Tag: New construction
Pulte offers “no payments until August 2012” in Park Ridge
When you parse the fine print and translate "no payments until August 2012" into plain English what results is "if you meet certain requirements y [...]
Quote of the day – North Lawndale not monolithic
The Tribune's Dawn Turner Trice recently visited North Lawndale with Marcus Betts, a resident who's optimistic about the neighborhood's future. Ac [...]
Asking $2,275,000 over July purchase price in Glencoe
The recently-built home at 120 Mary St in Glencoe had been the subject of a flurry of lien claims and a foreclosure before being acquired for $2,2 [...]
Price “reduced to sell today” at ParkView in Streeterville
Three weeks ago we reported on a huge price reduction on a penthouse unit at ParkView Condominium in Streeterville. The unit quickly went under co [...]
New and nearly-new homes on an East Village block
Six weeks ago I toured a newly-built home at 1848 W Erie St in a sponsored video with Izabela Sloma of Sergio & Banks. The home had been listed fo [...]
Most favored type of new development – none
The 2011 Saint Index "delivers wide-ranging insights into what is happening in the politics of land use."
The report suggests that we've become [...]
A new home in Elmhurst’s College View neighborhood
I've seen quite a bit of west-suburban Elmhurst of late, and what struck me the most is the number of new construction homes underway on infill si [...]
Visit a Humboldt Park open house and make a drug buy
A recently-listed new construction home at 910 N Richmond Ave in Humboldt Park is holding an open house this Sunday, October 16, from 11 AM to 12 [...]
Quote of the day – Chicago’s affordable hosing program
We first wrote about Madison Estates, a development in the 2200 block of West Madison on Chicago's Near West Side, back in January of 2007 – a dif [...]
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 [...]
Where the sun shines in the heart of River North
Greg Eldridge loves Chicago, and has a deep understanding of the advantages of Superior 110's River North location.
Eldridge, a real estate age [...]
Oakwood 200 Squared is a Walker’s Paradise
The popular WalkScore.com website gives Oakwood 200 Squared's location, 210 N Wells St in Chicago's Loop, a 98 of 100 Walk Score* rating – labelin [...]
It’s always sunny at River North’s “blue building”
"When you walk out of the building, it's sunny. In 50-story neighborhoods you walk out of a building and it's like you're in a canyon. You get a l [...]
Sunrise at Solstice in Hyde Park?
When we last reported on Solstice on the Park, nearly a year ago, we noted that new listings had been entered in the MLS for a project that appear [...]
Superior 110 drops prices on remaining units
"We're down to our last seven units," reported Greg Eldridge when I visited Superior 110, the River North high-rise that's known locally as "the b [...]
A drive through Elmhurst’s College View neighborhood
I was in Elmhurst yesterday, shooting video tours of three homes listed with Tom Makinney and Maria Gracik of Koenig & Strey's Gracik Makinney Gro [...]
Are Zillow’s Rent Zestimates worthless?
What’s a Rent Zestimate? According to Zillow:
A Rent Zestimate is Zillow’s estimated monthly rental price, computed using a proprietary formula. It [...]
Prices slashed on new Grand Crossing homes
Half a dozen new scattered site homes just east of the Skyway in the Grand Crossing neighborhood have seen their prices slashed about 25%.
The [...]
Missing the elephant in the room on million dollar sales
It was "a pricey roller coaster ride" blares a brief article in the current issue of Chicago Magazine, accompanied by a chart that illustrates the [...]
Did those Woodlawn condos really sell that quickly?
The Renaissance on Kimbark, 6457 S Kimbark Ave, is Phase IV in a series of Woodlawn developments. According to sales agent Hasani Steele's website [...]