Search query: parkside

1 2 3 476 / 76 POSTS
It's new to us: 340 West Evergreen

It's new to us: 340 West Evergreen

For all the talk of slowdowns and freezes, there appear to be a number of new-construction homes out there that have slipped under the radar and pas [...]
Construction checkup: The Hudson

Construction checkup: The Hudson

For those who thought this post was going to be about the other new development known as "The Hudson" at 825 N Hudson Ave, I'm sorry to get your hopes [...]
City partnership pushing $10,000 buying incentive

City partnership pushing $10,000 buying incentive

Judging by the banners I've seen in 'L' cars this week, the city is stepping up its promotion of buyers incentives offered through its Partnership f [...]
We love lists: (Down)townhouses

We love lists: (Down)townhouses

They go by many names: townhomes, rowhomes, attached single-families. I prefer the catch-all "townhouses" for this type of multi-story home, the kin [...]
Signs of life on the frontier?

Signs of life on the frontier?

The Yo office is just three blocks south of Chicago Avenue in River North, and we regularly pass by the southern border of Cabrini-Green on our way [...]
Construction checkup: The Cambridge

Construction checkup: The Cambridge

While construction on The Hudson is wrapping up, The Cambridge, the other mid-rise condo building in Phase 1 of the Parkside of Old Town development, [...]
Centro 18: Coming…when?

Centro 18: Coming…when?

The folks at Kimball Hill Homes have a lot on their plate at the moment, so it should come as no surprise that one of the company's long-delayed pro [...]

Kimball Hill predicts "substantial net loss" in 2007 filing

This must be the week of bad news. Kimball Hill Homes, the developer of both Parkside of Old Town and Park Boulevard, has delayed filing its 2007 fis [...]
Chicago's mega-projects

Chicago's mega-projects

Massive developments build community, parks and more alongside new homes Most Chicago neighborhoods grow and die piecemeal – old buildings ge [...]

Quote of the day: developers should integrate great spaces into city

"What we as developers can do is design great places and integrate these spaces into the city well...giving people the opportunity for chance encounte [...]
RADA Development brings more new constuction to Old Town / Cabrini-Green area

RADA Development brings more new constuction to Old Town / Cabrini-Green area

A lot is changing where Old Town meets Cabrini-Green, but, as I was snapping pictures of the new developments springing up, somebody still came by [...]
New construction replaces Cabrini-Green housing projects

New construction replaces Cabrini-Green housing projects

Every time we drive through the Cabrini-Green section of River North, it seems more and more of the neighborhood's notorious public housing struct [...]
Heavy metal apartments rock Cabrini-Green

Heavy metal apartments rock Cabrini-Green

No, a super-tall Metra car didn't derail in Cabrini-Green (or are we supposed to call it Old Town now?). This is a new apartment complex going up at [...]
Neighborhoods for the rest of us — Austin Historic District

Neighborhoods for the rest of us — Austin Historic District

If you like the stately Victorian homes of Oak Park but can't live with being a suburbanite, you might want to take a look at the Austin Historic Di [...]
It's a big weekend for big condo openings

It's a big weekend for big condo openings

A number of big ol' condo developments are having big ol' openings this weekend. The sales center (pictured) and one-bedroom model for Lexington Par [...]
Prison condos: New York housing trend coming to Chicago?

Prison condos: New York housing trend coming to Chicago?

The almost criminal rise in prices during the last decade of Chicago's booming real estate market has resulted in the conversion ("adaptive reuse" is [...]
1 2 3 476 / 76 POSTS