"Unmatched living" in Lincoln Park
Take a gander at the most expensive home for sale in Lincoln Park, an 8,000 square-foot, full-floor residence at 2450 N Lakeview Ave. For almost two y [...]
Look out, South Loop — your Kerasotes theater has arrived
After reading Sloopin's latest Roosevelt Collection update yesterday, I felt it was time to ride down to pay another visit to the development at 150 [...]
New West trims prices at 1555 Wabash
This has been the year of price cuts for a lot of South Loop projects, and who doesn't want to be left out at this point? New West Realty, that's wh [...]
Renovated penthouse homes at 1400 Lake Shore Drive available at discount
After reading yesterday's post about Jameson Real Estate's new marketing efforts at 1400 Lake Shore Drive, Coldwell Banker agent Matt Garrison e-mail [...]
Closings begin at One Museum Park West
The Museum Park sales staff notified me this afternoon that a few homes closed last week at One Museum Park West, 1201 S Prairie Ave, and more will [...]
Crain's: Supera, Zisook take over redevelopment of Lincoln Park Hospital site
Developers Michael Supera and Richard Zisook have taken title of the old Lincoln Park Hospital at 550 W Webster Ave and plan to redevelop the site wit [...]
Chicago neighborhoods, simplified
Are 77 community areas and a hundred-something distinct neighborhoods just too much to remember? Don't worry, @properties has you covered. Never mista [...]
Jameson touts "prices we haven't seen since 1988" at 1400 Lake Shore Drive
One by one, each of RDM Development's projects shifted over to Jameson Real Estate this year. The brokerage started marketing Trio in January and Vi [...]
A year in the life of Townhome #8
Send along your best anniversary wishes to Townhome #8 at River View, 429 E North Water St in Streeterville. The 5,321 square-foot four-bedroom / 4.5- [...]
FHA-approved developments in Lake View
There aren't a lot of developments in Lake View that have completed the entire HUD review or Direct Endorsement Lender review process necessary to obt [...]
Floor plan focus: West-facing one-bedrooms at 1720 South Michigan ready for immediate occupancy
With 1720 South Michigan's magic number down into the single digits, buyers are running out of choices for brand new condos in the 33-story South Loop [...]
Shoulda, woulda, coulda: Catalyst in the West Loop
Our file cabinets (real and virtual) are filled with all sorts of renderings and sales materials, some for projects long since finished, others for pr [...]
Deals for buyers, agents at 235 Van Buren
For the next six weeks, buyers who sign contracts on homes at 235 Van Buren in the Loop will receive as much as $5,000 in closing credit, according [...]
Reviewing 2009 and preparing for 2010
Few people in the real estate business will be sad to see 2009 come to a close, but that doesn't mean the year has been a bust for everyone. Armando [...]
Neighborhoods for the rest of us: South Triangle
The area we call the South Triangle is big enough to contain several South Side "neighborhoods for the rest of us." Within the boundaries of the Dan [...]
Sales update: Price cuts and resales emerge at Silver Tower in River North
We received a new e-blast from @properties over the weekend advertising two examples of price reductions at Silver Tower, the 40-story high-rise at [...]
Quote of the day: Liquor stores, not libraries
For kids at Altgeld, who are already so isolated from the rest of the city, not having a library is a big deal. The resources your community provides [...]
Dempster diving: Buy a pitcher's pad
Typically when a ballplayer puts his home on the market, it means there's a trade on the horizon.* In the case of Cubs pitcher Ryan Dempster, who is h [...]
Weekly watch: Condo rentals on the MLS
This is the third week we've recorded the number of condo rental listings from 14 Chicago ZIP codes, and already we notice a trend: Since November 27, [...]
Shark bites: a Palmolive delicacy for $810K
This week's CondoShark choice cut comes from straight from the big fish himself, Matt Garrison. Matt singled out this 1,529 square-foot two-bedroom on [...]