Search query: SoNo
Riding high
Highwood now a hotspot in shadow of Highland Park's upscale homes, downtown
Here's a trip for you. Make your way up to the north side of Highland Pa [...]
High-rises push south to Cermak Road as red-hot South Loop bursts its borders
With a lakefront location and plenty of vacant land for residential high-rise development, Chicago's red-hot South Loop neighborhood is about to burs [...]
Live the high life without headaches by thoroughly vetting high-rise condos
Chicago is in the midst of a high-rise condo boom, but before signing on the dotted line, buyers should look away from the enchanting skyline views a [...]
West Loop addition
At 565 Quincy, 7-story loft plus 11 glass floors equals one eclectic building
Topping a vintage seven-story brick warehouse with 11 stories of glass [...]
Recipe for success
Russland repeats Michigan Ave. Tower success with 2nd South Loop high-rise
When you find a recipe for success in real estate, you use it more than o [...]
Get your groove back at massive West Loop loft development
You might think making nice with your neighbors would be tough when you live in a converted heavy-timber warehouse that fills an entire city block, b [...]
Fountain Square: Evanston's answer to Times Square?
We've told you about developer Roszak / ADC's proposal to build Evanston's tallest high-rise and the North Shore's first hotel condo project; now it l [...]
Seven sins to watch for in new-construction condos
New Construction Corner
I recently completed my 650th inspection of a new-construction condominium and found seven problems that significantly affec [...]
A new frat house high-rise for Chads and Trixies in Lincoln Park?
If SoLo didn't take off as a nickname for the South Loop, what makes the developer of South of North, a new high-rise in Lincoln Park, think that the [...]
Chicago's biggest condo conversion boom since '70s offers better variety, product
On a typical day at the sales office for The Park Millennium, a condo conversion project on the New East Side, a guide takes four or five potential bu [...]
The good, the bad and the ugly of Chicago apartment hunting
Our friend Jessica is in the midst of searching for apartments. She found the apartment she's moving out of on Craigslist posted by two guys looking f [...]
Breakfast nook means tight dining in Chicago rentals
A breakfast nook: what might be the dining room of a studio, but minus the "room." Our friend Ben let us in his Lake View studio's kitchen to show us [...]
The bargain hunt
They're growing rare, but deals remain for those in the know
Wouldn't it be nice to turn back the clock to that golden age, just six months ago, when [...]
West Loop looking up
Rare highrise project puts 2 Emerald towers on Green Street
Environmental considerations were integral to the design of the 12-story glass, steel [...]
Chicago condo conversions offer putting greens, libraries
We've been looking at what's offered at the different condo conversion projects around Chicago and noticed that some of them offer more amenities than [...]
Getting into the Park
Rare condo conversions selling while luxury resales linger in Lincoln Park
Margot Huston was visiting her son at his rental apartment in the vintage h [...]
When your Chicago rental goes condo…
What should you do when your downtown apartment building goes condo? Renters face a mixed bag of experiences in New York, according to contributors to [...]
Chicago's best new homes 2005
The experts choose the top city developments of 2005
The most difficult choice for this year's New Homes Awards was in the category of best new highr [...]
Bridgeport Village offers 10 new homes
Snitzer Homes has unveiled 10 new single-family home designs that offer classic Chicago architecture and even more space than earlier models at Bridge [...]
Like a million bucks
Geoffrey Ruttenberg remembers when a million dollars was a lot of money.
"There was a time when $1 million got you the best house, whatever you wanted [...]