12/11/09
This week’s CondoShark choice cut comes from straight from the big fish himself, Matt Garrison. Matt singled out this 1,529 square-foot two-bedroom on the...
12/7/09
I’m always curious to see what a certain price point will buy in a particular neighborhood or across the board, and mapped listings make...
12/4/09
Last week we started keeping track of rentals listed on the MLS in 14 Chicago ZIP codes. It comes as no surprise that the...
12/3/09
Early on in their tour of Lake Point Tower, Joe Zekas and Realtors Francesca Rose and Jean Ward looked around the building’s newly renovated...
11/30/09
“When I was sitting in Copenhagen and things went south, this moved to the No. 1 slot. We’re way past the look-see stage. We’re...
11/20/09
Several agents in recent weeks have told us that proper staging is vital to selling a home in this market. Several weeks ago, Joe...
11/17/09
Joe Zekas recently joined Jean Ward of Chicago Lakefront Properties and Francesca Rose of Prudential Rubloff for a walk through several homes at Lake...
11/16/09
Jump into the YouTube time machine and travel back to the 1960s to see the construction of Lake Point Tower, the 70-story residential high-rise...
10/27/09
Crain’s reported in July that the converted high-rise Pearson on the Park, 222 E Pearson St, was facing foreclosure. Today I followed up with...
10/27/09
Before we got onto the topic of North Side neighborhoods, Coldwell Banker agent Jenny Ames and I discussed the Gold Coast and Streeterville markets,...
10/15/09
New towers like Trump and The Legacy at Millennium Park get a lot of attention right now, but several luxury high-rises built in the...
10/13/09
I’ve read plenty of stories about the “cold” market for luxury homes in recent months. Most focus on two facts: buyers lost money in...
10/8/09
This two-bedroom condo on the southeast corner of 600 North Fairbanks boasts a curved wall of nine 7′ x 10′ windows, giving its owner...
10/7/09
Rachel Brandstaetter, Director of Leasing and Marketing for Streeterville rental high-rise Streeter Place, gives me a few more details about this project and about...
10/7/09
A war is raging in Streeterville, one whose trenches are found in the lobbies, fitness rooms, private theaters, and terraces of the neighborhood’s condo...
10/6/09
After we took a look around at Club 355, Director of Leasing and Marketing for Streeter Place Rachel Brandstaetter walked me through a one-bedroom...
10/5/09
After opening in August, Golub and Company‘s rental high-rise Streeter Place, 355 E Ohio St in Streeterville, is already 50 percent leased and 35...
10/5/09
How much would you expect to pay for a 1,744 square-foot three-bedroom home on the southeastern corner of the John Hancock Center’s 76th floor?...
10/4/09
We’ve shown you a sample of Joe’s videos with Prudential Rubloff agent and Streeterville expert Francesca Rose already, but let’s go back to where...
10/2/09
It may be fall, but the kids in Streeterville know there’s still plenty of fun to be had. In these videos, Joe visits Streeterville’s...