Designing for a cure at 565 Quincy
Through Sunday, Oct. 11, four newly furnished lofts and condos will be open for public viewing at 565 Quincy, Belgravia Group's combo loft conversio [...]
Five easy pieces: Emily Sachs Wong
Koenig & Strey agent Emily Sachs Wong is one of the top-producing agents in North Side neighborhoods like Lincoln Park, Gold Coast, River North, L [...]
Streeter Place: furnished with views
After we took a look around at Club 355, Director of Leasing and Marketing for Streeter Place Rachel Brandstaetter walked me through a one-bedroom m [...]
Customize a condo at West Sherwin Place
This weekend I took a look at some rehabbed condos at Baird & Warner's West Sherwin Place in Rogers Park. A sign out front exclaims "60% Sold!" [...]
Floor plan faceoff: lakeside living in two Rogers Park two-bedrooms
Turn east off of Sheridan in Rogers Park and you'll quickly run out of road, as just about every street cul-de-sacs at the edge of a beach or a lak [...]
'L' stops and home sales in the 27th Ward
We were concerned about there not being a stop between Clinton Street and Ashland, which is more than a mile if I'm not mistaken. There's nothing in t [...]
Five easy pieces: John Harris
Our newest interviewee for this daily feature is John Harris of Koenig & Strey GMAC Real Estate, who I met at an East Rogers Park open house over th [...]
Business, fitness, and grilling at Club 355 in Streeter Place
After opening in August, Golub and Company's rental high-rise Streeter Place, 355 E Ohio St in Streeterville, is already 50 percent leased and 35 pe [...]
Following Francesca: Sky-high views from the Hancock for under $800,000
How much would you expect to pay for a 1,744 square-foot three-bedroom home on the southeastern corner of the John Hancock Center's 76th floor? For [...]
Neighborhoods for the rest of us: Peterson Park
One of the oddest facts about the Peterson Park neighborhood on Chicago's Northwest Side is that that the 24-acre Peterson Park doesn't actually lie [...]
Ex-condo examinations: Comparing Roosevelt Collection and Burnham Pointe
What do Roosevelt Collection and Burnham Pointe have in common besides a ZIP code? Both were supposed to be condominium projects but converted into [...]
Following Francesca: Reintroducing the John Hancock Center's residences
We've shown you a sample of Joe's videos with Prudential Rubloff agent and Streeterville expert Francesca Rose already, but let's go back to where t [...]
Name the nabe of the bookworm's nook
Where in Chicago can you curl up with a classic inside this scooped-out space? Be the first to name the neighborhood in the comments section below a [...]
Downtown shark attack! Price cuts in River North, South Loop, and West Loop
Matt Garrison of Coldwell Banker’s Matt Garrison Group recently launched CondoShark.com, which collects the details of big price cuts on homes in Ch [...]
Outside and inside Roosevelt Collection
This morning I finally got around to piecing together footage from our visit to the recently opened Roosevelt Collection, located at 150 W Roosevelt [...]
Merchant musings: Glossy granite finishes are so passe
Nicole, a project coordinator and mosaic designer at Ahalya Stone at Merchandise Mart, tells me that after a slow summer, residential business is up p [...]
Urban oases: the parks of Streeterville
It may be fall, but the kids in Streeterville know there's still plenty of fun to be had. In these videos, Joe visits Streeterville's Seneca (above) [...]
Five easy pieces: Robert Schmidt
I talked with Robert Schmidt of Sudler Sotheby's International Realty recently about the state of the market. Robert has been in real estate for more [...]
The nearly news: The highs, lows, and in-betweens of West Loop one-bedrooms
Now that we're branching out beyond just new-construction homes and looking at resales and rentals, we can break out a feature that's been cooking i [...]
Following Francesca: The amenities floor at 600 North Fairbanks in Streeterville
One of the stops on Joe Zekas' recent tour with Prudential Rubloff agent and Streeterville expert Francesca Rose was the spectacular wrap-around sun [...]