Riding the rails: New-construction short sales near the Morse station
One block south of the Red Line station at Morse and Glenwood avenues in Rogers Park is this new-ish five-unit building at 1416 W Farwell Ave, home [...]
Crain's: Trump at the halfway point
Sales at Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago only recently reached the 50 percent mark, Crain's reports. According to data from Appraisal Resear [...]
A single-family home alternative on Southport
Last month Prudential Rubloff's Karen McKeon showed Joe Zekas around what appears to be a viable alternative to the pricier single-families in Lake [...]
An introduction to Chicago's Sandburg Village
It's almost impossible to overstate the importance of Carl Sandburg Village to the revitalization of Chicago's near north side and the then-nascent [...]
Renaissance Lofts watch – another unhappy owner
A search on Kopley Group at YoChicago will quickly lead you to comment threads reflecting the plight of Kevin Black and the early buyers at Renaissanc [...]
Silver Tower a "sculptural building"
Why do we write so much about Silver Tower? It's a client of ours, but we focused on it often before it became a client. The reasons for our attenti [...]
A home buyer talks about Superior 110 and River North
Over the past several years I've heard 100s of tales about home shoppers' indecisiveness and hesitancy in making decisions. It's always refreshing t [...]
Two levels of loft living at Metropolitan Place
Last month Ted Guarnero, our Chicago Loft Guide, took me through a duplex loft inside Metropolitan Place, 130 S Canal St, that he had recently liste [...]
Union Row Townhomes sell out in East Pilsen
There were still two units, both priced just under $500k, available for sale at Union Row Townhomes when I shot the above video last week.
Sales at [...]
Spacious apartments in a Streeterville high-rise
Think you can't afford the amount of space you're craving in a Streeterville high-rise? You might reconsider after seeing the large studios and one- [...]
A brief look at the Southport Corridor
Karen McKeon of Prudential Rubloff was scheduled to show Joe Zekas around the popular Southport Corridor in Lake View a few weeks ago, but the weath [...]
Maggot-mashing 101: A guide to renting in the South Loop
There are 1,000s of ads on Craigslist for South Loop apartments, most of them touting the fewer than a dozen major apartment complexes in the South [...]
Quote of the day – bought cheap, upside down
Realtor Bob Darrow was updating me on market conditions this morning when he volunteered the following re his Lake View townhome:
With the latest rou [...]
Downtown condo rental market continues to strengthen
The number of condos available for rent in downtown Chicago remains high, by historical standards, but is continuing to shrink.
When we first began t [...]
Around the bend at 999 North Lake Shore Drive
At the eastern end of East Lake Shore Drive, where the road curves back to the south and becomes North Lake Shore Drive once more, is 999 North Lake [...]
Places to go and things to do near 3550 Lyndale's newly renovated condos
View 3550 W Lyndale, Chicago, IL 60647 in a larger map
From a condo at 3550 W Lyndale St, a buyer can easily access dozens of Logan Square restaurant [...]
New "get off the couch prices" for Parkside of Old Town's condos and townhomes
In late April @properties quietly listed five condos from Parkside of Old Town's first phase, as an initial step in a roll-out to a much bigger mark [...]
From the vault: Bob's Boys Town basics
With Pride Month culminating in the 41st annual Pride Parade down North Halsted Street in Lake View this Sunday, it seems like a fine time to break [...]
A million-dollar view of downtown for under $500,000 at Union Row in East Pilsen
Wednesday was hazy, but there was enough sunlight to appreciate this spectacular skyline panorama from a top-level deck at Union Row Townhomes in Ea [...]