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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
New Home Nuggets: New listings, new prices in Roscoe Village
I've been sifting through some of the new construction listings in Roscoe Village over the last couple days and decided to cruise up to the neighborho [...]
Touring North Center's EcoNorth
To round out my open house tours this weekend I headed up north to check out Phase I of EcoNorth, a 16-unit development at 1842 W Irving Park Rd in [...]
What's up with Lincoln Park 2520?
Answer: Not a lot. There's a construction trailer on site, but no equipment and no signs of progress beyond the demolition of the old Columbus Hospi [...]
Sights and sounds of the Pride Parade
For the second year in a row I briefly stopped by the annual gay pride parade in Lake View to get a glimpse of the revelry and madness the event alw [...]
Touring the top floor of Urban Sandbox
We've been in Urban Sandbox a couple of times, but we've never captured any video of its top-floor units until I stopped by on Saturday afternoon. O [...]
Looking at a Lincoln Park foreclosure
On our Friday drive to the Lincoln Park, we made a quick stop by the corner of Wisconsin Street and Lincoln Park West, where Metropolitan Developmen [...]
Summer scenes from Lincoln Park
Jeremy, Joe, and I spent much of Friday afternoon touring the Lincoln Park Zoo and other neighboring attractions. Here are three panoramic images I [...]
Is Lincoln Park one of America's most troubled luxury neighborhoods?
Forbes Magazine reports that it is.
Has the housing market scraped bottom? Not in some of the wealthier neighborhoods--places like New York City's Gr [...]
New Homes Roundup: Condos in Boys Town
The real estate probably won't be nearly as spectacular as some of the outfits, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't check out the new-construction c [...]
A video tour of 2523 North Southport
I got to tour four homes in the new six-unit development at 2523 N Southport Ave in Lincoln Park this Sunday with Conlon Real Estate's Jason Mrozik. [...]
Foreclosures hit new Lincoln Park luxury homes
According to a report from Crain's Chicago Business, two banks have filed three separate foreclosure suits against SMH Development involving propertie [...]
Touring Ravenswood Gardens with Chris Moran
In the first part of their walk around Ravenswood Gardens, Joe Zekas and Sudler Sotheby's agent Chris Moran stroll along the 2600 block of Windsor a [...]
Sales update: Alexandria on Belmont
Two homes remain at the Alexandria on Belmont development at 1415 - 1425 W Belmont St in Lake View, according to the office of Coldwell Banker's Na [...]
More homes for sale at Halsted Row
A handful of new homes have hit the market at the ongoing Halsted Row development at 2847 - 2905 N Halsted St in Lake View. The joint Stillpoint De [...]
New developer making way at Wabansia Row II
Turns out it was a combination of zoning issues and a lack of funding that slowed work at Wabansia Row II, the Bucktown townhome development that ha [...]
Saturday at the ballpark
Here's some pictures from my first Cubs game of the year Saturday, a 7-0 Cubby romp over last year's NLDS nemesis, the Los Angeles Dodgers. Between [...]
Deal of the day: Fletcher Row offering six months of principal and interest payments
According to a report in today's Chicago Tribune, Fletcher Row, a 20-unit townhouse development at 2424 W Fletcher Ave in Hamlin Park, is offering buy [...]