Tag: 60611
Streeter places: One-bedrooms with dens at two Streeterville rental towers
The floor plans above represent your options for one-bedroom apartments with dens at Golub & Company's two Solomon Cordwell Buenz-designed towers i [...]
Crain's: Trump at the halfway point
Sales at Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago only recently reached the 50 percent mark, Crain's reports. According to data from Appraisal Resear [...]
Spacious apartments in a Streeterville high-rise
Think you can't afford the amount of space you're craving in a Streeterville high-rise? You might reconsider after seeing the large studios and one- [...]
Around the bend at 999 North Lake Shore Drive
At the eastern end of East Lake Shore Drive, where the road curves back to the south and becomes North Lake Shore Drive once more, is 999 North Lake [...]
Auction of soap scribe's Streeterville penthouse opening at $600,000
Ever wonder where soap opera writers conjure up all those scandalous schemes and torrid love affairs? For more than 30 years, multiple Daytime Emmy [...]
A southeast corner three-bedroom with a perfect view of Navy Pier
Join developer Buzz Ruttenberg, founder of the Belgravia Group, in a walk through a three-bedroom, 3.5-bath corner unit at his most recent high-rise [...]
Co-op homes with direct elevator access at 219 East Lake Shore
Today's segment from Joe Zekas and Francesca Rose's Lake Shore Drive walk showcases 219 East Lake Shore, a vintage co-op designed by Fugard & Knapp. [...]
The Mayfair, East Lake Shore Drive's only condo building
The Mayfair, 189 E Lake Shore Dr, is the only condo building on the highly prized, architecturally cohesive stretch of East Lake Shore Drive. The ot [...]
Two bedrooms in the heart of Streeterville for under $200,000 at Pearson on the Park
Are you sitting down? The first home you see in this video from Pearson on the Park -- a completely remodeled two-bedroom / one-bath with all the ex [...]
The park and pool at ParkView
Outdoor space is precious in a neighborhood as dense as Streeterville. In addition to private balconies, residents at the ParkView Condominiums, 505 [...]
At ParkView, one-bedrooms get corners, too
The corners of high-rises aren't normally reserved for one-bedroom condos, so naturally Joe was interested in seeing the corner one-bedroom that's o [...]
All about the Drake Tower on "Co-op Row"
The first place Joe Zekas and Francesca Rose profiled on their walk down Lake Shore Drive was the Drake Tower, one of the most sought-after building [...]
Living in a Chicago icon: the highs and lows of one-bedroom condos at Marina City
Marina City at 300 N State St is one of downtown Chicago's most distinctive high-rise developments, and now that we're covering more than just new con [...]
From the Drake to the river: a walk down Lake Shore Drive
This weekend Joe Zekas and Prudential Rubloff agent Francesca Rose went on a long stroll down Lake Shore Drive, starting from the intersection of La [...]
Talking real estate at Bike the Drive
While many thousands of Chicagoans were biking Lake Shore Drive at the annual Bike the Drive event, my son Jordan, Francesca Rose and I were wal [...]
Downtown condo sales: who was busy in the first quarter of 2010?
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 quar [...]
Why Janet bought a 600 Lake Shore Drive condo
Many real estate developers are virtual recluses when they're on site at one of their projects. They go out of their way to remain unknown to home b [...]
Waitin' on the Ritz
Yo reader Bob sent along his view into the Ritz-Carlton Residences site at 664 N Michigan Ave after reading yesterday's pricing update. More clutter [...]
Today's news: New listings for Ritz-Carton Residences reach $1,336 a square foot
What, you thought we'd entered some new age of frugality and thrift? Not on the Mag Mile! Ritz-Carlton laughs in the face of a down market!
Jane Shaw [...]
Quote of the day: Learning to love the hole
We love the hole. I think we would like to have the hole there forever.
- UIC architecture professor Alexander Lehnerer, on the 70-foot-deep "scar" [...]