Tag: Condos
The nearly news: High, low, and in-between in Avondale
In the market for something nearly new in Avondale? Here are the low, median, and high price points for homes built between 2004 and 2007 that are now [...]
Prices slashed at Park Monroe
Through the rest of this year, buyers can get a one- or two-bedroom home at the Park Monroe, 55 E Monroe St (the converted office tower in the center [...]
Crain's: Trio, Mondial may switch to rental
“Do you think someone who has a contract for a $450,000 unit that they signed two years ago is going to close? They aren’t going to close, so why alie [...]
Inside a top-floor duplex at Motor Row Lofts
Step inside unit #505 at Motor Row Lofts, a three-bedroom / two-bath duplex with views to the north and monitor skylights at both ends of the lofted [...]
Case-Shiller Tuesday: Changes all positive for Chicago
Home values went nowhere but up, up, up, in August, according to the latest Standard & Poor’s Case-Shiller Home Price Indices. For the first time [...]
The Gold Coast and Streeterville markets: What's hot, and what's not
Before we got onto the topic of North Side neighborhoods, Coldwell Banker agent Jenny Ames and I discussed the Gold Coast and Streeterville markets, [...]
Compare and contrast: Facts and figures on Trio's mid-rise and tower condos
On Sunday I did what few others have: I set foot in the 22-story, 100-unit Trio high-rise at 670 W Wayman St in the Fulton River District. The tower [...]
How to prepare for a real estate auction
Last week Julie First of Sheldon Good & Company helped you improve your auction vocabulary. Now she's going to give you some pointers on preparing f [...]
The shark attack to "Trump" all others: three birds, one bite
Three units at Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago, 401 N Wabash St, have seen some the some of the largest price reductions in River Nor [...]
Lincoln Park 2520, buyer trust, and the viability of new high-rises
Among the many proposed high-rises that never made it past pre-sales, only the truly unique products -- ones that offer quality homes in highly desi [...]
Rethinking the four-plus-one in Lake View
Surely the four-plus-one has its fans, but in my experience, they're few and far between. Occasionally you'll come across a four-plus-one that break [...]
Unit details and minimum bids for Michigan Avenue Tower II's condo auction
Accelerated Marketing Services has posted a breakdown of the Michigan Avenue Tower II condos it's auctioning on November 15. I had to punch in my name [...]
Understanding the language of auctions
If the word "auction" probably conjures images of fancy Sotheby's showrooms or motor-mouthed MCs manning a cattle pen, you'll be happy to know that [...]
40 Michigan Avenue Tower II condos to be auctioned in November
Are the auction floodgates finally opening?
Following the Vetro auction last winter, several market observers expected condos at big developments to [...]
Trump resales, above and below ground
As we saw yesterday in my video tour with Tricia Fox, Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago is just one example of a new high-rise with lots [...]
Floor-to-ceiling views from a Motor Row Lofts corner unit
"This is the sex appeal people associate with a loft," says Joe Zekas as he walks around unit #206 at Motor Row Lofts, 2303 S Michigan Ave, with dev [...]
Views aplenty from a Trump three-bedroom
After chatting about the state of Chicago's luxury market, Tricia Fox of Keller Williams Gold Coast Realtors took me through a couple of her listing [...]
Bob Darrow on Broadway retail and alternatives to Boys Town
From the Center on Halsted, Bob Darrow and I walked east along Waveland Avenue to Broadway. If Halsted Street represents the heart of Boys Town nigh [...]
Neighborhoods for the rest of us: McKinley Park
Taking its name from the 69-acre public space bounded by 37th Street, Pershing Road, and Damen, Western, and Archer avenues (itself named after Pres [...]
Opera's lofty themes: rent or own?
In Chicago's Near South Side, Opera Realty's Opera Lofts are selling and leasing lofts converted from a storage warehouse for the Lyric Opera of Chi [...]