What $100,000 will buy you in the Loop
Inspired by Dennis Rodkin's "Gallery of Low Prices" on the Chicago Magazine Deal Estate blog, I started sifting through downtown homes listed at or [...]
SoNo at night
Forgive the low quality of the photo above -- the only camera I had on hand last night was the one in my iPhone. Still, I think the image came out w [...]
Concession collection: Deals at three downtown rental high-rises
I spent part of the morning calling some of the newer rental high-rises to find out what kinds of incentives and concessions they're offering new tena [...]
A "wow" in Uptown: New single-family living, steps from Lincoln Park
Joe Zekas doesn't throw praise around willy-nilly, so when I hear him refer to the new construction single-family home at 707 W Gordon Terrace as "a [...]
Prices take a tumble at Park Boulevard and West Village
This morning's perusal of local listings revealed several hefty price cuts on condos and townhomes at two mixed-income developments, Park Boulevard [...]
Crain’s: Sedgwick planning $350 million development for Uptown
The proposals keep on coming. From Crain's Chicago Business:
Sedgwick Properties Development Corp., led by Marty Paris, hopes to break ground this [...]
New loan options offered at Astoria Tower
Buyers have several new mortgage options to consider at Astoria Tower, 8 E 9th St in the South Loop. According to a sheet I picked up at the develo [...]
Shark bites: Short-selling a Trump studio
Unit #2414 at Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago may be one of the high-rise's smaller spaces, but when it comes to short sale discounts in Riv [...]
Cityscape Condominiums up for auction
Want to pick up some condos and commercial space along Western Avenue in Saint Ben's? You'll have a chance on January 30, when Rick Levin & Associa [...]
I spy finished balconies at Parc Huron
The temporary two-by-four barriers ringing many of Parc Huron's concrete balconies are coming down and new metal railings are going up. Construct [...]
360 degrees of views from a riverfront duplex penthouse
Last fall Joe Zekas joined Prudential Rubloff's Joanne Nemerovski for a walk through Unit #2701 at 445 E North Water St, one of the most spectacular [...]
Conlon opens sales at new Albany Park condos
Here's a project that's flown under our radar until now: a new five-story, 45-unit building at the corner of Leland and Kedzie avenues in Albany Par [...]
"Friends and family" deal pays off at Trump
One group of sellers at Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago are doing OK. According to an article at Crain's ChicagoRealEstateDaily.com, partici [...]
Quote of the day: The next hot 'hood
"How long before it becomes another Bucktown, Wicker Park? I would definitely say in a couple of years."
- Maurice Ortiz, marketing director at Apart [...]
"Offers welcome" for a Fairbanks at Cityfront Plaza terrace home
Meet T-905, the last terrace condo to go at Centrum Properties' Fairbanks at Cityfront Plaza high-rise at 240 E Illinois St in Streeterville. As the [...]
Floor plan focus: South Loop rentals
After seeing our corner one-bedroom showcase from a couple of weeks ago, reader Cg asked for more floor-plan comparisons. Today, I pulled similarly si [...]
Chicago's tall towers: a year in review
Downturn be damned -- when it comes to high-rise construction, Chicago still rules the roost. According to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Hab [...]
565 follow-up: 13 homes sold in one week
The folks at Belgravia Group e-mailed us this afternoon to say that they've sold 13 lofts and condos at 565 Quincy since rolling out their new home pr [...]
Belgravia cuts prices on Union Row townhomes
565 Quincy wasn't the only Belgravia Group project to see some significant price cuts last week. The developer also slashed prices at Union Row by a [...]
Reviewing resales and rentals at Skybridge
Skybridge had already reached sellout by the time I arrived at YoChicago at the end of 2007, so I've never had a reason to write about the building [...]