6/19/14
The perks of living in one of Chicago’s high-rise rental towers extend well beyond lavish amenities, attentive on-site management, maintenance staff and 24/7 door...
3/15/12
The prices at which two new apartment towers have sold recently raise the question of whether owners in some newer condo buildings could realize...
9/4/11
The boys who build the big ones, especially the “sky cowboys” who walk steel beams high above the ground, take an immense amount of...
1/31/11
If you really want to stay on top of building proposals, you should spend more time at the SkyscraperPage forum, where architecture buffs routinely...
12/3/10
“Living at 1212 is truly an artful experience with our light-filled spaces enhanced with modern design and all of the custom details today’s city...
10/4/10
Crain’s ChicagoBusiness spills the story that a Dallas-based investor has washed out of its deal to soak up a 75% stake in the Aqua...
9/22/10
I left you hanging at the Loyola Red Line station for two months! Time to get back on the train and keep heading south....
8/24/10
Yesterday afternoon I pulled up a list of homes priced at or near $500,000 (a range of $490,000 to $510,000, if you must know),...
7/8/10
From MSNBC’s “The big thinking in condos now is to get small”: “For Gen Y, the home is a place to live out of,...
6/28/10
At the eastern end of East Lake Shore Drive, where the road curves back to the south and becomes North Lake Shore Drive once...
6/7/10
The first place Joe Zekas and Francesca Rose profiled on their walk down Lake Shore Drive was the Drake Tower, one of the most...
5/28/10
“Any news on these rentals lately?” reader Meghan asked this week. “Seems things have been pretty quiet around here.” Meghan was talking about the...
3/15/10
Coldwell Banker agent and Lincoln Park expert Lino Darchun continues his discussion of Lincoln Park’s best condo high-rises, focusing on several parkside towers on...
3/12/10
Looking for a high-rise home in Lincoln Park, but you’re not sure where to look? Coldwell Banker agent Lino Darchun is a Lincoln Park...
12/2/09
One of the questions Realtors hear most frequently is, “Is this property FHA approved?” Yesterday I punched three ZIP codes into HUD’s FHA search...
11/30/09
According to CondoShark.com, some of the most significant price changes on short sales and foreclosed homes in River North are located in one building:...
11/30/09
“When I was sitting in Copenhagen and things went south, this moved to the No. 1 slot. We’re way past the look-see stage. We’re...
10/30/09
I can’t take credit for these panoramas and view shots — they came with the Winthrop Club‘s digital press kit — but they’re too...
10/30/09
All this talk about Motor Row Lofts and Michigan Avenue Tower II had me wondering about the status of Vetro, 611 S Wells St,...
10/29/09
A construction worker rakes concrete into a ceremonial “last bucket” at the topping-off ceremony for Parc Huron, 469 W Huron St. Keep an eye...