Tag: 60611
Chicago's tall towers: a year in review
Downturn be damned -- when it comes to high-rise construction, Chicago still rules the roost. According to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Hab [...]
Your daily data: Plethora on the park
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 of unsold h [...]
Construction checkup: Ten East Delaware is ready for its closeup
The MLS shows record of a January 6th closing at Ten East Delaware, 10 E Delaware Pl, marking a brand new chapter for this high-rise. Unit #9E, a t [...]
The personality of ParkView
Each high-rise has its own personality, says Prudential Rubloff agent Francesca Rose. 600 North Fairbanks, for example, is sleek and artsy, she says [...]
Rental snapshot: How much for a 2,000 square-foot home in the downtown market?
The number of downtown homes listed as rentals on the MLS fell again between Dec. 18 and 25, according to our weekly tally. A total of 1,760 condos we [...]
List vs. sale: charting trends in three Chicago neighborhoods
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 three areas -- 60611 (Stree [...]
Ritz-Carlton gets its financing
It'll be a happy new year for the Ritz-Carlton Residences after all. Arabian Business reports that Kuwait Finance House, which has a 95-percent stake [...]
Chicago Spire non-story of the day
Crain's is reporting – to no one's surprise – that four large union-affiliated investment funds are taking a pass on the Chicago Spire.
Crain's quote [...]
Shoulda, woulda, coulda: Canyon Ranch Living
Of all the high-rise proposals that have come and gone in recent years, only a few can still send Realtors drifting into wistful thoughts of what coul [...]
A year in the life of Townhome #8
Send along your best anniversary wishes to Townhome #8 at River View, 429 E North Water St in Streeterville. The 5,321 square-foot four-bedroom / 4.5- [...]
Shark bites: a Palmolive delicacy for $810K
This week's CondoShark choice cut comes from straight from the big fish himself, Matt Garrison. Matt singled out this 1,529 square-foot two-bedroom on [...]
A new glimpse inside The Elysian
A special word of thanks to the Chicago Architecture Blog for sharing the link to this strangely silent video, released in conjunction with the open [...]
Streeterville snapshot: Lakeside living in the low to mid-$300s
I'm always curious to see what a certain price point will buy in a particular neighborhood or across the board, and mapped listings make that search a [...]
Weekly rental watch: High, low, and in-between in 60611
Last week we started keeping track of rentals listed on the MLS in 14 Chicago ZIP codes. It comes as no surprise that the area with the most homes lis [...]
Inside Lake Point Tower: A veteran door staff and a brand new lobby
Early on in their tour of Lake Point Tower, Joe Zekas and Realtors Francesca Rose and Jean Ward looked around the building's newly renovated lobby. [...]
CondoShark: Short sales at Ontario Place
According to CondoShark.com, some of the most significant price changes on short sales and foreclosed homes in River North are located in one building [...]
Quote of the day: the Spire is top priority
"When I was sitting in Copenhagen and things went south, this moved to the No. 1 slot. We're way past the look-see stage. We're in the commitment stag [...]
The park, pond and pool at Lake Point Tower
Three stories above Lake Shore Drive you'll find a setting that surprises, both in its scale and its variety. It's the 2 ½ acre park at Lake Point T [...]
Staging and the paradox of empty space
Several agents in recent weeks have told us that proper staging is vital to selling a home in this market. Several weeks ago, Joe Zekas and Prudenti [...]
The largest home at Lake Point Tower
Joe Zekas recently joined Jean Ward of Chicago Lakefront Properties and Francesca Rose of Prudential Rubloff for a walk through several homes at Lak [...]