Assessing assessments: Library Tower
Prices keep going down at Lennar's Library Tower, located at 520 S State St in the South Loop. The developer on Wednesday slashed the prices of two li [...]
Rental smackdown: Amenities at 1401 South State and Echelon at K Station
The number and types of on-site amenities can play a major role in a renter's choice of developments. Do you enjoy summer days by the pool, or would y [...]
Entering Chicago Lawn at 63rd and Western
Woodlawn wasn't the only area Joe and I visited this week. After winding through neighborhood streets east of Cottage Grove Avenue, we circled back [...]
Lakeshore East: A new city within a city
Although "a city within a city" is a common description of Marina City, you could say the same about Magellan Development's Lakeshore East complex o [...]
Division Street – how solid are the changes?
The mural at Division and Hoyne asserts, in English, that "housing is still the issue" and promises, in Spanish, that the war over that issue will c [...]
Touring the Bridgeport Condominiums
When I think of Bridgeport, I don't exactly think of new construction. The blue-collar neighborhood is more likely to conjure up images of bungalows [...]
Meet downtown's most expensive condos
Yesterday's Ritz-Carlton Residences update and all this talk about a tough luxury market (or no market whatsoever) made me wonder: Where are the mos [...]
Ashland condos bring value to Blaine district
Parents of grade schoolers hold Lake View's Blaine School in high regard, and that means homes in the Blaine district can sell for premium prices. The [...]
Construction checkup: 235 Van Buren
Chicago Architecture Foundation guides drop Ralph Johnson's name several times during their Architecture River Cruises, but mine didn't spend any ti [...]
Touring Woodlawn: Kimbark's new homes
After taking 63rd Street into Woodlawn, Joe Zekas and I headed south along Kimbark Avenue, home to much of the neighborhood's new construction. I vi [...]
Rental smackdown: One-bedroom units at Burnham Pointe and Sky55
We've checked out most of downtown's new rental high-rises last month, so now it's time to really dig into them to see how they stack up to one anothe [...]
The Two Joes drive 63rd Street into Woodlawn
Chicago had perfect convertible weather yesterday, and Joe Zekas and I took full advantage of it. We jumped in Val's old Miata around lunchtime, cru [...]
Prism Development breaks ground on Ritz-Carlton Residences
After spending a year dismantling the landmarked Farwell Building at the northwest corner of Erie Street and Michigan Avenue and finding itself smac [...]
River cruise views of new Chicago high-rises
Jeremy and Joe weren't the only ones hanging out by the river last week. On Saturday I took my parents down to the southeast corner of the Michig [...]
New Home Nuggets: New listings, new prices in Pilsen
Pilsen is usually a hot topic for discussion on our site. The diverse neighborhood has experienced a lot of flux in the recent past and brings out a l [...]
Prices cut up to 55 percent at Catalpa Gardens
It's been four years since marketing began at Edgewater's Catalpa Gardens project at 1122 W Catalpa Ave, yet 61 of it units were still on the market [...]
A doorman's take on 600 Lake Shore Drive
"Where else can you come to work and have a waterfall in your lobby?"
You can learn a lot about a building by talking to the men and women who staf [...]
Panorama-rama!: Take me out to the ballgame
The Sun-Times has written off the Cubs once again, but that didn't stop thousands of fans from pouring into Wrigley Field this weekend. There are fe [...]
How the big boys do it
If you're toying with the notion of pouring a few columns for your high-rise next weekend, watch this video to pick up a few tips from the boys who [...]
Want to live in my old home?
It's 2047 N Seminary, in DePaul, the right-most of the four rowhouses in the picture.
Rubloff currently has it listed at $1,169,000, down from the [...]