Tag: New construction
Good luck with that new construction search
Searching for new construction through real broker sites can be frustrating. Real estate agents are wildly inconsistent in how they code data abou [...]
A panoramic view of K2 at K Station
Our unusually warm winter weather is facilitating rapid progress at the K2 at K Station construction site.
You can see more coverage of the 34 [...]
New rendering revealed for 3750 North Halsted development
Over at the SkyscraperPage forum prolific contributor spyguy has just posted an updated rendering of a proposed mixed-use residential / retail dev [...]
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 [...]
Filling the gap in Halsted’s great wall
Just north of Diversey in Lake View you'll find an imposing wall of condo buildings fronting the eastern side of Halsted St. The one gap in that w [...]
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 [...]
Marie Spear’s view from the tower crane at K2
Some say that the tower crane operator has the most critical job in the construction of a high-rise building.
At K2 at K Station, a 34-story ap [...]
Revisiting a 6-flat condo on Drexel Blvd
Five years ago today Yo looked in on a new-construction condo at 4010 S Drexel Blvd where 2- and 3-bedroom units were priced from the $260s to the [...]
From Yo’s archives – before the sun set on Sunrise’s Ponzi scheme
Five years ago our staff was breathlessly writing the following:
Community is key at Pure, a 13-story high-rise slated for construction at 24 S [...]
Construction underway at 360 West Hubbard in River North
Just two weeks ago we reported that The Habitat Company had not yet begun construction on its new high-rise at 360 W Hubbard St in Chicago's River [...]
From Yo’s archive – Grand Boulevard condos gone bust
Five years ago to the day we wrote about a new construction condo project at 4705 S Champlain Ave, where 3-bedroom, 2-bath units were priced from [...]
Wilmette open house pick – New construction for $1.395M
Isabella St defines a large part of Wilmette's southern border with Evanston. On the north side of the street west of Green Bay Rd, in Wilmette, [...]
Is North River Court on Belmont coming back from the dead?
YoChicago first mentioned North River Court, a condo development at 2609 W Belmont Ave in Avondale, nearly 5 years ago. When we last wrote about i [...]
73 East Lake apartment tower gains Plan Commission approval
The Chicago Architecture Blog is reporting that the 42-story, 332-unit rental tower proposed for 73 East Lake St has been approved by the Chicago [...]
November new home sales up sharply in Midwest
The US Census Bureau reports that November new home sales (pdf) were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 315,000, a 1.6% increase from the Oc [...]
A warehouse makeover planned for Pilsen
The plans for several large new mixed-use / residential developments in Pilsen came to naught, but there is some significant construction on the h [...]
360 W Hubbard high-rise site still a parking lot
As of this morning the parking lot at 360 W Hubbard St, which is slated to be the site of a new 43-story, 450-unit apartment tower, remains open f [...]
Drilling the caissons at Optima Center in Streeterville
Ever wonder what keeps Chicago's giant high-rises from sinking into the ground under their own weight? The answer is caissons.
Workers are curr [...]
How Amli’s CEO views the downtown rental market
Abby Gallun from Crain's interviews AMLI Residential CEO's Greg Mutz on prospects for the downtown and suburban new construction rental markets in [...]
Good news, bad news at Webster Square
From a news release received this morning:
In a letter issued today to Lincoln Park residents, Sandz Development Company principal and long-tim [...]