Tag: Ravenswood
Chatting about Chicago real estate with Belgravia’s Buzz Ruttenberg
Chicago's Belgravia Group traces its lineage back more than 60 years, making it one of the longest-tenured and most successful real estate develop [...]
Belgravia Group’s Alan Lev on the Chicago real estate market
Belgravia Group has been one of Chicago's most successful real estate developers for more than 60 years -- a track record that few companies can m [...]
A grand, gracious 6-bedroom Ravenswood home
Some homes have an air of settled, gracious, comfortable permanence about them, and this is genuinely one even though it's only four years old.
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A Ravenswood 2-bedroom with a unique duplex-down option
What's unique about the 2-bedroom condo at 2200 W Winona is the full lower level directly below the unit. It could easily be expanded into to cre [...]
A creative Ravenswood short-seller builds a Web site
One of our frequent visitors sent along a link to a Web site that he's built to promote the sale of his condo at Ravenswood Court, 4514 N Ashland [...]
Cooperative living at Stone Soup Ashland
If you like having lots of roommates you might want to check out Stone Soup Ashland, a cooperative living arrangement in a 100-year old convent wi [...]
New vs nearly new on Ravenswood
Today's e-mail update included a flurry of new construction offerings, including 3 listings at 4909 N Ravenswood Ave overlooking the Metra tracks [...]
A brief visit to Winnemac Park
After stopping at a Saturday morning open house I headed a block east to Winnemac Park, a site I hadn't visited in years but that's been getting g [...]
Ravenswood is a good spot to raise kids
Architect Pat FitzGerald built a new home in Ravenswood 20 years ago and has raised his two children there. He's recently put that home on the mar [...]
An architect-built home on a quiet Ravenswood street
When architect Pat FitzGerald set out to build a home for himself and his family, he had comfort and function, rather than architecture, as his pr [...]
A full-floor penthouse with three outdoor spaces in Ravenswood, priced under $500K
Yesterday I met Eric Rojas at one of his newest listings, a, top-floor, full-floor condo at 4610 N Ashland Ave, near Chase Park in Ravenswood.
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Spacious Ravenswood home on a large lot, listed $105K below 2007 price
This "fantastic and spacious" four-bedroom home at 4829 N Paulina St sold for $805,000 back in June 2007, according to Zillow. In February 2009, i [...]
Stuff that sells: Landmark Abbott House sells for $1.6M
Curbed's Mark Boyer reports on the sale of the landmark Dr. Wallace C. Abbott House, a 120-year-old Queen Anne at 4605 N Hermitage Ave in Uptown. [...]
Rojas reviews ‘a ridiculous foreclosure deal’ in Lincoln Square
Realtor Eric Rojas and a client recently toured a bank-owned two-bedroom / one-bath condo in Lincoln Square whose price had just dropped to $89,00 [...]
Quick hits: Moore supports Rogers Park proposal; Ravenswood residents give OK to Sears lot redevelopment
Two short updates on stories we've discussed recently:
Ald. Joe Moore will support a zoning change that will allow construction of mixed-use devel [...]
Magellan spearheading redevelopment of Sears lot in Ravenswood
Almost exactly one year ago, I took a ride around Ravenswood with Realtor Eric Rojas to check in on the neighborhood's residential market. Halfway t [...]
Special financing available for a new townhome on Winnemac Park
Snowy days must be a bummer for Realtors, especially when they come after a week of sunny, walkable weather. On a good day, the new townhome at 2130 [...]
Going beyond green: More features and finishes at 4847 North Ashland's homes
In our last video about Sergio & Banks' new green condos at 4847 North Ashland, agent Melissa Govedarica shows me a few more of the development's pe [...]
More green features at 4847 North Ashland
In our second video at this green development in Ravenswood, we explore the features of a master bathroom in this green construction. Glass tile (co [...]