Sales update: Eight townhomes left at Union Row
New prices and approval for FHA-backed financing have paid off for Belgravia Group's Union Row. Seven buyers have signed contracts for new townhomes [...]
Weekend opinion – why not build Volo in Bronzeville?
I believe the city has blown and will continue to blow a major opportunity in Bronzeville. That opportunity was presented by the large amount of vac [...]
Touring South Shore: High schools and heavyweights
The Nation of Islam's presence in South Shore has been so significant that, as a child, Jeff Heilbrunn's wife played around with the Fruit of Islam [...]
An affordable single-family home in Wrigleyville
For less than $700,000, a buyer can get a three-bedroom single-family with an attached garage just a half-block away from Wrigley Field's left field [...]
Quote of the day: Putting the brakes on Bronzeville
From the Tribune:
"This area has come to a screeching halt. We thought the business and the community would be much further along."
- Richard Chal [...]
Touring South Shore: bungalows and block clubs
Jeff Heilbrunn wrote the book on block clubs. Literally. These neighborhood organizations have existed for decades, but Jeff, with the help of Build [...]
Centrum's Lakeview Collection facing foreclosure
So says Crain's. We wondered as much in a post a couple weeks ago. [...]
Sales update: Nine homes available with 5 percent down at CA23 in the West Loop
Buyers can purchase the last nine homes at CA23 in the West Loop with seller financing and down payments as low as 5 percent, says developer Geoff R [...]
Neighborhoods for the rest of us: New City
Being a young transplant, just about everything I know about New City (and its sub-neighborhoods, Back of the Yards and Canaryville) comes from the hi [...]
Quote of the day: What's the holdup?
From Appraisal Research Counselors' 4Q 2009 Downtown Chicago Residential Benchmark Report:
Nearly every building which has been recently constructed h [...]
Touring South Shore: Terror Town's troubles
For South Shore to rebound, someone will have address the problems of "Terror Town," an area plagued with boarded-up buildings and open-air drug mar [...]
Catalyst finds its financing
Can't say I saw this one coming.
Developer Gary Rosenberg says he's found $100 million to build Catalyst, the 220-unit tower planned for the northeas [...]
Touring South Shore: Life on the lakefront
Even with the economic hurdles South Shore will have to clear in the coming years, there's still a lot to envy about the neighborhood, including its [...]
Sales update: 450 sold at 235 Van Buren
CMK Companies sold nine condos at 235 Van Buren last month, bringing the number of sold units up to 450 and closed units to 275, according to sales [...]
Aqua is tops among the '09 class
Emporis' editors have named Aqua the best skyscraper of 2009, according to the Tribune's Blair Kamin.
The Jeanne Gang-designed, Magellan-built towe [...]
The fall of a Cabrini-Green tower
Kudos to Megan Cottrell for sharing this video with her readers. Her friends watched the slow demolition of a Cabrini-Green tower at 660 W Division St [...]
Reviewing Astoria Tower's deals for 2010
The new year brought new prices and new financing options to Astoria Tower, 8 E 9th St in the South Loop. Last month I asked sales manager Jim Psyho [...]
Touring South Shore: A neighborhood native's first trip to the old Country Club
If you don't know much about South Shore's history, you might be surprised to learn that a neighborhood native like Jeff Heilbrunn had never been in [...]
Shark bites: Single-family savings of 25% in Bucktown and Lake View
Matt Garrison's CondoShark.com tracks more than discounts on downtown condos -- it also keeps tabs on the city's single-family home market. If you kno [...]
Fresh focus: Land an Uptown rehab with a 2.99% mortgage and no PMI
Paulina Point, located at the corner of Paulina Street and Sunnyside Avenue in Uptown, is one of many properties marketed by Fresh Horizon Realty that [...]