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An update on the CHA Plan for Transformation
The Habitat Company has changed the face of Chicago. In its relatively brief 30-year history the company has developed over 17,000 residential units [...]
On succeeding two Chicago icons
The Habitat Company has changed the face of Chicago. In its relatively brief 30-year history the company has developed over 17,000 residential units [...]
Chicago's tall towers: a year in review
Downturn be damned -- when it comes to high-rise construction, Chicago still rules the roost. According to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Hab [...]
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 [...]
Without retail tenants, Roosevelt Collection adds color to Roosevelt Road streetscape
After learning that people were actually living in one of Centrum Properties' Roosevelt Collection mid-rises, Erik and I knew we needed to get in [...]
Roosevelt Collection open for business, accepting new tenants
Well, that didn't take long.
A mere six weeks have passed since Centrum Properties announced its decision to go rental at the Lofts at Roosevelt C [...]
Sheep and goats in the sky, oh my!
Antony Wood presents an overview of the basics of tall buildings, trends, drivers, challenges – and whimsical possibilies.
In the video, Wood, exec [...]
Remaining 34 units in McKinley Park Lofts up for auction next month
It feels like it was just weeks ago that Joe and I took a ride down to McKinley Park to take some photographs of McKinley Park Lofts at 2323 W Pershin [...]
Real estate marketing in challenging times
Michael Sato and Chris Feurer, the new owners of Jameson Real Estate, outline the scope of their marketing efforts, ranging from traditional print ou [...]
The New South
Streeterville and the Gold Coast may have a corner on the high-profile luxury tower market, and the South Loop and West Loop may be home to the tren [...]
One $250,000 home at Lakeview East conversion
What will $250,000 buy you these days?
Over the next few weeks, I'll be looking around the six regions of the Chicago, as defined in our Quick Guid [...]
Ripped from the headlines: Developer plans hotel conversion for one Presidential high-rise
Hotel planned for Presidential Towers Crain's
Residents oppose North Lawndale TIF Chicago Defender
55 W Monroe off the market Crain's
New plan fo [...]
Chicago deal of the day: up to $8,000 at McKinley Park Lofts
Buyers at McKinley Park Lofts, 2323 W Pershing Rd (pictured here during much better weather), get up to $8,000 in incentives, according to Sales Dir [...]
Lakeview East condo conversions – variety in product and price
Lakeview East is a pretty dense enclave, so much of the residential development is in rental buildings converting to condos. We perused the offerings [...]
Ripped from the headlines: reuse proposed for former convent
Reuse proposed for former convent Booster
A builder goes green Chicago Mag
Foreclosure filings nearly double since last July AP (via Daily Heral [...]
Sox fans take note – South Side lofts on the rise
When Tandem Developers sold out Union Lofts, at 941 W 35th St, in Bridgeport, back in 2004, it was the first loft condo development to be completed [...]
Deal of the day: 2 months free at condo conversions
The Habitat Company wants you on a first-name basis with its North Side condo conversions -- Carmen, Troy and Leland (pictured) -- so it is rolling o [...]
More luxury rentals coming to edge of West Loop / River North
We posted late last week about the progress at Kingsbury Plaza, The Habitat Company's rental high-rise designed by Solomon Cordwell Buenz.
K Statio [...]
Development roundup: 9 new-home projects open on South Side
We spotted nine new developments on the South Side this month - projects that either just hit the market, or that we just discovered. Prices range fro [...]
Agent: renting more flexible, cost effective
A Crain's article last week about The Streeter, a high-rise at 345 E Ohio St that sold for nearly $212 million, suggested that amid falling condo sale [...]