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Easy Street-erville
Boom in cutting-edge towers, new retail put neighborhood on map
It's business as usual on a recent Tuesday at the Dominick's Finer Foods on Grand Av [...]
Suite dreams
Buyers have high hopes, little experience with new housing hybrid
Businessman Steve Snyder bought two hotel condos at the Solis Chicago Condominium [...]
South Side resurgence
New housing stirs hope and some fears in Woodlawn, Washington Park
New condo developments vie for buyers' attention on three of the four corners at [...]
Emerald – a "green project" on Green Street
This week we told you about the new Station Square condo development at Prairie Crossing, the Grayslake community dedicated to eco-friendly constructi [...]
Heavy competition forecast for ultra-luxury condos downtown in 2006
City Homes
Developers of ultra-luxury downtown condominium buildings had better buckle their seatbelts in 2006 because experts say marketers of high- [...]
A spot rezoning within a Chicago PMD to permit condos
It seems that the city's planned manufacturing districts aren't sacred sites when it comes to residential development. According to Crain's Chicago Bu [...]
Two 12-story condo towers coming to West Loop
Twelve stories might not seem so tall given the vertical building boom underway downtown, but for the West Loop, it's nose-bleed development. Emeral [...]
Lofty Ambitions
Latest lofts offer new finishes in new neighborhoods
On one side of West Belmont Avenue just before Pulaski Road stands an old abandoned shoe factory [...]
Getting into the Park
Rare condo conversions selling while luxury resales linger in Lincoln Park
Margot Huston was visiting her son at his rental apartment in the vintage h [...]
Designs on Michigan Avenue
CMK approaches planned South Loop tower as a work of art
The guiding philosophy behind the new South Loop highrise project, 1720 S. Michigan, is that [...]
One man's castle, a city's demolition order
Eyesore or constructivist art? The man in Tacoma, Washington who constructed this surreal home from flotsam and jetsam is selling the property for $36 [...]
When your Chicago rental goes condo…
What should you do when your downtown apartment building goes condo? Renters face a mixed bag of experiences in New York, according to contributors to [...]
Life at the top
Penthouses aren't what they used to be - but some are better than ever
For the true high-flyer nothing tops buying a penthouse, but buying the bigges [...]
South Loop learns how students can add life to growing neighborhood
Law student Jason Hitchings was stepping out of his South Loop dorm recently when he overheard a passerby mention that he was leaving his job as a cle [...]
Hot restaurant scene complements boom in residential building
Where there's smoke there's fire, and presently the fire is on the back of my palate, courtesy of the "Flores de Jaiba" appetizer at Salpicon, 1252 N. [...]
Edgebrook single-families under $1 million
CA Development recently filed an application with the city for Edgebrook Glen, a planned development of 64 luxury single-family homes at 5200 W. Armst [...]
Millennium Park condominium boom creating shortage of affordable parking
The amazing popularity of downtown Chicago's Millennium Park has sparked a boom in condominium development, but it also is fueling a race for parking [...]
Finding housing deals
Even a hot housing market has its share of bargains
Perhaps the heat index should be used to measure Chicago's housing market, which remains as hot as [...]
Edgewater builds on winners as business plays catch-up to housing
At first, it's a little hard to square Bek Allen's vision of Edgewater as the promised land with the view of Granville out the coffee shop window, but [...]
Boom towns
Buyers are flocking to the mega projects that increasingly dominate downtown housing
In the coming decade, buyers of new homes in Chicago will be sho [...]