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Chicago's mega-projects
Massive developments build community, parks and more alongside new homes
Most Chicago neighborhoods grow and die piecemeal – old buildings ge [...]
Chicago's best new homes 2007
The experts choose the top developments of 2007
Each year, New Homes Magazine puts on its homebuyers' hat and scours the city to find the best new [...]
Take me out to the ballgame…
...Take me out to the garage!
Developers frequently have trouble finishing units by their promised delivery dates, but we couldn't help noticing t [...]
A visit to Schorsch Village
As I wandered Schorsch Village several weeks ago I was struck by three things: the diversity among the styles of workers' cottages, the lack of dive [...]
Comment of the day: "Sam" on the top-selling condo buildings in 2006
Our post on Appraisal Research Counselors' list of top-selling downtown condo buildings in 2006 drew strong opinions from many quarters. "Sam" said: " [...]
Back in the saddle again
I was at Edgewater's Saddle & Cycle Club this morning for the first time in about 20 years.
After walking around and taking pictures for about 10 min [...]
Sunrise building condos, community in West Loop
Community is key at Pure, a 13-story high-rise slated for construction at 24 S Morgan St in the West Loop. Salman Ibrahim and Fawad Butt, chief offi [...]
Sunrise brings modern mid-rise to Near West Side
Sunrise Development Group, the developer behind the Pure condos planned for the West Loop, has another project in the works: 2215 Madison, located i [...]
Purity for sale at new West Loop high-rise
Sunrise Development Group expects to open sales early next year for Pure, a 13-story high-rise slated for 24 S Morgan St in the West Loop. First of [...]
New Bucktown restaurant Il Covo
In the block of Damen Avenue just south of where the expressway crosses overhead, a new restaurant called Il Covo (2152 N. Damen, 773-862-5555) is tur [...]
Mortgage fraud is soaring
Many housing numbers may be trending down but at least one is up sharply: mortgage fraud.
Reports of possible mortgage fraud are up 35% in the first [...]
Well manored
CBI Custom Homes sweats the details for $3.9 million Tudor in Glencoe
by Dan Schuyler
When you cast an eye over design-build firm CBI Custom Homes [...]
YoChicago does the Shore
Colorful Web site fills online void, covering North Shore housing, neighborhoods
Illinois has three ZIP codes where the median price of a home is m [...]
The first-time buyer: signing the contract (well, round one, anyway)
I've just signed the offer to purchase my first home and now I'm staring blankly at my computer screen, feeling like I'm standing at a precipice, and [...]
Millennium Park – the book hits shelves June 1
Can't wait to hit the grassy grounds of Millennium Park for a bit of outdoor reading this summer? Stop by your local bookstore first and pick up a cop [...]
Suite dreams
Buyers have high hopes, little experience with new housing hybrid
Businessman Steve Snyder bought two hotel condos at the Solis Chicago Condominium [...]
Sandburg Village Zestimates from Zillow
We just put Zillow's value Zestimates™ to the test in two Sandburg Village buildings — 1255 and 1355 N Sandburg — and it appears to [...]
What's next for the old Children's Memorial Hospital site in Lincoln Park?
Everyone has been curiously silent on the subject of Children's Memorial Hospital moving from Lincoln Park to Streeterville. The new downtown digs won [...]
Details, divinity and architectural terra cotta
Yes, Mies van der Rohe's proclamation that "God is in the details" has become a tired cliche. Which doesn't mean it's not so. It's just suffered fro [...]
Heavy competition forecast for ultra-luxury condos downtown in 2006
City Homes
Developers of ultra-luxury downtown condominium buildings had better buckle their seatbelts in 2006 because experts say marketers of high- [...]