1/26/10
I spent part of the morning calling some of the newer rental high-rises to find out what kinds of incentives and concessions they’re offering...
1/22/10
Buyers have several new mortgage options to consider at Astoria Tower, 8 E 9th St in the South Loop. According to a sheet I...
1/19/10
After seeing our corner one-bedroom showcase from a couple of weeks ago, reader Cg asked for more floor-plan comparisons. Today, I pulled similarly sized...
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...
1/14/10
Last month I walked through one of the new junior one-bedroom condos at Astoria Tower, 8 E 9th St, with Weichert, Realtors – Frankel...
1/13/10
Q: What has 1,223 bedrooms, 1,118 baths, 846,592 square feet of living space, and a price tag well over $431 million? A: The inventory...
1/5/10
Following the mention of short sales at River City on Monday, I started checking other buildings in the South Loop to see where short...
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...
12/28/09
The number of downtown homes listed as rentals on the MLS fell again between Dec. 18 and 25, according to our weekly tally. A...
12/28/09
Redfin can crunch a lot of data for users based on ZIP code or neighborhood. This morning I looked up the site’s pages for...
12/28/09
Individual posts on Roosevelt Collection, Pure, and The Silver District pulled in lots of page views this year, but one story really set the...
12/17/09
After reading Sloopin’s latest Roosevelt Collection update yesterday, I felt it was time to ride down to pay another visit to the development at...
12/17/09
This has been the year of price cuts for a lot of South Loop projects, and who doesn’t want to be left out at...
12/16/09
The Museum Park sales staff notified me this afternoon that a few homes closed last week at One Museum Park West, 1201 S Prairie...
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,...
12/9/09
December’s a month meant for retrospectives and year-end lists, so over these final three weeks of 2009, I’ll dig back through our archives to...
12/8/09
Daytime is playtime at the Yo office, so let’s play pretend! Let’s say I’m in the market for a two-bedroom / two-bath loft in...
12/6/09
Last week Jim Psyhogios of Weichert, Realtors – Frankel & Giles took me through Astoria Tower‘s unit #1204, a two-bedroom / two-bath home located...
12/2/09
One of the questions Realtors hear most frequently is, “Is this property FHA approved?” Yesterday I punched three ZIP codes into HUD’s FHA search...
12/1/09
Buyers can now get up close and personal with select units at Astoria Tower, the new high-rise at 8 E 9th St in the...