4/5/10
Part 2 of my Alta at K Station video tour features more of the spaces open to Alta residents on the development’s K2 amenities...
3/30/10
Bridging the two towers of the new Alta at K Station, 555 W Kinzie St, is a seven-story parking deck topped by a large...
3/29/10
It’s not swimming weather yet, but the outdoor lounge that tops Alta at K Station‘s parking deck will be ready for action once the...
3/23/10
Hang tight, dear readers — I’m still working with the people at K Station to put together a walk-through of Alta‘s western tower at...
3/2/10
Renters have started moving into the western tower at Alta at K Station, located at 365 N Jefferson St in the Fulton River District....
2/24/10
From Appraisal Research Counselors‘ 4Q 2009 Downtown Chicago Residential Benchmark Report: Nearly every building which has been recently constructed has already started condo sale...
1/26/10
I spent part of the morning calling some of the newer rental high-rises to find out what kinds of incentives and concessions they’re offering...
1/14/10
Let’s say, hypothetically, you have a hundred-unit tower near downtown that’s ready to rock and roll — how do you find tenants? You could...
1/6/10
Looking for a one-bedroom apartment with a view? Here are some examples of corner units located in apartment high-rises opening this year. 215 West,...
12/31/09
No surprise here — Crain’s reported a while back that RDM Development was pursuing a rental option for the Trio tower at 670 W...
12/29/09
The not-quite-twin towers of Alta at K Station at 555 W Kinzie St will have added well over 800 new apartments to the Fulton...
12/4/09
The last stop on my “tower tour” with Hartshorne Plunkard architects Paul Alessandro and Tom Pope was Trio, RDM Development‘s project at 650 –...
11/3/09
Two Sundays ago, Jameson agent Matt Ohlsen took me through some of the finished units on the sixth floor of Trio‘s tower at 670...
10/29/09
I don’t know it for a fact, but I’d guess that the new video above became outdated faster than any other I’ve ever uploaded....
10/28/09
“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...
10/26/09
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...
10/21/09
Welcome to the another installment of our ongoing “Web presence” feature, in which we collect as many links as we can for one residential...
10/13/09
The biggest piece of new-construction news I heard over the weekend was from Jameson agent Matt Ohlsen, who passed along word of a big...
9/16/09
Fulton River District‘s newest rental high-rise development, K Station’s Alta at K Station, 555 W Kinzie St, looks to be at a turning point...