Tag: Logan Square
Rental spotlight – A new six-flat in Logan Square
The growing roster of new apartment construction in downtown Chicago has been generating a lot of attention recently, but there are also new renta [...]
Shedding some light on the luminiferous California Estates
To the best of my recollection, the first time I ever encountered the word luminiferous was nearly six years ago, on the sign pictured above. The [...]
The Arts Center at Logan Square’s Hairpin Lofts
Why do so many artists call Logan Square home? A certain edginess, affordable rents, and good public transportation are part of the answer, but on [...]
Affordable artist live / work lofts in Logan Square
The landmark Morris Sachs building at 2800 N Milwaukee Ave in Logan Square has been transformed into Hairpin Lofts, a community resource where Log [...]
The views from Hairpin Lofts
Earlier this afternoon I toured Brinshore Development's Hairpin Lofts, 2800 N Milwaukee Ave, in Logan Square. I'll post video within a few days, b [...]
FSBO follies in Logan Square?
In the early years of the millennium a patch of Logan Square along Armitage was a hotbed of development activity, playing host to a number of loft [...]
How a Medill Reports article gets West Bucktown very wrong
One thing you should never do is accept at face value any report from a young journalist that analyzes data. Innumeracy and inapt comparisons seem [...]
Notable new rental – Logan Square’s Hairpin Lofts
The e-mail newsletter from 35th Ward Alderman Rey Colón just announced that 1- and 2-bedroom units at Logan Square's new Hairpin Lofts will be av [...]
A stylish new West Bucktown single-family for under $800K
We've seen quite a few homes built by Ultimate Homes, and they're all creative variations on a simple theme: include everything that might be on a [...]
House prices begin recovery in Logan Square
House prices in Logan Square took a serious dive from 2007 to 2009, but have increased the last three quarters, even as sales volume has approache [...]
Have the clouds lifted from Metropolis Lofts?
"There's a lot of first-time homebuyers here. We've got a lot of new parents who are afraid to sell because they don’t know if they'll get their m [...]
A transit-oriented development roundup from LISC/Chicago’s New Communities Program
A new Mayoral Candidates Brief (PDF) issued by LISC/Chicago's New Communities Program identifies 34 projects and programs throughout the city "that ca [...]
Comparing census tracts in Curbed Cup competitors
The fourth matchup in the Curbed Cup quarterfinals is coming down to the wire. As I write this, Logan Square is leading West Town in voting 55% t [...]
What’s your beef?
Halloween's long gone, but the horror stories keep on coming. In the past day buyers have complained under our YouTube videos and in NewHomeNotebook p [...]
Meat lovers meet their match in Logan Square
Take a break from real estate for a moment and whet your appetite with this video. Last week Joe Zekas and photographer Michael Kardas stopped for a [...]
Touring a new single-family priced under $800K in West Bucktown
This new single-family home at 1706 N Rockwell St west of Bucktown features three to five bedrooms, 3.5 baths, a family room, a theater room, and a [...]
Slow-moving apartment project at Western and Bloomingdale finally nearing completion
I kind of tuned out the long-stalled project at Western and Bloomingdale avenues sometime last year, well after it had turned into a boarded-up, gra [...]
Touring a new home priced under $800K in West Bucktown
Two posts from last week highlighted the healthy sales activity going on in Bucktown and the parts of southeast Logan Square and northeast Humboldt [...]
Places to go and things to do near 3550 Lyndale's newly renovated condos
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From a condo at 3550 W Lyndale St, a buyer can easily access dozens of Logan Square restaurant [...]
Six stylish new homes, two blocks from the Blue Line
Join Sergio & Banks' Melissa Govedarica and Joe Zekas for a look at a new six-flat at 2533 W Cortland St in Chicago, less than two blocks from the W [...]