Driving Bucktown with Greg Viti
The first segment of Joe Zekas' Bucktown tour with Realtor Greg Viti starts in the 2100 block of West Churchill St, a good example of a street whose [...]
Sales update: New marketing team but same old prices at Bucktown Station
During my walk home from the Western Blue Line station last Thursday, I noticed a new @properties sign inside one of the retail-level windows at Buc [...]
Investors' evolving objectives in Bucktown
Buyers of multi-unit buildings in Bucktown have "dropped out of the game" as developers and have "put on their investment hats," says Koenig & Strey [...]
Bucktown, from hookers and hipsters to family haven
Koenig & Strey's Greg Viti is a third-generation Realtor. I first met him barely a year into his 23-year career in real estate.
I recently sat down [...]
Foreclosure comes to the EcoLogic Lofts
Senco Properties has defaulted on almost $7 million in loans for the 94-unit EcoLogic Lofts in Bucktown, leaving the turbine-topped plan blowing in [...]
Yo's weekly condo rental update
The number of downtown homes listed for rent on the MLS has leveled off in the past few weeks. By our count, there was a net change of just three unit [...]
"Unmatched living" in Lincoln Park
Take a gander at the most expensive home for sale in Lincoln Park, an 8,000 square-foot, full-floor residence at 2450 N Lakeview Ave. For almost two y [...]
Crain's: Supera, Zisook take over redevelopment of Lincoln Park Hospital site
Developers Michael Supera and Richard Zisook have taken title of the old Lincoln Park Hospital at 550 W Webster Ave and plan to redevelop the site wit [...]
FHA-approved developments in Lake View
There aren't a lot of developments in Lake View that have completed the entire HUD review or Direct Endorsement Lender review process necessary to obt [...]
Dempster diving: Buy a pitcher's pad
Typically when a ballplayer puts his home on the market, it means there's a trade on the horizon.* In the case of Cubs pitcher Ryan Dempster, who is h [...]
A light-filled architectural showplace in DePaul
The exteriors of many homes in the historic DePaul / Sheffield neighborhood of Chicago give few clues as to what lies within. In October, Joe Zekas [...]
Shark bites: Serving up slices of single-family home deals
Chomp, chomp! CondoShark has locked its jaws on dozens of single-family homes in the Gold Coast, Lincoln Park, Bucktown, and Lake View. In each are [...]
Watching Wrightwood Crossing, from rendering to reality
In a day when we are seeing more development projects abandoned or put on hold than completed, it is refreshing to see a project come to fruition. [...]
A Chicago Thanksgiving
Spotted, several years ago, near Damen Avenue and George Street.
All of us at YoChicago give thanks for the abundance we enjoy, and the liberty tha [...]
A bomb in Bucktown
Does anyone know the current status of this boarded-up bust-out at Damen and Webster, in Bucktown? [...]
Lincoln Park 2520: Coming in…2034?
Lincoln Park 2520 offers the chance of a lifetime, for a building such as this on Chicago's lakefront will not be built for a generation or more.
- Ch [...]
Shark bites: Three discounted condos in Wrightwood Neighbors
A few weeks ago we brought you some info on price cuts at three Lincoln Park single-family homes, courtesy of CondoShark.com. Today I'm turning to t [...]
A walk through Oz Park
Last week I took the Brown Line up to Armitage and walked a few blocks east to Oz Park, one of the great public spaces of the Lincoln Park community [...]
Name the nabe of the forgotten footwear
No one took a stab at last week's nabe (it was Wicker Park, by the way), so let's go back to something a little less difficult. In which neighborhoo [...]
New construction opportunities in Bucktown
Even with today's economic climate, a developer could succeed in Bucktown right now with the right type of single-family home, says @properties agen [...]