Tag: New construction
A pre-construction look at a luxury North Center single-family
Noah Properties may be the hottest homebuilder in the city of Chicago these days.
Homes by Noah have been selling almost as quickly as they hi [...]
Five years ago today the Tribune reported plans for Kinzie Station
The headline read 6-tower project planned, and the story began:
A Chicago-based developer intends to build a $750 million residential project n [...]
Staging a luxury home – before and after scenes
Real estate agents will tell you that professionally staged and furnished homes typically sell more quickly than homes that haven't been staged.
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Updating several Lake View condos on Ashland Avenue
Five years ago today we called attention to a new condo development planned for 3823 N Ashland Ave, in Lake View. One- to three-bedroom units, tri [...]
Three Cesar Pelli towers in the works for Wolf Point
In newspaper terminology, this is an evergreen story – one that recurs regularly. It's had multiple variations over the decades, and the latest co [...]
Failed condo gone rental in Jefferson Park
It was August of 2008 when we last looked in on Kennedy Estates, 4810 N Lavergne in Jefferson Park.
Six of the 22 2-bedroom, 2-bath units had [...]
A panoramic view of K2 at K Station
Our unusually mild weather is contributing to rapid progress on the construction of K2, K2 at K Station, a 496-unit, 34-story rental high-rise in [...]
More apartments proposed for Near West Side
Crain's Chicago Real Estate Daily
is reporting that Bond Cos., a local developer, is planning a mixed-use development on the site of a former Ch [...]
New construction in Chicago, then and now
What a difference five years makes! Five years ago today we were –
Reporting the imminent start of construction at Aqua
Touting 1349 S Wabash [...]
A 20% price shave in a solid DePaul location
A prime DePaul location contributed to the successful sellout of a newly-built six-flat at 2421 N Racine Ave back in 2006 and 2007, at what now se [...]
Whatever happened to the “games or no games” Olympic Village?
Five years ago today we were reporting on the Olympics:
Mayor Daley intends to build an Olympic Village whether the 2016 Summer Olympic Games c [...]
How to sharpen your North Shore new construction search
Looking back to 2007 it's now clear that a cottage industry of home builders overbuilt the market for new single-family homes in the $1 million an [...]
New urban classic condos pre-selling in the heart of Bucktown
New homes and condos by Noah Properties have been selling almost as quickly as they're completed in a number of popular North Side neighborhoods.
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A drive through The Havens in Auburn Gresham
The population of Chicago's Auburn Gresham neighborhood was 99.8% white in 1960. The area, often referred to simply as Gresham, underwent a rapid [...]
Belgravia Group’s Alan Lev on the Chicago real estate market
Belgravia Group has been one of Chicago's most successful real estate developers for more than 60 years -- a track record that few companies can m [...]
A $4.6M new home on a prime DePaul block
The property at 2145 N Dayton St, in DePaul, closed just a few days after being listed a month ago at a $1,400,000 purchase price.
It just cam [...]
A K2 construction update from Alan Schachtman
Alan Schachtman is a principal in the Fifield-Wood joint venture that's developing K2 at K Station, a 34-story, 496-unit high-rise apartment build [...]
Two video tours of a new Lake View home
It doesn't happen often, but on occasion Chicago Magazine's Dennis Rodkin does a video tour of home that I've already shot video at.
Rodkin's t [...]
360 W Hubbard apartments officially underway in River North
Here's the text of a news release received this morning from The Habitat Company:
The Habitat Company announced the start of construction of a [...]
New Lincoln Park condos with over-the-top finishes
New homes and condos by Chicago-based builder Noah Properties have been generating a lot of buzz.
Noah's been able to take advantage of sharply [...]