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Bubbly Creek Lofts, Finkl Lofts?
Loft developers are actively scouting industrial parcels south, west and north of downtown as the supply of developable buildings dries up in traditio [...]
A mansion with a view in downtown Chicago
Fancy owning an historic mansion in the heart of River North? Well, here's your chance. The Habitat Company is marketing three handsome masonry mansi [...]
Construction update: Magnolia Court
We told you about Magnolia Court, located at 5653 N Magnolia Ave in the Magnolia Glen section of Edgewater, about a month ago, and readers commented [...]
Reflections on Archer Avenue, or "Archey Road"
As Mr Dooley might have once said, Archer Avenue is the life blood, the anchor of Chicago's Southwest side. Actually, the fictional saloon keeper of " [...]
A room with a view at McKinley Park Lofts
So yesterday we visited McKinley Park Lofts, that new Habitat Company project at Pershing Road and Western Avenue. This project is one of a handful o [...]
Enterprise and Mesirow team for massive River North high-rise project
You might expect to see this rendering under a headline involving Museum Park, given its resemblance to some of the high-rises sprouting up in the S [...]
Kingsbury Plaza is under construction in River North
The Habitat Company's Kingsbury Plaza apartment building is well underway at 520 N Kingsbury St, with occupancy slated for summer 2007. The high-ri [...]
Want a Chicago house with green space? Look for preserves, not yards
"Chicago" and "wilderness" aren't words you often hear together, unless they're meant metaphorically, or in reference to Chicago Wilderness Magazine. [...]
A look at Lake View's Grand Briar condo conversion
While some developers are copying the Art Deco style of the early 20th century in new-construction buildings, Absolute Builders has the real McCoy a [...]
In search of the Lincoln Park Trixie
Yo Joe ventured into the heart of Trixieland this morning for brunch with his Trixie consultant.
We then stood on a few street corners on Webster A [...]
KB Home introduces "single-family condominium community" in Inverness
In the winter issue of New Homes Magazine, Dan Schuyler takes a ride out to the northwest suburb of Inverness to witness in its natural habitat a rare [...]
Contemporary Palmer Square condos tout energy-efficient design
The Habitat Company is marketing this "ultra contemporary" six-unit condo building at 3069 W Armitage Ave in Palmer Square. Sure, it's maybe a littl [...]
Filmmakers take on Chicago neighborhoods
You can check out Lincoln Park's monkeys, Wicker Park's hipsters and Wrigleyville's beer-swillers in their natural habitat from the comfort of your o [...]
Behold! The $80,000 condo!
...And believe it or not, the fixer-uppering has already been done. The Habitat Company is marketing the 32-unit condo conversion Magnolia Court, lo [...]
The Chateau stands out in West Rogers Park
Speaking of condo conversions in West Rogers Park, The Chateau is one of the most distinctive we've found. The rehabbed Tudor-style buildings, locat [...]
West Rogers Park condo conversions tout proximity to Indian Boundary Park
A recent stroll down the sleepy 2700 block of West Lunt Avenue, just west of Indian Boundary Park in West Rogers Park, turned up three condo conv [...]
Wicker Park juxtaposes new and old architecture
Just as older, local businesses sit across the street from slick suburberrific chain stores, vintage and contemporary residential buildings vie for [...]
Taggers claim Westernview Condos in Back of the Yards
Westernview Condos is under construction at 4000 S Western Ave in Back of the Yards, just south of McKinley Park, and the taggers couldn't be happi [...]
Buy a condo, get a TV at The Glen Club
The latest offering from the "No seriously, we're not desperate" file: Buy a condo at The Glen Club, 5603 N Glenwood, and get $2,000 towards closing [...]
Absolute Builders planning condo conversion of 1920s building in Lake View
The Habitat Company is marketing a new Lake View condo conversion from Absolute Builders (try not picturing a vodka ad when you hear that name). Gra [...]