Tag: Conversions
![Buying into a walk-up conversion was often a bad deal Buying into a walk-up conversion was often a bad deal](https://i.yochicago.com/images/hpmain/800/195800.jpg)
Buying into a walk-up conversion was often a bad deal
In the 40 years that I've followed Chicago condo conversions I've rarely seen the renovation and condo conversion of a 12+ unit walkup buildings w [...]
![From the archives – price collapses on a Noble Square one-bedroom From the archives – price collapses on a Noble Square one-bedroom](https://i.yochicago.com/images/hpmain/761/228761.jpg)
From the archives – price collapses on a Noble Square one-bedroom
Five years ago today we noted a $20,000 asking-price reduction on a 1-bedroom condo at 1428 W Walton St in Noble Square. Unit 1S, which was the last i [...]
![Updating an Uptown condo conversion face-off Updating an Uptown condo conversion face-off](https://i.yochicago.com/images/hpmain/196/202196.jpg)
Updating an Uptown condo conversion face-off
Five years ago today we wrote about two Uptown condo conversions directly across the street from each other at 927 and 928 W Eastwood. We noted t [...]
![Do Parc Huron, EnV prices suggest possibility of condo-to-rental conversions? Do Parc Huron, EnV prices suggest possibility of condo-to-rental conversions?](https://img.youtube.com/vi/p-MCKsB1nmQ/hqdefault.jpg)
Do Parc Huron, EnV prices suggest possibility of condo-to-rental conversions?
The prices at which two new apartment towers have sold recently raise the question of whether owners in some newer condo buildings could realize h [...]
![A cold wind blows at 2930 North Sheridan A cold wind blows at 2930 North Sheridan](https://i.yochicago.com/images/hpmain/236/245236.jpg)
A cold wind blows at 2930 North Sheridan
Five years ago YoChicago was writing about the recently-announced condo conversion at 2930 North Sheridan, in Lake View. We revisited the developm [...]
![From Yo’s archives – free plasma TVs and agents drinking their own Kool-Aid From Yo’s archives – free plasma TVs and agents drinking their own Kool-Aid](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Kf-76mm96JE/hqdefault.jpg)
From Yo’s archives – free plasma TVs and agents drinking their own Kool-Aid
Remember plasma TVs as sales incentives? Remember buying a Bronzeville condo for its appreciation potential?
Five years ago today we were writi [...]
![Steep declines on 525 Hawthorne Place resale prices Steep declines on 525 Hawthorne Place resale prices](https://i.yochicago.com/images/hpmain/116/111116.jpg)
Steep declines on 525 Hawthorne Place resale prices
525 Hawthorne Place was built in 1969 and converted to condos in 2002. The 30-story, 233-unit building has a solid Lakeview East location overlooking [...]
![FSBO follies in Logan Square? FSBO follies in Logan Square?](https://i.yochicago.com/images/hpmain/223/146223.jpg)
FSBO follies in Logan Square?
In the early years of the millennium a patch of Logan Square along Armitage was a hotbed of development activity, playing host to a number of loft [...]
![Conversions and Oakwood Shores: Bronzeville's dominant features Conversions and Oakwood Shores: Bronzeville's dominant features](https://img.youtube.com/vi/S7PN-aSfaqk/hqdefault.jpg)
Conversions and Oakwood Shores: Bronzeville's dominant features
In this video, Coldwell Banker Realtor Clarence Thompson tells me about three distinct pricing areas within Bronzeville. Sixty-seven percent of the [...]
![Floor plan faceoff: lakeside living in two Rogers Park two-bedrooms Floor plan faceoff: lakeside living in two Rogers Park two-bedrooms](https://i.yochicago.com/images/hpmain/347/265347.jpg)
Floor plan faceoff: lakeside living in two Rogers Park two-bedrooms
Turn east off of Sheridan in Rogers Park and you'll quickly run out of road, as just about every street cul-de-sacs at the edge of a beach or a lak [...]
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