5/23/12
The 43-story tower at 360 West Hubbard is just coming out of the ground in River North. It won’t be long before it obscures...
5/10/12
When we looked in on 77 West Huron, back in March, the River North high-rise had 22 vacancies and was offering a $100 a...
5/9/12
The latest email newsletter from 42nd Ward Ald. Brendan Reilly brings word of an upcoming public meeting to discuss plans for a proposed development...
5/8/12
Five years ago Barry Pearce, who was YoChicago’s editor at the time, sat down with developer Albert Friedman for a fascinating look back at...
5/5/12
Discount is a dirty word in the world of new rental high-rises, where price-cutting takes the form of “free rent” specials limited to new...
4/20/12
K2 at K Station, a 34-story, 496-unit high-rise apartment building in the Fulton River District broke ground last October. Its progress from then until...
4/16/12
Many people begin their apartment hunt with a list of “must haves,” only to learn that some of the items on it can’t be...
4/11/12
Members of Chicago Laborers Union Local 6 were out picketing the site of the new Stout Barrel House & Galley at Clark and Erie...
4/10/12
When I pulled into the parking lot opposite my office yesterday morning, just after 10, the vacant building between the parking lot and the...
4/9/12
I’ve recently updated our Near North at-a-glance apartment list and map with several new links to online availability checks, and added links to Yelp...
4/5/12
Kingsbury Plaza was nearing completion in River North five years ago, and we reported the rent schedule: studios from $1,096, convertibles from $1,195, one-bedrooms...
4/2/12
The striking Hartshorne Plunkard-designed high-rise at 110 W Superior — known informally as “the blue building” — is nearing a sellout. After brisk sales...
3/30/12
Our at-a-glance apartment list and map makes it hyper-easy to check what’s available for rent in River North and other Near North locations. If...
3/28/12
The Trump International Hotel and Tower has been off our radar for a while, but yesterday’s Wall Street Journal focused our attention on the...
3/19/12
You’ll often find what appear to be different rental deals on the same building depending on which website you’re looking at. Take the high-rise...
3/15/12
The prices at which two new apartment towers have sold recently raise the question of whether owners in some newer condo buildings could realize...
2/27/12
Google Analytics provides us an ongoing snapshot of the relatively popularity of the neighborhoods covered by our rental Guides and at-a-glance lists and maps....
2/23/12
Construction of the 43-story, 450-unit apartment tower at 360 West Hubbard in Chicago’s River North neighborhood actually began two months ago. By the time...
2/23/12
Some homes are on a large enough scale that a video tour ought to provide only a brief sketch. That’s the case with the...
2/14/12
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