River North vistas at the Superior at LaSalle
I stopped in at Superior at LaSalle in River North today to check out the southeast corner model on the fourteenth floor. The staircase in the bi-le [...]
We like to watch: Views of the South Loop and beyond from Michigan Avenue Tower II
I finally worked my way into a few condos at Russland Capital Group's Michigan Avenue Tower II, located at 1400 S Michigan Ave, and came back with s [...]
A day in the life at the Ritz-Carlton Residences
A number of new condo buildings that we've written about in the West Loop this year, including Emerald, CA23 and VB1224, have tended to focus on [...]
Construction checkup: Terrazio
Builders still have a lot of work ahead of them at Terrazio, going up at 1935 S Wabash Ave in the South Loop, but the seven-story, U-shaped mid-ris [...]
Living never looked so good for The Peshtigo
"The data speaks for itself," a spokesperson for The Peshtigo told a Crain's reporter who was hunting for a statement in January on the proposed Str [...]
Remnants of the boom in River North
"I thought there was no more money!" a delivery man shouted in my direction while I was taking the above photo this morning. It's been well documented [...]
Lofts at Roosevelt Collection, 6 North Michigan architects hit the lecture circuit
I was planning to lug the Yo-Cam down to the John Buck Company Lecture Hall Gallery to record architect Jeff Renterghem's lecture on One Museum Park a [...]
Uptown's Rainbo Village faces another foreclosure suit
The developers of the Rainbo Village condominiums at 4814 - 4850 N Clark St in Uptown face another foreclosure lawsuit, this time in the amount of $ [...]
Video: The Silver District's furnished models
After talking about the pricing and incentives that are currently offered at The Silver District, 2800 W North Ave, North Clybourn Group agent Karen B [...]
Sales update: 37 unsold homes at Metropolitan Tower on Michigan Avenue
Spring's here, which means summer is will be here before you know it. Way back in 2006, Barry suggested that Metropolitan Tower, located at 310 S Mich [...]
Grande on Southport model to open next month
The first listings have emerged for The Grande on Southport, a six-unit building at 3214 N Southport Ave that I first wrote about three months ago. [...]
Trib: Unions to finance Spire construction?
Yesterday afternoon, a lengthy Reuters feature about stalled construction projects around the world showed up in our RSS reader. Buried near the botto [...]
Sales update: Slim pickings for one-bedrooms with lake views at 1400 Museum Park
The Coldwell Banker agents who handle sales at The Enterprise Companies' various Museum Park properties are good about listing all of their buildings' [...]
Discussing The Silver District's pricing and incentive packages
In this video from my visit to the open house that was held at The Silver District on Sunday, Karen Biazar from North Clybourn Group cuts right to the [...]
Sales Center Sunday: Open house at 2208 West Chicago in Ukrainian Village
On my way home from visiting The Silver District yesterday, I noticed an open house sign for this new three-flat at 2208 W Chicago Ave in the Ukrainia [...]
Lexington Park, Roosevelt Collection to open models, start closings by late spring
Sales consultants at two new South Loop developments -- Chieftain Group's Lexington Park Condominiums high-rise (at right) and Centrum Properties' Lof [...]
Sales update: Enterprise still trying to crack 50-percent mark at 1600 Museum Park
X/O's banners on Prairie Avenue still lay claim to the South Loop's future, but buyers can get a good look at the neighborhood's present just by cro [...]
Quote of the day: Stretching the imagination
"This is Humboldt Park. I wouldn't call it Logan Square by any stretch of the imagination." - North Clybourn Group agent Karen Biazar weighing in on T [...]
Seeing double on Ashland in West Town
These two new-construction developments are located almost directly across the street from each other in the 800 block of Ashland Avenue in West Town [...]
Avenue East's model and common amenities
For this second video from my recent visit to Avenue East, 160 E Illinois St, Casey Ebel from Equity Marketing Services gave me a tour of an east-faci [...]