Tag: High-rise
Tricia Fox’s trolley tour: Same footprint, different feel at a Fordham three-bedroom
Unit #3002 at the Fordham is part of the same tier as unit #3702, the first condo Realtor Tricia Fox showed off during her January trolley tour th [...]
Selling at a slight loss at The Legacy at Millennium Park
Closings have been underway at The Legacy at Millennium Park, 60 E Monroe St, long enough for a number of resales to start popping up inside the tower [...]
Tricia Fox's trolley tour: inside a $1.43 million three-bedroom at the Fordham
Every month, Keller Williams agent Tricia Fox rents a trolley and guides Realtors and buyers through open houses of similar units in the Streetervil [...]
Construction checkup: Three new high-rises, from the Fordham's 37th floor
Climb up the Fordham, 25 E Superior St, and you get a pretty clear view of your River North and Gold Coast surroundings. The 37th floor was a good p [...]
Prairie Pointe condos on the auction block
Did we really make it through January without a single South Loop condo auction? Holy moley, it's time to play catch-up!
The last 13 condos at Gammon [...]
Investors cut prices at Pearson on the Park
A group of investors recently bought up all of the unsold units at the failed Pearson on the Park conversion at 222 E Pearson St in Streeterville and [...]
SoNo at night
Forgive the low quality of the photo above -- the only camera I had on hand last night was the one in my iPhone. Still, I think the image came out w [...]
Concession collection: Deals at three downtown rental high-rises
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 new tena [...]
Crain’s: Sedgwick planning $350 million development for Uptown
The proposals keep on coming. From Crain's Chicago Business:
Sedgwick Properties Development Corp., led by Marty Paris, hopes to break ground this [...]
New loan options offered at Astoria Tower
Buyers have several new mortgage options to consider at Astoria Tower, 8 E 9th St in the South Loop. According to a sheet I picked up at the develo [...]
Shark bites: Short-selling a Trump studio
Unit #2414 at Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago may be one of the high-rise's smaller spaces, but when it comes to short sale discounts in Riv [...]
I spy finished balconies at Parc Huron
The temporary two-by-four barriers ringing many of Parc Huron's concrete balconies are coming down and new metal railings are going up. Construct [...]
360 degrees of views from a riverfront duplex penthouse
Last fall Joe Zekas joined Prudential Rubloff's Joanne Nemerovski for a walk through Unit #2701 at 445 E North Water St, one of the most spectacular [...]
Paying more for amenity access
"The residents felt very strongly about having the free breakfast. [Recession or not,] it's critical to have the proper amenities."
- Sheilla Manigat [...]
"Friends and family" deal pays off at Trump
One group of sellers at Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago are doing OK. According to an article at Crain's ChicagoRealEstateDaily.com, partici [...]
"Offers welcome" for a Fairbanks at Cityfront Plaza terrace home
Meet T-905, the last terrace condo to go at Centrum Properties' Fairbanks at Cityfront Plaza high-rise at 240 E Illinois St in Streeterville. As the [...]
Floor plan focus: South Loop rentals
After seeing our corner one-bedroom showcase from a couple of weeks ago, reader Cg asked for more floor-plan comparisons. Today, I pulled similarly si [...]
Chicago's tall towers: a year in review
Downturn be damned -- when it comes to high-rise construction, Chicago still rules the roost. According to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Hab [...]
565 follow-up: 13 homes sold in one week
The folks at Belgravia Group e-mailed us this afternoon to say that they've sold 13 lofts and condos at 565 Quincy since rolling out their new home pr [...]
Reviewing resales and rentals at Skybridge
Skybridge had already reached sellout by the time I arrived at YoChicago at the end of 2007, so I've never had a reason to write about the building [...]