Tag: South Side
Limited selection of discounted condos and townhomes remain at Lake Park Crescent
Buyers have taken advantage of reductions of up to 40 percent on Lake Park Crescent's new-construction condos and townhomes, but select units includ [...]
An upbeat view of Auburn Gresham
Residents of Chicago's affluent north lakefront neighborhoods often cringe at the mention of the neighborhoods they only know from reading the crime [...]
Can the South Works plan possibly work?
The headlines announce that Mayor Daley is seeking $98M in TIF funds for the redevelopment of the US Steel South Works site.
Will this project be eco [...]
$55K goes missing; zoning change expected in Little Village
The subplots and twists are mind-splintering in David Roeder's report on a proposed not-a-flea-market at 3200 S Kedzie in Chicago's Little Village nei [...]
From the vault: Lexington Homes' Jeff Benach on building in Bridgeport
Two years ago, as work was just beginning on the Lexington Square townhome community, Joe Zekas met with Lexington Homes' Jeff Benach to find out wha [...]
From hot to not: Washington Park, three years later
In the summer of 2007, New Homes Magazine announced its picks for Chicago's hottest 'hoods. This morning I started looking up stats on each of these [...]
Lexington Square meets Polo Café
Joe Zekas went to Bridgeport a couple days ago for his first look at Lexington Square, a new development of 39 townhomes at 3704 S Sangamon St, fron [...]
South Shore bungalows going green
The Historic Chicago Bungalow Association is putting the finishing touches on a fully renovated green model bungalow at 7622 S Cregier Ave in South [...]
$25,000 off a ready-to-deliver townhome at Lexington Square in Bridgeport
At Lexington Square in Bridgeport, Lexington Homes has temporarily lowered the price on an immediate-delivery townhome by more than $25,000, from th [...]
Plan Commission approves major redevelopment of Lake Meadows
The Plan Commission's approval of a mixed-use development across from Wrigley Field won all the headlines last week (more on that one later), but an [...]
From board-up to fixed-up in West Pullman
Things haven't been pretty in West Pullman. The South Side neighborhood was home to 435 foreclosures in 2009 and another 97 in the first three mo [...]
Lake Park Crescent to showcase new prices during the Lake Meadows Art Fair
Visit the Lake Park Crescent booth at this weekend's Lake Meadows Art Fair and learn all about the new deals offered at Draper and Kramer's new comm [...]
Quick hits: South Works proposal is a go
The City Council has approved McCaffery Interests' plan for a whole lot o' condos, apartments, and retail spaces at the old US Steel South Works sit [...]
Stabilization program to showcase eight rehabbed properties in Chicago Lawn
Participants in the Chicago Neighborhood Stabilization Program have spent the past year purchasing and rehabbing dozens of bank-owned buildings compri [...]
Lexington Homes offering "totally awesome extras" on select Bridgeport townhomes
The government’s $8,000 first-time buyer and $6,500 repeat buyer tax credits expired at the end of April, but Lexington Homes continues to offer buy [...]
Zoning Committee OKs South Works plan
“We’re talking about developing a city here, with new schools, roadways, infrastructure, transportation. This area is larger than the Loop.”
- Alde [...]
Board-up bonanza: At $149,900, why not buy the whole three-flat?
This peaked-roof three-flat at 6620 S Ellis Ave in Woodlawn has drywall but needs an HVAC system and finished kitchens and bathrooms. Think it still [...]
For landmarked Prairie Avenue listing, pictures speak louder than words
Fred Scovell of Keller Williams Realty - West Loop included 16 great photos with his listing for the mansion at 2801 S Prairie Ave on the Near Sou [...]
From the field: They loaded up the truck and moved to Beverly (Chicago, that is)
A Realtor who keeps an eye on these kinds of things mentioned to me yesterday that he saw "a surprising amount" of activity in the Far South neighbo [...]
Quote of the day: Wiping away 40 years of progress in Chatham
While to most, this is just another bank failure but if Shorebank fails it will wipe away over 40 years of history and progress of Chatham...
Al [...]