Tag: commercial
Winnetka offices for the North Shore professional
874 Green Bay Rd offers smaller office spaces completely renovated with the North Shore professional in mind.
The building has a classic Tudor [...]
Whole Foods goes where urban renewal went to die
Ten years ago reporter John McCarron wrote this about Englewood:
This is the place urban renewal came to die. It died during the early ’70s, ri [...]
Renovated office space in Winnetka
My itinerary last Friday and Saturday started in Winnetka and moved on to Evanston, Park Ridge, the city and Highland Park.
BJB Evanst [...]
A stalled 1K Fulton and Google rumors
Ever since Crain's reported that Google is considering a move to the new 1K Fulton development in the West Loop commenters at various websites hav [...]
The Loop’s blue building on LaSalle Street
All that remains of the circa-1910 Otis Building at 10 S LaSalle is four stories of its original façade, and it's all you may have ever noticed of [...]
Mariano’s updates – Bucktown and Ravenswood
Foundation work appeared to be nearly complete on the new Ravenswood Mariano's Fresh Market when I stopped by last Saturday. The site is on the n [...]
Will Fifield “tack on” a hotel and 350 apartments to a West Loop office tower?
We haven't added Steve Fifield's site at 601-625 W Monroe in the West Loop to our list of new downtown apartment projects, because current plans c [...]
The Maxwell moves forward without apartments
The Bond Companies has apparently made a major change in its plans for The Maxwell, a development at Clinton, Canal and Roosevelt.
Earlier plan [...]
Demolition update – Clybourn Corridor retail sites
If you think that the Clybourn Corridor already has enough retail outlets, you'd be lining up on a different side of that issue than some local la [...]
Church barbeque gives way to Walgreens sushi on Armitage
Back in the day you could count on some of Chicago's best barbeque outside the Greater Little Rock Church at Armitage and Dayton in the DePaul - S [...]
Fulton Market impact development underway
An "impact development" is one that's likely to spur substantial change in its immediate area.
The Fulton Market neighborhood in t [...]
Keeping up with the Wolf Point development
Wolf Point is an iconic site at the junction of the North, South and Main branches of the Chicago River. A proposed three-tower residential and of [...]
Construction check – Pete’s Fresh Market on Madison
A month ago we noted that construction was slated to start this month on the new Pete's Fresh Market at the southeast corner of Madison and Wester [...]
The West Loop Target stands out
As you approach downtown Chicago from the air, or along the Eisenhower Expressway, one building is a clear, colorful standout.
It's the huge n [...]
Calling a bottom at Logan View in Logan Square
It's been 5 years to the day since we reported price reductions and a "developer closeout" at Logan View Condominiums, 3125 W Fullerton, in Logan [...]
Building a 30-story hotel in fifteen days
Chicago's new downtown apartment towers are rising toward their full height at a rapid pace – a floor every three days in some instances. Once the [...]
U Lucky Dawg site in West Rogers Park will remain sacred ground
For many Chicagoans there's no piece of ground more sacred than the one that hosts their favorite hot dog stand.
U Lucky Dawg, 6821 N Western [...]
From the archives: Fox & Obel in the South Loop
Five years ago today we mentioned a Sun-Times story suggesting that Fox & Obel might open a South Loop store at the northeast corner of Roosevelt [...]
A visit to the top of One World Trade Center
We don't normally range as far afield as New York for our posts, but it's hard to resist meeting the ironworkers at One World Trade Center in New [...]
Quote of the day – 1,000s of professionals in scores of storefronts
The Tribune and the Sun-Times reported on Ald. Proco Joe Moreno's proposal, which passed the City Council Zoning Committee, to allow a portion of [...]