Tag: Uptown
Renovated Buena Park 1-bedrooms from $1,189
Buena Park is part of the larger Uptown community, but it's truly a world apart.
Reside on Clarendon, 4157 N Clarendon, is in the heart of [...]
Clarendon Park one-bedrooms from $1,005 a month
Clarendon Shores, a contemporary high-rise at 4750 N Clarendon, has one-bedroom apartments for immediate occupancy and occupancy in February, Marc [...]
Renovated apartments near Buena Park’s leafy mansion district
Buena Park is part of the larger Uptown community, but it's truly a world apart.
Reside on Clarendon, 4157 N Clarendon, is in the heart of [...]
What Buena Park residents like about their neighborhood
A recent post at Reddit invited Buena Park residents to share their take on the neighborhood, and they did.
Buena Park is in the southeast cor [...]
The after-party hangover at Sheridan Park’s Dover Courts
More than six years ago I wandered into a "developer close-out" party at Dover Courts, 4601-17 N Dover in the Sheridan Park neighborhood in Uptown [...]
Somerset Place – is Uptown ready for upscale rentals?
It's been 10 years since I've been in Somerset Place, 5009 N Sheridan Rd in the Margate Park neighborhood in Uptown. At the time it was a place wh [...]
Alderman’s Facebook page announces new Ravenswood development
News about new developments surfaces in many venues. On April 12th, the Facebook page for 47th Ward Alderman Ameya Pawar announced a proposed deve [...]
Only 3 townhomes left at Backyard Andersonville
Twenty of the 23 townhomes have been sold at BackYard Andersonville, 4832 N Clark St in Ravenswood.
The model home, a 2-bedroom, 2-bath pr [...]
Phase II of Backyard Andersonville poised to break ground
Phase I of BackYard Andersonville is nearing completion, and the project will break ground on the nine-unit Phase II within a few weeks, according [...]
Grading Flats Chicago – Incomplete, Fail
As Flats Chicago cranks up its hype machine with an eye on the spring rental market, we'll try to provide an occasional reality check. Start with [...]
Flats Chicago – proceed with caution, renters
We've been following the progress – or lack thereof – on Flats Chicago buildings for some time. Our interest was initially piqued by what struck u [...]
Apartments in Buena Park, Ravenswood, Sheridan Park or just Uptown?
Buena Park, just north of Lake View and west of Lincoln Park, is one of the more desirable parts of the Uptown community, so it's natural that an [...]
Media math not very sharp on Flats Chicago
Nearly a year ago the Sun-Times' David Roeder reported that the seven buildings being branded as Flats Chicago totaled 1,200 units.
Two days ago Cr [...]
Innovative rowhomes at Backyard Andersonville
Backyard Andersonville is unusual in a number of respects.
The development's 23 rowhomes are on a large site that belies its Clark Street addr [...]
Will flat-out hype fall flat at Flats Chicago?
In my experience, when hype runs far ahead of performance in real estate the performance more often than not falls flat. Will that prove to be the [...]
New condos and rowhomes, and Easter eggs at Chase Park
Chase Park is one of Chicago's great neighborhood parks. It has a full complement of physical facilities -- an outdoor pool, running track, tennis [...]