3/6/12
The middle of the last decade surfaced a number of ambitious new residential developments on or near Western Avenue in Chicago’s heavily Latino Brighton...
3/2/12
Pete’s Fresh Market had a ceremonial groundbreaking on a Near West Side site at the southeastern corner of Madison and Western several weeks ago,...
11/10/11
If you would like to try on life in Wilmette before making a commitment to it, a short-term furnished rental might be the way...
10/26/11
When we last looked in on Eastgate Village, a troubled condo / townhome development that abuts the Stevenson Expressway connector to Lake Shore Drive,...
10/26/11
When you parse the fine print and translate “no payments until August 2012” into plain English what results is “if you meet certain requirements...
8/31/11
Hartz Homes has been building homes for 50 years in an industry that’s been periodically decimated. And Hartz is continuing to build, recently debuting...
8/29/11
Eastgate Village, like a number of developments affiliated with the politically-connected New West Realty, has seen its share of troubles. When we last wrote...
8/17/11
The new homes at Parkside of Old Town have a convenient location, two blocks from Wells Street shops, bars and restaurants, close to the...
8/10/11
The new homes at Parkside of Old Town have a convenient location, two blocks from Wells Street shops, bars and restaurants, close to the...
7/31/11
A hat tip to Anne West’s informative North Shore Views blog for alerting me to one of her recent listings in northwest Evanston, a...
7/28/11
Over a span of 30 years Lincoln Park developers refined the art of townhome planning and design. By the time The Pointe was built...
7/27/11
For a limited time new home buyers can receive a $10,000 grant through the Find Your Place in Chicago program when they purchase a...
7/19/11
Today’s e-mail update included a flurry of new construction offerings, including 3 listings at 4909 N Ravenswood Ave overlooking the Metra tracks in Ravenswood....
6/6/11
If you’re a North Sider it’s hard to imagine Chicago without Carl Sandburg Village – and even...
5/31/11
If you’ve seen more than a few Lincoln Park and Lake View townhomes you quickly conclude you’ve seen them all – “same-old, same-old” is...
5/25/11
If you have long exposure to real estate marketing you’ll roll right past claims that the 2700 block of Lakewood is at “the heart...
5/10/11
This weekend I noticed that @properties had amended the sign outside of the Wabansia Row II townhomes in Bucktown, changing “4 homes left” to...
4/12/11
The uninitiated will wonder why Jeanne Spurlock of Century 21 Kennedy Ryan is marketing a drab brick bunker near Madison Park and Dorchester Avenue...
4/12/11
Here are four homes on the high end of the Old Town home market that closed between January 1 and March 31, according to...
3/24/11
The dense 60611 ZIP code, which roughly corresponds to the Streeterville neighborhood, is where the action is when it comes to recent transactions. Redfin...