11/23/10
One of the four lavish, landmarked mansions in the 1200 block of North Lake Shore Drive sold this month for $5.15 million. 1260 N...
11/16/10
Last Friday Joe spent an hour marveling at the Francis J. Dewes House in Lincoln Park. The home was one of the most lavishly...
11/9/10
The owner of the 9,768-square-foot Francis J. Dewes mansion at 503 W Wrightwood Ave in Lincoln Park has listed the home for $9.9 million,...
10/14/10
This summer we learned that Devon Avenue was a street straight outta Mumbai, so that means we’ll see something like this on the Far...
9/30/10
Does your home have an enough room? Not enough room, but a room that gives visitors “just enough information” about you, and that serves...
9/27/10
I didn’t mean to write anything else about this building for a while — it just happened that way. As the headline says, this...
9/22/10
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...
9/21/10
You know times have changed when three pre-construction sales can make headlines. Crain’s reports that the 88-unit Ritz-Carlton Residences, under construction at 664 N...
9/21/10
You’ll find seventeen of Lincoln Park’s 50 top property taxpayers in the extra-long 1800 / 1900 blocks of three streets — Burling, Orchard, and...
8/23/10
One of the 200-plus homes that went on the market this weekend is this 3,020 square-foot, three-bedroom / 4.5-bath condo at the Carlyle, the...
8/16/10
A lot of the flip attempts at the Elysian, 11 E Walton St, have come with significant markups — as much as 33 percent...
8/10/10
Who needs price reductions? Maybe this one was priced right the first time around. From Chicago Magazine‘s Dennis Rodkin, via Twitter: Howe St. mansion...
7/21/10
The tiny (population 4,000) Village of Riverwoods, bordered by Lincolnshire, Deerfield, Northbrook and Buffalo Grove, is an easily overlooked enclave in Chicago’s northern suburbs....
7/12/10
That’s what a furnished living room looks like at Magellan Development‘s Benton Place Parkhomes. Interior designer Robert Pope, who designed the interiors at Aqua,...
7/8/10
The Tribune reported in late June that Wrigley chair Bill Wrigley Jr was taking a new approach to selling 12,120 square feet of raw...
5/21/10
Fred Scovell of Keller Williams Realty – West Loop included 16 great photos with his listing for the mansion at 2801 S Prairie Ave...
4/23/10
A Lake Shore Drive address in the Gold Coast rarely comes cheap (unless you’re buying at auction this weekend, perhaps), but it’s especially pricey...
2/17/10
Today’s “just for the fun of it” search: the priciest condos with three or more bedrooms, located on or near the lake in the...
1/21/10
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...
12/28/09
It’ll be a happy new year for the Ritz-Carlton Residences after all. Arabian Business reports that Kuwait Finance House, which has a 95-percent stake...