1/19/11
Occasionally you’ll find a “Nate Berkus home” on the market, but it’s not every day that Nate Berkus‘ home goes up for sale. Oprah’s...
1/18/11
I’ve heard from two readers in the past day about a new “Now Leasing” banner hanging outside Terrazio, 1935 S Wabash Ave in the...
1/18/11
River City made news last summer after rainwater flooded its condos and garage, but there’s been a redder kind of liquid seeping from the...
1/18/11
Won’t someone claim this penthouse? The fourth-floor unit in the old Assumption School building at 319 W Erie St in River North is one...
1/17/11
The second tower of SoNo is just one of nine rental high-rises, comprising 3,456 apartments, that are either under construction, breaking ground in 2011,...
1/17/11
If you have a sense of déjà vu as you watch the above sponsored video, perhaps it’s because you’ve seen the videos we shot...
1/16/11
The ways in which people experience Chicago’s neighborhoods are almost as varied as the neighborhoods themselves. Block by Block looks at Chicago neighborhoods the...
1/14/11
Last January I asked a representative of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat why The Legacy at Millennium Park, 60 E Monroe...
1/14/11
Following months of lobbying by area residents, Chicago Public Schools approved a plan to open a new K-8 magnet school in the former Jefferson...
1/13/11
“To get people in, they’ve needed to give away the store.” – Fifield Companies President Steven Fifield, giving his take on a competitor’s attempt...
1/13/11
Back in July 2009, Mark Boyer stumbled upon a 17-unit condo building under construction at 1162 W Hubbard St in West Town. He couldn’t...
1/13/11
Speaking of Astor Street, there’s more to the Gold Coast co-op market than just the stately high-rises of East Lake Shore Drive. The 1200...
1/12/11
World-famous hole digger Garrett Kelleher is trying to unload his century-old mansion at 1416 N Astor St for $16 million, says Dennis Rodkin. It’s...
1/12/11
Recently, at sites where the wishful-thinkers don their blinkers and gather to blather about the future of Chicago’s lakefront market, there’s been a recurring...
1/12/11
Last night, WGN-TV looked back at the final days of Cabrini Green and interviewed some of the last people to leave it. Despite its...
1/11/11
Two stories of a Potter Palmer-built mansion at 33 E Division St in the Gold Coast are on the market, either for rent or...
1/7/11
Every Friday we record the number of homes in 14 downtown Chicago’s 14 ZIP codes that are listed for rent through the MLS. Today,...
1/6/11
The Tides, Magellan Development‘s 51-story apartment tower at 360 E South Water St in Lakeshore East, had a bedbug problem in 2010, according to...
1/5/11
Earlier today I joined our sales manager on a visit to Superior 110, a luxury high-rise in River North that’s one of our clients....
1/5/11
Light up at your own risk at Kingsbury Plaza. The 420-unit apartment tower at 520 N Kingsbury St is going smoke-free, and tenants who ignore the...