Tag: High-rise
Why Janet bought a 600 Lake Shore Drive condo
Many real estate developers are virtual recluses when they're on site at one of their projects. They go out of their way to remain unknown to home b [...]
The nearly news: Revisiting 30 West Oak
Buyers haven't had many chances to pick up a home at 30 West Oak in the Gold Coast since construction wrapped in 2007. Three homes in Smithfield's Boo [...]
Walton on the Park: Ready to go
Closings should begin at Walton on the Park, 2 W Delaware Pl, in early June, according to the sales associate manning the building's on-site sales cen [...]
A new angle on Ten East Delaware
Wait a second -- how was I able to look down on Ten East Delaware? Could it be that I finally made my way into Walton on the Park? (Could it be tha [...]
The South Loop's $10,000 rental
If the $10,000-a-month price tag for a South Loop rental left you gobsmacked, you're not alone. I see those rates in the Gold Coast and in high-prof [...]
Promotions from the past: Walton on the Park
It's time once again to open the file cabinets and dust off another set of promotional materials for a luxury high-rise. This month we're featuring [...]
Need some space? Parking up for auction at three CMK towers
Looking for a place to park in River North or the South Loop? Millennium Properties on Saturday, May 22 (that's tomorrow!) will auction off 25 garage [...]
Shining a light on the "shadow budget": Chicago Reader talks about TIF
In this week's Chicago Reader, Mick Dumke and Ben Joravsky try to unravel the mysteries of the city's TIF funds. Dumke and Sam Adams posted a compani [...]
Waitin' on the Ritz
Yo reader Bob sent along his view into the Ritz-Carlton Residences site at 664 N Michigan Ave after reading yesterday's pricing update. More clutter [...]
A garden of art in the Streeterville sky
Buzz and Lou also took Joe Zekas to the 10th-floor garden that tops 600 Lake Shore Drive's garage, between the development's two towers. In addition [...]
Today's news: New listings for Ritz-Carton Residences reach $1,336 a square foot
What, you thought we'd entered some new age of frugality and thrift? Not on the Mag Mile! Ritz-Carlton laughs in the face of a down market!
Jane Shaw [...]
Inside Lou's secret room at 600 Lake Shore drive
If you watched Joe's video from the top of 600 Lake Shore Drive on Monday, you should remember Lou Graziano, the development's chief engineer. While [...]
Mondial condos headed back to market
If diarrhea and not sleeping at night is trepidation, yes.
- Mondial developer Jack Berger, admitting some nervousness to Crain's about marketing mor [...]
Quote of the day: Learning to love the hole
We love the hole. I think we would like to have the hole there forever.
- UIC architecture professor Alexander Lehnerer, on the 70-foot-deep "scar" [...]
Roaming the roof at 600 Lake Shore Drive
There's no point in wasting a sunny day, especially when you're taking a tour of a Lake Shore Drive high-rise. With that in mind, Joe Zekas asked de [...]
Today's news: Buy or rent a corner condo with lake views at 1400 Museum Park
Today's new listing is located inside a relatively new high-rise: The Enterprise Companies' 1400 Museum Park, at the corner of 14th Street and Mich [...]
First deliveries on EnV's horizon
The first 12 residential floors of EnV in River North will open to tenants the middle of next month, according to the tower's leasing staff.
EnV's se [...]
Aqua's hotel back on track?
Aqua finally has an operator for its 15 hotel floors, says Blair Kamin. Magellan Development will make an announcement about the tenant in the next fe [...]
Three bedrooms and great city views from a 990 Lake Shore Drive condo
Last month we took you to the top of 990 Lake Shore Drive -- now go inside the tower to get a closer look at one of its homes. Joe Zekas and Prudent [...]
Ted's take on Pearson on the Park
Earlier this year a group of investors bought up the remaining inventory at the converted Pearson on the Park high-rise at 222 E Pearson St in Stree [...]