Ten East Delaware: What's selling?
Early winter 2010 brought with it a few sales at Ten East Delaware, the new boutique high-rise at 10 E Delaware Pl in River North / Gold Coast / Near [...]
Name the nabe of the bronze beefsteak
That's one ripe looking tomato, but I wouldn't bite into it if I were you. Name the neighborhood where you can find this piece of produce and win yo [...]
Could the old Edgewater Medical Center become "Edgewater Park"?
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According to our social media manager Tony Ham, several Edgewater residents are promoting the idea of converting the defunct Edgewate [...]
Lower prices, closing credits, and broker bonuses on 235 Van Buren's condos
CMK Realty is promoting several deals at its new 235 Van Buren high-rise, from $10,000 to $20,000 reductions on its least expensive studios, two-bed [...]
Life in the Fulton River District – things to do and places to go near Alta at K Station
As we checked out the views to the west from a balcony at Alta at K Station's western high-rise, I asked Alta Leasing Consultant Matt Hawkins and K2 [...]
Downtown Chicago condo rental supply shrinks
We've been tracking the number of downtown condos offered for rent in 14 ZIP Codes since late last year. The number stood at 1,927 when we began our t [...]
990 Lake Shore Drive – the view from the roof
It was a brilliantly clear morning as Francesca Rose and I headed for the roof at 990 Lake Shore Drive, one of Streeterville's oft-overlooked condos [...]
Rojas on 1Q 2010 sales: buyers "gobble up" condos in Lincoln Park, Lake View
Rubloff agent Eric Rojas recently reviewed first-quarter sales in Lincoln Park and Lake View and found that activity is up significantly in both nei [...]
April auctions: Getting in a bid before the tax credit deadline
Buyers looking to beat the April 30 home buyer tax credit deadline have a few home auction options to consider over the next three weeks. They include [...]
1600 North Claremont: A Bucktown BlockWalk
Like Joe, I picked one of the streets I know best for my first BlockWalk: the 1600 block of North Claremont Avenue, near the Wicker Park / Bucktown [...]
Putting Chess Lofts back in play
Weichert, Realtors - Frankel & Giles appears to have launched a new marketing campaign for Chess Lofts, the adapted Chess Records studio and warehou [...]
Just how affordable is affordable housing?
The city and developer Peter Holsten are set to build the next phase of Parkside of Old Town -- a mid-rise with 39 CHA homes, 53 homes for low-inco [...]
The West Loop's 1000 West Washington lofts – an introduction after the fact
All right, we jumped the gun a little by showing off one of 1000 West Washington's showcase homes -- a 4,000 square-foot triplex loft -- before givi [...]
Crain's on "the demise of Armitage Avenue"
Today's video from Crain's Chicago Business focuses on how Armitage Avenue between Halsted Street and Racine Avenue, once "the best boutque, cute re [...]
Sales update: Four to go at Union Row
Belgravia Group is now down to just four unsold townhomes at Union Row in East Pilsen, according to the development's newly updated Web site.
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Newly converted three-bedrooms now start in the $250s at 3550 Lyndale
Five of the seven newly converted homes for sale at 3550 Lyndale in Logan Square are 1,370 square-foot three-bedroom / two-baths. When we first report [...]
Shark bites: Garrison makes the sale in Obama's neighborhood
You don't see a lot of Chicago home sales make national headlines, but all sorts of news outlets are carrying stories this morning about the sale of [...]
Staging the master bedroom
Last November, our Streeterville expert Francesca Rose went on camera with Kim Baker and Karen Fike of Chicago Home Staging at ParkView condo to tal [...]
Looking out on the Loop from 215 West
We understood going in that the lower and middle floors of the new high-rise at 215 W Washington St wouldn't offer us the best views of Chicago -- t [...]
The two-bedroom / two-bath tango: five new downtown condos
Ready for a little floor plan porn this morning?
Here are five new two-bedroom / two-bath condos still for sale at some of downtown Chicago's newer h [...]