Tag: High-rise
EnV gets LEED certification
The 249-unit EnV apartment tower at 161 W Kinzie St in River North is now LEED certified.
"EnV achieved LEED certification for use of recycled and [...]
Construction checkup: Ritz-Carlton Residences
With elements of its facade now in place along its lower levels, it's getting easier to see how the Ritz-Carlton Residences high-rise, under cons [...]
Choice cuts: $90K for a lakefront two-bedroom in Hyde Park
A "M O T I V A T E D S E L L E R !!!" at Hyde Park's Parkshore Apartments, 1755 - 1765 E 55th St, is asking $89,900 for a fifth-floor two-bedroom [...]
Half off at 200 North Dearborn
So was your worst offer too bad, or not bad enough?
Just a couple months after begging buyers to "give us your worst offer" for a 200 North Dearbor [...]
Rental options at Michigan Avenue Tower II
It's been well over a year since Russland Capital Group auctioned off more than 40 of the condos at Michigan Avenue Tower II, 1400 S Michigan Ave. Ear [...]
235 Van Buren’s ‘crown jewel’ sells for $860K
Last March Scott Hoskins of CMK Realty took me through the "crown jewel" of 235 Van Buren -- unit 4610, a 2,272 square-foot two-bedroom / 2.5-bath [...]
Quote of the day: New rental high-rise designs are good enough
This Lake Wobegon, all-the-buildings-are-above-average quality was predictable. These are apartment buildings, where budgets and architectural ambitio [...]
Attempting a flip at Walton on the Park
The newest listing for sale at Walton on the Park, 2 W Delaware St, is just the second attempt at a resale I've seen since closings began last year, a [...]
FitzGerald has big plans for One South Halsted
A couple summers ago, Gazette Chicago reported that Skokie-based F&F Realty planned to build a 514-unit apartment building with "hotel-style amenities [...]
Lincoln Park vintage with a rooftop pool
I’ll always think of The Pierre, 2100 N Lincoln Park West, as the best Chicago building done by a bad developer.
When The Pierre was converted [...]
Feeling the pain: Owners unloading at Avenue East in Streeterville
Avenue East, 160 E Illinois St, seemed to have a steady stream of homes coming back on the market last year, and saw about one sale a month during 201 [...]
New loft and condo models in the West Loop
The new high-rise at 565 Quincy, in the West Loop, sits atop an existing loft building.
Last week I visited the community for a sponsored tour [...]
Curbed gets a better look at SoNo East
There's your building, folks. California-based architect Adam Berkelhamer sent Curbed new renderings of SoNo East, the 22-story, rental-only compa [...]
Quote of the day: ‘An apartment-flipper market’
"It’s almost like we went from a condo-flipper market to an apartment-flipper market."
- Ron DeVries, vice-president at Appraisal Research Counsel [...]
Going up: Trump’s ‘best tier’ back at a $1.35M markup
Chezi Rafaeli of Coldwell Banker says the A-tier units of Trump's 41st through 49th floors are the best in the building, so popular with early pre-con [...]
Berkus lists Gold Coast condo for $2.65M
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 favorite desi [...]
Crain’s: Nine new rental towers in the pipeline
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 20 [...]
The Legacy finally deemed a tall tower
Last January I asked a representative of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat why The Legacy at Millennium Park, 60 E Monroe St, didn't [...]
Quote of the day: Giving it away at 200 Squared
"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 [...]
Bedbugs (real ones) strike The Tides at Lakeshore East
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 a pos [...]