Tag: North Side
Bucktown see-throughs and short sales
The final video from Joe's Bucktown tour with Realtor Greg Viti focuses on some of the neighborhoods less fortunate developments, places that got of [...]
More Bucktown barnstorming with Greg Viti
This segment from Joe's Bucktown tour with Realtor Greg Viti touches on a variety of topics related to residential and commercial real estate, from [...]
Teardowns, empty lots, and opportunities in Bucktown
This segment of Joe's Bucktown tour with Realtor Greg Viti starts with a look at some empty lots and potential teardowns that would be sites of new [...]
Bucktown highs and lows
In this segment from their Bucktown tour, Joe Zekas and Realtor Greg Viti check out the variety of homes available in the neighborhood, from new sin [...]
The perks of buying early: a $220K cottage surrounded by million-dollar homes
Nothing demonstrates Bucktown's evolution quite like a drive up North Wolcott Avenue. Joe Zekas and Realtor Greg Viti were checking out a home in Wo [...]
Rental snapshot: $1,000 condos in Bucktown, Wicker Park, and Ukie Village
Here's a real-life scenario I encountered this morning. A friend of mine is looking for an apartment for the first time in a couple of years, and she [...]
Driving Bucktown with Greg Viti
The first segment of Joe Zekas' Bucktown tour with Realtor Greg Viti starts in the 2100 block of West Churchill St, a good example of a street whose [...]
Sales update: New marketing team but same old prices at Bucktown Station
During my walk home from the Western Blue Line station last Thursday, I noticed a new @properties sign inside one of the retail-level windows at Buc [...]
Investors' evolving objectives in Bucktown
Buyers of multi-unit buildings in Bucktown have "dropped out of the game" as developers and have "put on their investment hats," says Koenig & Strey [...]
Bucktown, from hookers and hipsters to family haven
Koenig & Strey's Greg Viti is a third-generation Realtor. I first met him barely a year into his 23-year career in real estate.
I recently sat down [...]
Foreclosure comes to the EcoLogic Lofts
Senco Properties has defaulted on almost $7 million in loans for the 94-unit EcoLogic Lofts in Bucktown, leaving the turbine-topped plan blowing in [...]
List vs. sale: charting trends in three Chicago neighborhoods
Redfin can crunch a lot of data for users based on ZIP code or neighborhood. This morning I looked up the site's pages for three areas -- 60611 (Stree [...]
Yo's weekly condo rental update
The number of downtown homes listed for rent on the MLS has leveled off in the past few weeks. By our count, there was a net change of just three unit [...]
"Unmatched living" in Lincoln Park
Take a gander at the most expensive home for sale in Lincoln Park, an 8,000 square-foot, full-floor residence at 2450 N Lakeview Ave. For almost two y [...]
Crain's: Supera, Zisook take over redevelopment of Lincoln Park Hospital site
Developers Michael Supera and Richard Zisook have taken title of the old Lincoln Park Hospital at 550 W Webster Ave and plan to redevelop the site wit [...]
FHA-approved developments in Lake View
There aren't a lot of developments in Lake View that have completed the entire HUD review or Direct Endorsement Lender review process necessary to obt [...]
A light-filled architectural showplace in DePaul
The exteriors of many homes in the historic DePaul / Sheffield neighborhood of Chicago give few clues as to what lies within. In October, Joe Zekas [...]
Shark bites: Serving up slices of single-family home deals
Chomp, chomp! CondoShark has locked its jaws on dozens of single-family homes in the Gold Coast, Lincoln Park, Bucktown, and Lake View. In each are [...]
Lincoln Park 2520: Coming in…2034?
Lincoln Park 2520 offers the chance of a lifetime, for a building such as this on Chicago's lakefront will not be built for a generation or more.
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Shark bites: Three discounted condos in Wrightwood Neighbors
A few weeks ago we brought you some info on price cuts at three Lincoln Park single-family homes, courtesy of CondoShark.com. Today I'm turning to t [...]