11/1/15
Eight demolition permits were issued last Thursday for the 2-story buildings flanking the mid-rise at Atrium Village. Onni Group had previously announced plans to...
9/24/14
Six weeks ago Chicago Real Estate Daily reported that the “Target site” in Lakeview had been sold to Novak Construction in “a possible first...
6/11/14
The recently-demolished site that’s slated for new condominiums at 4 East Elm in the Gold Coast reminded me of the steel skeleton that stood...
5/20/14
The six-story building at 200 North Michigan Ave in the Loop is being demolished to make way for The John Buck Company‘s new 42-story,...
5/13/14
If the image above matches your memory of 200 N Michigan Ave, your memory needs updating. As of yesterday afternoon most of the building...
5/12/14
Demolition permits were issued on Friday for 703 and 705 N Wells. These buildings once hosted, respectively, the Trowbridge Gallery and O’Hara’s Gallery. The...
4/21/14
Sappanos Paint closed several years ago after a long run at 2940 N Halsted in Lakeview. The one-story building on the site had been...
4/16/14
Travel back in time to the spring of 2006 and you would have found more than 100 homes on the Village of Wilmette’s list...
10/31/13
We don’t ordinarily write about institutional or commercial properties. We do, as a matter of course, try to bring to your attention videos that...
11/28/12
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...
4/10/12
When I pulled into the parking lot opposite my office yesterday morning, just after 10, the vacant building between the parking lot and the...
1/13/12
According to a January 8 article in the Houston Chronicle, “It took 17 seconds Sunday morning for the first skyscraper built outside of downtown...
3/26/11
Next Wednesday will mark the beginning of the demolition of the last remaining high-rise at Cabrini-Green. Poetry and lights will mark its passing, as...