Touring Terrazio in the South Loop
Sedgwick Properties' Terrazio, 1935 S Wabash Ave, had almost fallen off my radar until a couple weeks ago, when I received word of a grand opening p [...]
More Motor Row Lofts auction observations
Here are some more observations I made yesterday while looking at the results of this weekend's Motor Row Lofts auction.
(Note that all of these amou [...]
A walk through Oz Park
Last week I took the Brown Line up to Armitage and walked a few blocks east to Oz Park, one of the great public spaces of the Lincoln Park community [...]
Quote of the day: an auction postmortem
Right before the auction, we still had sales, but the absorption in the city today is so small. The average absorption is probably one unit or a half [...]
Chicago's video history: the design and construction of Lake Point Tower
Jump into the YouTube time machine and travel back to the 1960s to see the construction of Lake Point Tower, the 70-story residential high-rise at 505 [...]
Twenty units sell at Motor Row Lofts auction
Sheldon Good & Company conducted an auction of Motor Row Lofts units earlier today at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place.
The auction was well atten [...]
Michigan Avenue Tower II auction rakes in $11.2 million with 43 sales
(Update - 11/16/2009: According to developer Jacob Bletnitsky, the final tally for sales was 46 units.)
This afternoon I attended the Michigan Avenue [...]
The state of retail in Bucktown
When the biggest gaps in your commercial market are the lack of good hotels and gyms, you know you're in pretty good shape. In the final video from [...]
Name the nabe of the forgotten footwear
No one took a stab at last week's nabe (it was Wicker Park, by the way), so let's go back to something a little less difficult. In which neighborhoo [...]
Yo's Most Wanted: our most popular video
This week we passed the 1,100-video mark on our YouTube channel, and a moment like that calls for a look back through the archives. We've had a numb [...]
Vultures aren't feeding on downtown homes
Potential buyers are scouring the market in pursuit of "broken condos": A wide variety of potential buyers are actively looking at the Downtown Chicag [...]
The nearly news: Bucktown short sales
What do all four homes listed below have in common? They're all located in Bucktown, they all sold for the first time in 2006, and they're all availab [...]
More on 565 Quincy's "installment sale"
Whatever you do, don't call it a rent-to-own plan! Belgravia prefers to call 565 Quincy's new offer an installment sale or simply a "better-than-rent- [...]
New construction opportunities in Bucktown
Even with today's economic climate, a developer could succeed in Bucktown right now with the right type of single-family home, says @properties agen [...]
Rent-to-own arrives at 565 Quincy
Belgravia Group has announced a new rent-to-own program for the unsold condos and lofts at 565 Quincy. According to a notice that hit my inbox yeste [...]
Join Joanne: Touring a landmark co-op on Lincoln Park
"They don't build 'em like this any more" is an old cliché, but in the case of the co-op at 339 W Fullerton Ave, it's a cliché with a solid kernel o [...]
Web presence: Michigan Avenue Tower II
Michigan Avenue Tower II is one of two South Loop developments with units going up for auction this weekend. If you're in the market for a condo and h [...]
Elysian scraps its hotel condos
That's one way to reduce excess supply in the market.
We've heard for months now that the developers of The Elysian, 11 E Walton St, were trying to d [...]
What loft buyers should know about building repairs and special assessments
Scaffolding and construction dumpsters have been common sights outside of Wabansia Avenue's loft buildings this year. As we stood outside some of th [...]
Designing the Parc Huron
M&R Development took over the Parc Huron project after Lennar gave up, but that doesn't mean it's exactly the same building Lennar had in mind. Foll [...]