11/15/10
Developer Mark Goodman may try to complete the unfinished Waterview Tower at 111 W Wacker Dr, not as a 90-story condo / hotel high-rise,...
11/4/10
One of the perks of owning a Benton Place Parkhome at Lakeshore East is having access to the Shore Club, the two-story, 115,000 square-foot...
9/23/10
An multifamily REIT division of Texas-based Behringer Harvard bought Burnham Pointe earlier this summer and is now angling for a 75-percent stake in Aqua’s...
8/6/10
What the old Yo staff said about The Loop and the New East Side / Lakeshore East in a 2007 write-up of Chicago’s hottest...
7/12/10
That’s what a furnished living room looks like at Magellan Development‘s Benton Place Parkhomes. Interior designer Robert Pope, who designed the interiors at Aqua,...
7/7/10
Often left out of conversation about Aqua‘s mix of residential units are the nine Parkhomes located at its base, on the western side of...
6/22/10
Aqua‘s been open long enough for a number of buying and renting choices to emerge. If you’re looking to buy a condo, there are...
5/26/10
More than 55 percent of downtown Chicago’s new condo and townhome developments reported an increase in the number of units sold from the fourth...
4/23/10
I suppose I assumed 200 North Dearborn had received approval for FHA-backed mortgages sometime in the past year or two. Guess not — according...
3/4/10
Work has finally begun on Lakeshore East‘s long-awaited grocery store, according to Magellan Development. A Roundy’s Supermarket will occupy about half of a 105,000...
2/22/10
Emporis‘ editors have named Aqua the best skyscraper of 2009, according to the Tribune’s Blair Kamin. The Jeanne Gang-designed, Magellan-built tower at 225 N...
2/15/10
On Friday I found myself on Wells Street in the Loop, starting my hike back toward the Yo offices in River North, when I...
1/27/10
Inspired by Dennis Rodkin’s “Gallery of Low Prices” on the Chicago Magazine Deal Estate blog, I started sifting through downtown homes listed at or...
1/19/10
Downturn be damned — when it comes to high-rise construction, Chicago still rules the roost. According to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban...
12/31/09
Here are a few of the most-viewed videos added to the YoChicago YouTube channel over the past year. A city within a city: Lakeshore...
12/21/09
It’s Nutcracker time for the Joffrey Ballet, which seems like as good of an excuse as any to check in on availability at the...
12/10/09
It’s 2:30 in the afternoon and 9 degrees outside…time to practice that butterfly! Year-round swimming isn’t a problem at a lot of condo high-rises,...
12/3/09
With Aqua saddled with Fannie Mae issues and uncertainty surrounding its hotel component, and with the Parkhomes taking their sweet time in closing (deliveries...
12/1/09
Buyers who have been following Aqua’s Fannie Mae troubles will be interested to hear that Magellan Development has lined up two portfolio lenders: Harris...
11/20/09
It hasn’t put the brakes on closings, but it certainly changed from a green light to a yellow light. It’s not a red light,...