Tag: Conversions
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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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