Tag: Video
Updating several Lake View condos on Ashland Avenue
Five years ago today we called attention to a new condo development planned for 3823 N Ashland Ave, in Lake View. One- to three-bedroom units, tri [...]
YoChicago’s YouTube channel passes the two million view mark
Videos at YoChicago's primary YouTube channel have been viewed more than two million times.
To put that number in some perspective, YoChicago [...]
Lincoln Park homes renting well below asking price
This is the second in a series of videos from my recent drive around Lincoln Park with David Nadler.
In the first video we looked at lakefront [...]
Riverfront duplex penthouse back on the market
The spectacular duplex penthouse at 445 E North Water St was listed for sale at $4.89 million when I toured it with Prudential Rubloff's Prudenti [...]
A panoramic view of K2 at K Station
Our unusually mild weather is contributing to rapid progress on the construction of K2, K2 at K Station, a 496-unit, 34-story rental high-rise in [...]
Lincoln Park condos renting at bargain prices
David Nadler makes a strong case for the proposition that condo rentals are often bargain-priced in the current market, especially at this time of [...]
Going virile – Shit girls say when looking at apartments
Dan McDonough, the marketing director for Planned Property Management, has been searching for that video that goes viral.
He’s tried adopting [...]
An award-winning David Adler restoration in Lake Forest
David Adler was one of the most prolific and prominent architects and designers during the era of the "great American house," and the North Shore [...]
New urban classic condos pre-selling in the heart of Bucktown
New homes and condos by Noah Properties have been selling almost as quickly as they're completed in a number of popular North Side neighborhoods.
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A drive through The Havens in Auburn Gresham
The population of Chicago's Auburn Gresham neighborhood was 99.8% white in 1960. The area, often referred to simply as Gresham, underwent a rapid [...]
Belgravia Group’s Alan Lev on the Chicago real estate market
Belgravia Group has been one of Chicago's most successful real estate developers for more than 60 years -- a track record that few companies can m [...]
The first step in your Chicago apartment search
Chicago's neighborhoods vary widely in livability, ranging from close to paradise to barely survivable to scary as hell.
Long before you begin [...]
A K2 construction update from Alan Schachtman
Alan Schachtman is a principal in the Fifield-Wood joint venture that's developing K2 at K Station, a 34-story, 496-unit high-rise apartment build [...]
What to expect when renting a condo
If you've never rented a condo before you might be in for a series of rude shocks: unexpected delays, hefty fees, gotcha pet policies and page aft [...]
Typical Chicago apartment rental policies
First-time Chicago renters are often clueless about what to expect in the way of fees and policies when they set out to rent an apartment. Their c [...]
Tracking MLS-listed north lakefront rentals
Last week we quietly began keeping track of the available inventory of homes and condos listed for rent in six north lakefront ZIP Codes in the lo [...]
Saturday night apartment funnies and Yelp’s review filter
The first Yelp review of Reside at Belmont Harbor, 426 W Belmont Ave, dated 12/18/11, was written by a first-time Yelper and flagged as suspicious [...]
Does Englewood have any hope of recovery?
A local community development agency tells you that "Englewood, located seven miles south of Chicago’s Loop, is a community rich in history, stron [...]
Reselling a new condo a year later in Roscoe Village
In May of 2010 I shot the above sponsored video with Sergio & Banks' Sam Banks at 2257 W Belmont Ave in Roscoe Village. The building had two duple [...]
Two video tours of a new Lake View home
It doesn't happen often, but on occasion Chicago Magazine's Dennis Rodkin does a video tour of home that I've already shot video at.
Rodkin's t [...]