Tag: 60607
Views from a northeast corner penthouse at 235 Van Buren
We've taken in some great views of downtown from 235 Van Buren in the past, but last week was the first time I had ventured up to the tower's top fl [...]
Unit #4610: 235 Van Buren's crown jewel
Unit #4610 is a one-of-a-kind condo at 235 Van Buren. With 2,272 square feet of interior space split between two floors, two west-facing balconies, [...]
Sales update: Nine homes available with 5 percent down at CA23 in the West Loop
Buyers can purchase the last nine homes at CA23 in the West Loop with seller financing and down payments as low as 5 percent, says developer Geoff R [...]
Sales update: 450 sold at 235 Van Buren
CMK Companies sold nine condos at 235 Van Buren last month, bringing the number of sold units up to 450 and closed units to 275, according to sales [...]
Shark bites: 43 percent off a River City short sale
The CondoShark normally checks in on Fridays, but we gave him some time off for the New Year. He's back to the grind today and has already found a t [...]
Deals for buyers, agents at 235 Van Buren
For the next six weeks, buyers who sign contracts on homes at 235 Van Buren in the Loop will receive as much as $5,000 in closing credit, according [...]
Yo's year: Whatever happened to Pure?
The Pure scandal was already in full swing by the beginning of 2009. It kicked off back in September 2008, when developer Salman Ibrahim absconded to [...]
Touring a West Loop ho-ho-home
With Hanukkah and Christmas right around the corner, people often consider this a hibernation period for the real estate market, but I met one agent [...]
Loft living: Looking for downtown two-bedrooms in the high $300s
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 a downtown neighborhood, [...]
FHA fast facts: South Loop approvals
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 and [...]
Chopping block: New cuts in the West Loop
RMR Partners and @properties have taken a hatchet to four homes at 114 - 120 N Halsted St in the West Loop in the past week.
Two condos -- units #2 [...]
Sales update: seven homes left at CA23
I toured some of the broker open houses in the West Loop yesterday and ambled over to the Brixton Group's CA23 at 23 N Aberdeen St. Megan Dunn, [...]
Is that a sellout on Vetro's horizon?
All this talk about Motor Row Lofts and Michigan Avenue Tower II had me wondering about the status of Vetro, 611 S Wells St, still the poster-child fo [...]
Sales update: steady deliveries and contracts at 235 Van Buren
CMK Companies' Loop high-rise 235 Van Buren is now delivering up to the 39th floor, says CMK Realty Managing Broker Scott Hoskins. By continuing to [...]
'L' stops and home sales in the 27th Ward
We were concerned about there not being a stop between Clinton Street and Ashland, which is more than a mile if I'm not mistaken. There's nothing in t [...]
The nearly news: The highs, lows, and in-betweens of West Loop one-bedrooms
Now that we're branching out beyond just new-construction homes and looking at resales and rentals, we can break out a feature that's been cooking i [...]
Chicago's new lofts: What's left?
The past year has done a number on the selection of new true lofts throughout the city. Some developments, like University Village, finally reached se [...]
CA23's local dance studio
Being in the West Loop, CA23's new condos at 23 N Aberdeen St have neighborhood amenities that more or less go without saying. Residents are blocks f [...]
Quote of the day: "Kicking the can"
...I find that selling units to actual home buyers is the more desirable alternative to developers facing tough decisions in this marketplace. Too of [...]
More scenes from the CA23 block party
When he wasn't busy sampling the eats or rocking out to U2 (or something like it) at The Brixton Group's block party on Aberdeen Street in the West [...]