Living in a Chicago icon: the highs and lows of one-bedroom condos at Marina City
Marina City at 300 N State St is one of downtown Chicago's most distinctive high-rise developments, and now that we're covering more than just new con [...]
Little distress, lots of life on Drake Avenue
The way Alderman Mell's been talking, you'd be forgiven for thinking Albany Park was a wasteland of board-ups and junkies these days. Using this for [...]
The daily news: Four for rent in Lincoln Park
Searching for a single-family home or condo to rent in Lincoln Park? Here are four units that went on the market this week:
1422 W Lill Ave: A fiv [...]
From the Drake to the river: a walk down Lake Shore Drive
This weekend Joe Zekas and Prudential Rubloff agent Francesca Rose went on a long stroll down Lake Shore Drive, starting from the intersection of La [...]
Newly rehabbed two-bedrooms available with special financing in Belmont Cragin
Buyers can take advantage of Fresh Horizon Realty's low down-payment mortgage programs with no PMI when purchasing a newly rehabbed two-bedroom at t [...]
A weekend walk through Portage Park
Saturday was a great day for a bike ride, so I pedaled up Milwaukee Avenue from Bucktown through Logan Square, Avondale, and Irving Park, eventually [...]
A terra cotta-covered apartment building, just steps from Lincoln Park
The second place Joe Zekas and Realty & Mortgage's Harold Rider Jr stopped during their tour of Lincoln Park and Streeterville apartments was 2616 N [...]
Today's news: Seeley Avenue single-family riding the Blackhawks bandwagon?
The owner of the single-family home at 16 S Seeley Ave isn't letting a golden opportunity go to waste. After spending eight months off the market, the [...]
Talking real estate at Bike the Drive
While many thousands of Chicagoans were biking Lake Shore Drive at the annual Bike the Drive event, my son Jordan, Francesca Rose and I were wal [...]
Quick hits: Moore supports Rogers Park proposal; Ravenswood residents give OK to Sears lot redevelopment
Two short updates on stories we've discussed recently:
Ald. Joe Moore will support a zoning change that will allow construction of mixed-use devel [...]
Trio rentals surface on the MLS
"Any news on these rentals lately?" reader Meghan asked this week. "Seems things have been pretty quiet around here."
Meghan was talking about the Tr [...]
Apartments in a prime Lincoln Park location
How good is the intersection of Clark Street and Arlington Place? WalkScore gives it a perfect 100, and that's almost an understatement. Between the [...]
Shark bites: Four-bedroom duplexes available for under $300K in Irving Park
Buyers are coming around on a new-construction six-flat at 3500 W Irving Park Rd on the Irving Park / Albany Park border, where the Matt Garrison [...]
Big, small, cheap, or pricey: The long and the short of Metropolitan Tower
Equity's sales team at Metropolitan Tower, 310 S Michigan Ave, was one of the success stories of 1Q 2010, having sold 23 of the tower's newly renovate [...]
New reductions make 3550 Lawndale's two-bedrooms even more affordable
Buyers can still get low-interest, no-PMI mortgages for homes at 3550 W Lyndale St in Logan Square, and now they'll pay even less for the buildin [...]
"Suburban living" in Sauganash Woods for $10,000 below '01 sale price
"Suburban living in the city" is the tagline for this listing, and I'd say its pictures back that up. The four-bedroom / 3.5-bath single-family [...]
The air up there: Park views from a Columbian penthouse deck
From the intersection of Michigan Avenue and Roosevelt Road, nothing blocks your view down the length of Grant Park. Climb up 41 stories, and you ca [...]
Downtown condo sales: who was busy in the first quarter of 2010?
More than 55 percent of downtown Chicago's new condo and townhome developments reported an increase in the number of units sold from the fourth quar [...]
Quick hits: Park 1000 site to be auctioned; new condos planned for Diversey Parkway
Rick Levin & Associates will oversee a court-ordered auction of a 251' x 134' parcel at 1000 S Michigan Ave in the South Loop, where developers [...]
What’ll become of Tier 01 now that Walton on the Park is ready to deliver?
Buyers weren't keen on the 01 tier at Walton on the Park, 2 W Delaware Pl, during the pre-construction phase. Will they change their minds once th [...]