Tag: Luxury
Step inside two luxury Lake View kitchens
Yesterday I visited two luxury Lake View single-family homes that were nearing completion, and shot video at both. Check back in a few days for th [...]
Three Lincoln Park luxury home sites – a cheery Orchard check-off
Last August we looked in on a 44-foot wide lot at 1859 N Orchard, pictured above, where a developer had paid $2,550,000 to acquire four condominiu [...]
The Sutherland, renovated luxury apartments in Hyde Park / Kenwood
The Sutherland, a historic property at 4659 S Drexel in Hyde Park / Kenwood, has newly-renovated studio, 1- and 2-bedroom apartments available for [...]
Michigan Avenue’s Richelieu Flats under new ownership
Crain's recently reported the bulk sale, for $4.5 million, of the 5-unit Richelieu Flats, 318 S Michigan Ave. The units had been offered for sale [...]
Trump looks down on the Ritz-Carlton
The headline describes the above view, shot from the 74th floor of Trump Tower, of the Ritz-Carlton Residences at 118 E Erie St.
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A like-new Nantucket-style home in center-of-town Elmhurst
The 4-bedroom, 4-bath Nantucket-style home at 249 E St Charles Rd is in a convenient center-of-town Elmhurst location.
This like-new, spacious [...]
Terra cotta restoration underway and Intelligentsia joins Plum Market at 1225 Old Town
The elaborate terra cotta façade that graced the Grossinger Cadillac dealership in Old Town was disassembled and restored to near-original conditi [...]
A Southport Corridor new construction boom
Eric Rojas, one of our sponsors, is an active blogger who spends a lot of time on the streets looking at and then reporting on what's new and inte [...]
A new Lake View home from RD Precision
RD Precision has quickly become known for building high-style, luxury single-family homes with all of the features that buyers want included in th [...]
A $2.6M price hike on the Dewes Mansion
The list price on the Francis J. Dewes Mansion, one of Chicago's most lavishly detailed landmark homes, was recently raised from $9.9 million to $ [...]
Down-and-up pricing on a Lake Forest home
Lake Forest differs, in many ways, from the mental picture that many have of a long-settled bastion of North Shore mansions. Perhaps the greatest [...]
Plum Market sets opening date at 1225 Old Town, partnership with chef Takashi Yagihashi
Starting on June 13, residents of 1225 Old Town, the new luxury apartment tower at 1225 N Wells St in Old Town will only have to head downstairs t [...]
A new Lake View home with one-of-a-kind finishes
RD Precision's latest luxury single-family, which is nearing completion in Lake View at 1244 W George, truly merits the "must see" designation. Th [...]
A first look inside K2, Chicago’s newest apartments
K2, the luxury high-rise at 365 N Halsted in the Fulton River District, is opening ahead of schedule, with first occupancies set for March 1st.
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Fifield delivers K2 apartments ahead of schedule
The first apartment move-ins at K2 in the Fulton River District are slated for March 1, well ahead of schedule. I'll be there this morning, visiti [...]
A beautifully restored Gold Coast home on a tree-lined block
The classic Gold Coast rowhouse at 67 E Cedar St was gutted two years ago, but with a goal of preserving as much of the original detailing as poss [...]
Winnetka Italianate villa sells quickly for $12.25M
The past half dozen years have seen many upper-bracket North Shore homes languish on the market for extended periods of time, experience multiple [...]
An open, light-filled 2-bedroom with 180-degree River North views
The Montgomery, 500 W Superior St, in River North, is the 28-story former corporate headquarters of Montgomery Ward. It was designed by Minoru Yam [...]
An update on Michigan Avenue’s Richelieu Flats
The full-floor fifth-floor unit at Richelieu Flats, 318 S Michigan Ave, has seen a price reduction of $100,000 to $1.265M since I shot the above s [...]