the opportunity for chance encounters....
11/30/06
A lot is changing where Old Town meets Cabrini-Green, but, as I was snapping pictures of the new developments springing up, somebody still came...
11/21/06
Every time we drive through the Cabrini-Green section of River North, it seems more and more of the neighborhood’s notorious public housing structures have...
11/16/06
No, a super-tall Metra car didn’t derail in Cabrini-Green (or are we supposed to call it Old Town now?). This is a new apartment...
9/17/06
If you like the stately Victorian homes of Oak Park but can’t live with being a suburbanite, you might want to take a look...
7/14/06
A number of big ol’ condo developments are having big ol’ openings this weekend. The sales center (pictured) and one-bedroom model for Lexington Park...
5/26/06
The almost criminal rise in prices during the last decade of Chicago’s booming real estate market has resulted in the conversion (“adaptive reuse” is...