11/19/13
Maps are a fabulous tool for communicating a great deal of information about a property’s location. A simple Google search, however, reveals that quite...
7/1/13
Crain’s Chicago Real Estate Daily recently reported that a 24-unit apartment building at 914 W Hubbard in West Town had been refinanced with a...
5/16/13
Late yesterday afternoon I visited the roof of Kingsbury Plaza, 520 N Kingsbury St in River North. The views in all directions from a...
3/22/13
Architects are generally sensitive to the context in which their buildings will be situated. Building renderings and photos, however, rarely show the context, or...
2/11/13
The first apartment move-ins at K2 in the Fulton River District are slated for March 1, well ahead of schedule. I’ll be there this...
1/17/13
Head just a mile west of the lake and, if you’re able to find a vantage point a few hundred feet above the ground,...
11/29/12
I recently toured Eugenie Terrace, a 44-story, 575-unit rental high-rise directly across the street from Lincoln Park. The building’s location, at 1730 N Clark...
10/25/12
A week rarely goes by without my visiting at least one Chicago rooftop. Yesterday I rode the construction elevator to the top of K2...
10/19/12
The 19-story contemporary condominium at 30 East Elm is far short of the tallest building in the Gold Coast, but its location on a...
10/9/12
Yesterday was a great day, despite the chill in the air, to be visiting rooftops. The air was brilliantly clear in the sunshine and...
2/7/12
Earlier this morning I was at the Lofts at Roosevelt Collection with Kim Ashley of Brook Furniture Rental, one of our sponsors, and Steffanie...
2/1/12
The SoNo East RENT NOW sign on the SoNo condo tower is pretty hard to miss, but I don’t recall seeing it before yesterday....
9/16/11
There are 19 furnished models available for viewing at 235 Van Buren, a new high-rise condo at the edge of the . I’d only...
10/30/09
I can’t take credit for these panoramas and view shots — they came with the Winthrop Club‘s digital press kit — but they’re too...