Inside Lake Point Tower: A veteran door staff and a brand new lobby
Early on in their tour of Lake Point Tower, Joe Zekas and Realtors Francesca Rose and Jean Ward looked around the building's newly renovated lobby. [...]
The nearly news: Resales and rentals at Chicago's "favorite eco-friendly project"
With Aqua saddled with Fannie Mae issues and uncertainty surrounding its hotel component, and with the Parkhomes taking their sweet time in closing (d [...]
Comment of the day: throwing in the towel at the Renaissance Lofts
I'm still going to post the diary of a first time buyer...have all my emails and notes together, but recently I finally have had enough of this buildi [...]
Touring Beverly and Morgan Park, Part I
Two years ago, Joe Zekas shared footage of a leisurely Saturday drive through North Beverly on our YouTube channel. YoChicago hasn't paid many visit [...]
FHA fast facts: South Loop approvals
One of the questions Realtors hear most frequently is, "Is this property FHA approved?" Yesterday I punched three ZIP codes into HUD's FHA search and [...]
Watching Wrightwood Crossing, from rendering to reality
In a day when we are seeing more development projects abandoned or put on hold than completed, it is refreshing to see a project come to fruition. [...]
Designing Silver Tower in River North
The second stop on my project tour with Hartshorne Plunkard architects Tom Pope and Paul Alessandro was Silver Tower, Stonegate Development's 40-sto [...]
New liquidity options flowing at Aqua
Buyers who have been following Aqua's Fannie Mae troubles will be interested to hear that Magellan Development has lined up two portfolio lenders: Har [...]
New models open at Astoria Tower
Buyers can now get up close and personal with select units at Astoria Tower, the new high-rise at 8 E 9th St in the South Loop. The tower's Weichert [...]
Web presence: 215 West gets interactive
Two new interactive features popped up on the 215 West Web site this morning: a new "furniture arranger" tool that allows users to position beds, ta [...]
Quote of the day: Block 37 disappoints
It is a major architectural disappointment, a light-filled upgrade for the underground pedway system and an urban hub whose potential won't be realize [...]
CondoShark: Short sales at Ontario Place
According to CondoShark.com, some of the most significant price changes on short sales and foreclosed homes in River North are located in one building [...]
Neighborhoods for the rest of us: Arizona
With an eastern boundary of South Avenue K, few Chicago neighborhoods boast a closer proximity to the Indiana border than Arizona, also known as The [...]
Designing Superior 110
Earlier this month, I met up with Tom Pope and Paul Alessandro of Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture to chat about three new condo high-rises from a d [...]
Downtown Chicago weekly rental watch
Current market conditions have resulted in condos becoming an increasingly important factor in the rental market in downtown Chicago.
According to a [...]
Quote of the day – it's not a museum
From a recent Tribune article:
No, it's not a museum, at least not in the sense of a brick-and-mortar edifice housing exhibits. But few museums could [...]
Whither the Chicago columbarium?
Architecture critic Lynn Becker reports that the landmark Three Arts Club will not be converted to a columbarium, but that the developers still consid [...]
A walk through Block 37
The long-awaited opening of the shops at Block 37 has begun. Zara, Puma, Godiva and a few others have opened, but the mall was nearly barren of reta [...]
A Chicago Thanksgiving
Spotted, several years ago, near Damen Avenue and George Street.
All of us at YoChicago give thanks for the abundance we enjoy, and the liberty tha [...]
First look at Block 37
News that some of the retail shops at Block 37 have finally opened prompted me to head there earlier today for a look around. More, including a vide [...]