Olympics and commerce in Washington Park
What effect would the 2016 Olympics have on Washington Park? Brandon Johnson, executive director of the Washington Park Consortium, offers his thoug [...]
More vignettes from Roscoe Village
In late July we posted three segments of our video tour through Roscoe Village with @properties agent and Windy City Guide Bob Darrow. This week we' [...]
The lowest-priced new construction in 60614
A search at Coldwell Banker Online for new construction condos under $400k in ZIP code 60614 (Lincoln Park) turns up just one unit, a 2 bedroom, 2 bat [...]
Washington Park, in context
Brandon Johnson, executive director of the Washington Park Consortium, gives an overview of his neighborhood's history, and explains why he believes [...]
Kardas of the day – a River North cityscape
Count on our ace staff photographer Michael Kardas to bring you a view of the city you haven't seen before. [...]
Building new homes in South Chicago
Down in South Chicago, Claretian Associates is filling in empty lots with new three-bedroom single-family homes. Although the homes have a base pric [...]
Find your place in South Shore, Part 3: In search of the Kingston Condominiums
The last of the three Find Your Place in Chicago developments in the South Shore neighborhood is Kingston Condominiums, PreferredCo Development's ne [...]
Roosevelt Collection – "Now renting"
It's official folks. I just checked the Roosevelt Collection Web site after seeing a comment that a buyer had received his termination letter.
The de [...]
The Washington Park Consortium: An introduction
On Thursday morning I went on a driving tour of Washington Park with Brandon Johnson, executive director of the new Washington Park Consortium, a no [...]
Grand opening at 630 West Barry on Sunday
In late 2006, Yo writer Joel Hoglund reported that a new nine-unit condo development would be added to a preserved red-brick facade at 630 W Barry A [...]
Find your place in South Shore, Part 2: Shoreline Condominiums on 71st Street
The second leg of our South Shore drive-around this week took us through some slow-moving traffic along 71st Street to the Shoreline Condominiums, l [...]
Panorama-rama!: City views from Silver Tower
I posted a couple of view shots from the Silver Tower's 15th-floor model unit yesterday, but they didn't give the full picture. Joe stepped out on the [...]
Inside an eighth-floor condo at 565 Quincy
In this second video from Joe's most recent visit to 565 Quincy, Joe enters a two-bedroom / two bath new-construction condo on the building's eighth [...]
Promo video gives first look inside 1919 Crystal
While poking around the development page for 1919 West Crystal on the Koenig & Strey Web site, I noticed a video link at the bottom of the page, [...]
A new look at Silver Tower's model and prices
We caught wind that a furnished model was open in Silver Tower, Stonegate Development's 40-story River North high-rise, so after lunch, Joe and I to [...]
Find your place in South Shore, Part 1: Revelation Pointe's single-families and two-flats
The South Shore community area is home to a handful of new single-family homes and condos participating in the Find Your Place in Chicago initiative [...]
Grand Plaza announces "bank-forced" sale
The Grand Plaza Penthouses, the condo conversion tower at 545 N Dearborn St in River North, is hosting a close-out, and it's not just any sale -- it [...]
More from Aqua's penthouse floor
As fun as it was to climb up onto Aqua's roof, the high guardrails tended to obstruct our views. After a few minutes, we followed our guides from Ma [...]
On 565 Quincy's outdoor terrace
The last time Mark and I visited 565 Quincy, we could only take a look around the building's loft levels. Since that time, Belgravia Group has start [...]
Sales update: New Avondale eight-flat down to one duplex, one "penthouse"
The only thing that stood out to Mark when he passed by the eight-flat at 2444 W Diversey Ave in Avondale in May 2008 was a collection of signs draped [...]