Tag: North Side
Quotes of the day – Lincoln Square fantasies
“We hope the new owners keep the building up and keep a mix of locals and independents,” says Melissa Flynn, executive director of the Lincoln Square [...]
A real estate snow story from 30 years ago
I signed a contract to sell my home, which you can see in the above video (part 1 here), the first night of the storm that paralyzed Chicago in Ja [...]
City to consider Webster Square revisions
Sandz Development has agreed to several minor changes to its Webster Square proposal and will present these revisions to the Plan Commission and Zon [...]
In Lake View, a lot of home for the money
The 4,100 square-foot four-bedroom / 3.5-bath single-family Joe Zekas visited this weekend struck him as a lot of home for the money, with the typ [...]
A high-style Bucktown home on the path to LEED Platinum
The four-bedroom / 3.5-bath home at 1610 N Honore St may enter the exclusive ranks of Chicago's LEED Platinum-certified homes. And that's only one [...]
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 [...]
Lincoln Park vintage with a rooftop pool
I’ll always think of The Pierre, 2100 N Lincoln Park West, as the best Chicago building done by a bad developer.
When The Pierre was converted [...]
From the vault: Nelson Street in West Lakeview
Recent conversation among the Chattering class regarding the values and desirability of homes in West Lakeview brought to mind this video from Jan [...]
Three sales in four years at Bucktown Station
The @properties Web site says “50% sold” – but we’re reporting 9 available in a 15-unit development.
If our numbers are correct the project’s b [...]
Terror towers: What’s wrong with 2000 Lincoln Park West?
2000 Lincoln Park West may benefit from some beautiful views, but the numbers there sure aren't pretty.
Homes that sold for $446 a square foot in 2 [...]
A two-bedroom townhome, ideally situated in Lincoln Park
Last week I met up with Nicholas Apostal of Coldwell Banker and The Apostal Group at The Pointe at Lincoln Park, the development where we first me [...]
Checking in: Glanville wants an offer in Bucktown
A few months ago I pointed readers to a Bucktown single-family that former Cub and current ESPN analyst Doug Glanville was trying to sell for $899,000 [...]
Marcel Freides-designed home sells in DePaul
It had been about 15 years since I last spoke with architect Marcel Freides. He’d since moved to one of the spectacular canyons off Mulholland Dr [...]
A $2.6M Uptown sale? If only…
A Crain's news nugget about a $2.69 million sale in Uptown had me all excited this afternoon -- after all, the median sale price for an Uptown sin [...]
Lincoln Park two / twos — they aren’t hard to find
Who said it was tough finding a two-bedroom / two-bath condo with garage parking in Lincoln Park? Anyone who can work a home search can find plenty of [...]
Choice cuts: Lake View single-family now $50K below ’03 sale price
On Monday a contemporary single-family home at 1527 W Nelson St in Lake View dropped from $849,000 to $790,000, $50,000 below its August 2003 sale pri [...]
Wrightwood Crossing condos continue to close
One of the freshest closings in Lincoln Park is unit #205 at Wrightwood Crossing, 1307 W Wrightwood Ave, which sold last week for $600,000. The 1, [...]
433 Briar’s homes and many more found in Nettelhorst’s dynamic district
By many measures, Nettelhorst is an exception. Just 11 years ago, the facility at Broadway and Melrose Avenue was a failing school on the verge of clo [...]
New-construction Lake View home debuts at $2.45 million
Lake View's $2 million market didn't dry up in 2010 -- 10 homes sold at or above that price, compared to 12 in 2009 and 11 in 2008. There's still a su [...]
Condo checkup: North Center triplex now priced in $420s
Back in July, Joe Zekas and Eric Rojas toured one of Eric's new listings, a three-story condo at 4152 N Lincoln Ave. Right now, the 2,000 square-f [...]