Tag: High-rise
Vultures see rental potential for Trio's tower and 1400 Lake Shore Drive
"We would lose the properties one way or another. This seemed like the most responsible way to go."
- RDM Development President Robert Mosky, on h [...]
The Chicago Spire: 2005-2010?
Maybe there's hope for the Second Sun after all. Anglo Irish Bank has filed a $77 million foreclosure suit against the Chicago Spire, "likely certif [...]
Get a charge out of Parc Huron's garage
To get LEED Gold certification, a development needs at least 60 credits' worth of green things. Parc Huron earned three of those credits by installi [...]
Get "free equity" on a 757 Orleans purchase
"FREE EQUITY up to $6,000, only at 757 Orleans." Those bold, red words scream across the across a full-page ad in today's RedEye and an e-blast sitt [...]
Creature comforts and great architecture: Why Philip and Erika like life in the Loop
Erika, an English teacher at a Chicago public high school, and Philip, who works for the Chicago Architecture Foundation, are new homeowners at 235 [...]
A gracious, spacious three-bedroom condo at 433 Briar in Lake View
Last week project manager Zev Salomon talked to Joe Zekas about the irreplaceable vintage aspects of 433 Briar and the appeal of its Lake View surro [...]
Riding the rails: "Average" homes near Thorndale
The average sale price of a single-family home in Edgewater over the past year has been just under $590,000, and the average for a condo was just ov [...]
A high-floor duplex at Chicago’s Water Tower Place
Join Tina Culver on the 67th and 68th floors of Water Tower Place for a video tour of a showplace decorator home.
The 2-bedroom home, with two-and- [...]
Brand new decades old Lincoln Park rentals
The sign touting “brand new” luxury rentals outside Eugenie Terrace is a bit disconcerting to anyone who remembers when the high-rise was built in t [...]
433 Briar: irreplaceable vintage in Lake View
An affiliate of Belgravia Group recently acquired the unsold units at 433 W Briar Pl in Lake View, and has started a sales program and a makeover of [...]
Elm Street Plaza, then and now
This afternoon's selection from the Yo archives is our old folder of prices and floor plans for the 33-story, 395-unit Elm Street Plaza, located at 11 [...]
The priciest one-bedroom in Chicago
I didn't mean to write anything else about this building for a while -- it just happened that way.
As the headline says, this is the priciest one-bed [...]
Hockey homes: Ex-Hawks have condos for sale and for rent
Cristobal Huet will be tending goal in Europe this season, so he doesn't have much use for his 4,700 square-foot condo at Millennium Centre (right), 3 [...]
Crain's: REIT to buy Aqua apartments
An multifamily REIT division of Texas-based Behringer Harvard bought Burnham Pointe earlier this summer and is now angling for a 75-percent stake in A [...]
Construction checkup: Ritz-Carlton Residences
With yesterday's sales update still in mind, I took a detour to the Mag Mile during my lunch break to get a look at the Ritz-Carlton Residences, und [...]
Emerald's functional living spaces
New construction condo buyers too often face cramped living / dining areas, "bedrooms" that lack walls and windows, poorly-designed baths, and shotg [...]
Crain's: Three sales in three months for Ritz-Carlton Residences
You know times have changed when three pre-construction sales can make headlines. Crain's reports that the 88-unit Ritz-Carlton Residences, under cons [...]
The social spaces of Emerald
John Robert Wiltgen went for a whimsical, eco-friendly tone when he designed the lobby and common spaces at Emerald, 125 S Green St in the West Loop [...]
The Pearson, then and now
My latest random selection from the Yo file cabinets is a promotional packet for The Pearson, the westernmost of Related Midwest's three "Residence [...]
Have the floor to yourself at Superior 110
One of the perks of buying into a new construction building is the opportunity to combine several units into an original, highly customized home. As t [...]