Tag: New construction
The drawing board: The next wave of downtown towers
If you really want to stay on top of building proposals, you should spend more time at the SkyscraperPage forum, where architecture buffs routinely un [...]
Revised plans for The Gateway on display tonight
One South Halsted was just one of several big proposals announced for the West Loop in 2009 and 2010. Another, The Gateway, surfaced early last ye [...]
How long do people stay in condos?
It’s a common perception that Chicago condo buyers are short-termers, destined to move on 3 to 5 years after purchasing. When I sold units in my devel [...]
FitzGerald has big plans for One South Halsted
A couple summers ago, Gazette Chicago reported that Skokie-based F&F Realty planned to build a 514-unit apartment building with "hotel-style amenities [...]
Another out-of-body experience in Northbrook
If you set out to find the heart of Chicago’s North Shore you wouldn’t look for it in Northbrook.
Northbrook is an affluent, attractive communi [...]
A video look at the vision for South Works
Despite its undeniable audacity and importance, I have trouble working up much interest in the plans to revitalize the South Works site.
I can’t g [...]
New stuff: Four condos planned for 1214 N Wood St in Wicker Park
Four of the 70 listings in Chicago tagged with 2011 completion dates are the condos planned for 1214 N Wood St in Wicker Park. The three-bedroom [...]
Curbed gets a better look at SoNo East
There's your building, folks. California-based architect Adam Berkelhamer sent Curbed new renderings of SoNo East, the 22-story, rental-only compa [...]
New stuff: 879 North Marshfield in East Village
Buyers now have three more homes to consider when looking at new construction in West Town. Yesterday Samantha Porter of @properties listed the units [...]
Construction checkup: An Oak grows in Cabrini
Parkside of Old Town's next rental mid-rise is going up at the northeast corner of Larrabee and Oak streets, two blocks south of Cabrini Green's r [...]
Popular new home model at 1507 W Superior
If you have a sense of déjà vu as you watch the above sponsored video, perhaps it’s because you’ve seen the videos we shot at similar homes at 170 [...]
SoNo rental tower underway
Crain’s Chicago Business is reporting (behind its paywall) that Smithfield Properties has secured construction financing for the second tower at SoNo [...]
North Shore new construction – a new rule of thirds?
During most of 2006 I was actively tracking the status of every new construction home on Chicago’s North Shore.
In May of 2006 developer Cypre [...]
November unit completions lowest on record
“Home construction up, foreclosures down” read the MSNBC headline, just one of the many sources putting a positive spin on the November new constr [...]
West Englewood curiosities
Welcome to West Englewood, where the median list price is $49K, the median sold price was $17K last month – and three “fabulous newly constructed [...]
Making progress on a full-floor home at Superior 110
Last month Greg Eldridge of @properties and Joe Zekas visited two half-floor units on the 23rd floor of Superior 110 in River North before the beg [...]
Loving the views from 235 Van Buren
What do sisters Alicia and Gabby like about their new condo at 235 Van Buren in Chicago's Loop?
Most of all, Alicia and Gabby love the east vie [...]
5 beds, 3 baths, horrific traffic, in Northbrook
The 5-bedroom, 3 bath home at 15 N Constance Ln in Northbrook is for sale at $269,000, for “land value.” The land value has, at least in the dream [...]
Will Lincoln Park follow the Edgewater precedent?
Today’s New York Times provides a timely reminder that a vacant hospital site can linger undeveloped for a decade or more, blighting the surroundi [...]
Little movement in city building permits in two years
Jeff Baird is a real estate valuation consultant based in Chicago. He founded Lakeshore Analytics to bring comprehensive, understandable housing d [...]