Tag: River North
Erie Park's playground: River North's newest hot spot
Mommies, nannies, and babies agree -- Erie Park is where River North's cool kids are hanging out this spring. Temps in the high 40s didn't make Thur [...]
Parc Huron's earth tones
A new coat of a light brown (tan? khaki?) paint now covers part of the concrete facade at Parc Huron, the new rental high-rise nearing completion at [...]
Staybridge Suites: Chicago's Christo?
Spend any time in River North and you're sure to get a glimpse of the neighborhood's monument to a bad economy: Staybridge Suites at Huron and LaSall [...]
An early afternoon visit to Trump's riverwalk
"Please enjoy our plaza," read the signs near the entrance and exit points at Trump's new riverwalk. It's not something many Chicagoans were heed [...]
Suburban-style living in River North
River Village is one of those tucked-away surprises that few Chicagoans have visited but that instantly appeal. The development, set along Chicago's [...]
Get half a floor for yourself at Superior 110
Last month I attended an open house at Superior 110 in which several new models opened for touring for the very first time. Most of the attention wa [...]
757 Orleans screams it from the balconies
"Huge price cuts," you say? Tell me more, you new yellow banners conveniently facing north toward the competition at Silver Tower.
Wait, they can't [...]
Ten East Delaware: What's selling?
Early winter 2010 brought with it a few sales at Ten East Delaware, the new boutique high-rise at 10 E Delaware Pl in River North / Gold Coast / Near [...]
The two-bedroom / two-bath tango: five new downtown condos
Ready for a little floor plan porn this morning?
Here are five new two-bedroom / two-bath condos still for sale at some of downtown Chicago's newer h [...]
The lowdown on Parc Huron's pricing
Parc Huron's leasing center at Erie and Kingsbury streets in River North is open for business, and I've already stopped by to grab a copy of the tower [...]
Sales update: 15 condos under contract following Silver Tower slash
Since taking over the high-rise's sales and advertising newly reduced prices last week, Jameson Real Estate has drawn up 15 new contracts for condos [...]
Parc Huron prices, incentives to be unveiled with opening of leasing center
Wait until April 5 -- that's the message that comes across again and again on Parc Huron's newly updated Web site. Everything you want to know about r [...]
Shark bites: Finding the perfect REO for a determined first-time buyer
By mid-2009, Max knew his search for distressed properties wasn't going as planned.
"I was working with an agent for a while and wasn't seeing anythi [...]
Jameson rolls out new Silver Tower pricing
Big changes have been in store for weeks at Silver Tower, 303 W Ohio St in River North. We learned earlier this month that the building went into re [...]
Drastic price cuts at Silver Tower?
Speculation about price cuts has been growing since news broke that River North's Silver Tower was in foreclosure.
Yesterday an agent from the compan [...]
New models open at Superior 110 in River North as closeout approaches
@properties' Eldridge Team celebrated the debut of its newest models at Superior 110 with an evening-long open house on Thursday. Several units were [...]
Quote of the day: Elysian's troublesome top
Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin, on the Elysian: If all we do is laugh at traditionalism, rather than figuring out how to do it better, then t [...]
Crain's: Silver Tower in foreclosure
Well, Crain's saved me a trip to the clerk's office this morning.
According to this article by Alby Gallun (who obviously has my phone tapped), Silve [...]
Deliveries begin at Flair Tower
Apparently people are actually living in Flair Tower now. The leasing staff has set up shop in the building, too. Sounds like it's time to pay our n [...]
Construction checkup: Ritz-Carlton Residences
This was the scene at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Erie Street on Wednesday afternoon, where workers were clearly doing something with a crane [...]