Tag: Video
Touring a furnished new-construction home at Ambry Estates in Lynwood
Follow Bridget McClendon of J. Lawrence Homes and our own Chuck Gekas through a furnished model home at J. Lawrence's new Ambry Estates community [...]
New loft and condo models in the West Loop
The new high-rise at 565 Quincy, in the West Loop, sits atop an existing loft building.
Last week I visited the community for a sponsored tour [...]
A two-bedroom townhome, ideally situated in Lincoln Park
Last week I met up with Nicholas Apostal of Coldwell Banker and The Apostal Group at The Pointe at Lincoln Park, the development where we first me [...]
Listed for $979K in Winnetka, sells for $800K
Last April I visited the 5-bedroom, 3 ½ bath home at 397 Sunset Rd in Winnetka, shortly after it came on the market.
The home was directly acro [...]
Is a cell block next for Block 37 developer?
Crain’s Chicago Business is reporting (behind its paywall) that the Wisconsin Department of Justice is investigating whether Laurance Freed was in [...]
A good start to 2011 for The Apostal Group
Last week Nicholas Apostal called to set up video tours through two properties. By the time we met on Wednesday, we could only shoot at one, becau [...]
A Michigan Avenue condo ‘with the convenience of a suburban ranch house’
Dennis Rodkin's latest Deal Estate video is a must-see, both for the condo's abundance of antique furnishings and for the lively commentary offere [...]
New listing bucks price trends at The Glen in Glenview
Several months back I reported, in the above video, on single-family homes at The Glen in Glenview that were languishing on the market at prices b [...]
A year later, $200K less in Wilmette
The 5-bedroom, 4 ½ bath, 2-car garage home on a corner lot at 1418 Elmwood Ave in Wilmette had only been on the market for 5 days when I visited a [...]
Popular new home model at 1507 W Superior
If you have a sense of déjà vu as you watch the above sponsored video, perhaps it’s because you’ve seen the videos we shot at similar homes at 170 [...]
Lynwood, the ‘hidden jewel’ of the south suburbs
Bridget McClendon of J. Lawrence Homes offers a short introduction to the Village of Lynwood, located south of Chicago. In Lynwood you can find J. [...]
Block by block in Chicago neighborhoods
The ways in which people experience Chicago’s neighborhoods are almost as varied as the neighborhoods themselves.
Block by Block looks at Chica [...]
Create your space at Ambry Estates in Lynwood
At Ambry Estates in south suburban Lynwood, buyers can find a new-construction, Dunrobin-style home that's ready immediate delivery, but that stil [...]
Rojas reviews ‘a ridiculous foreclosure deal’ in Lincoln Square
Realtor Eric Rojas and a client recently toured a bank-owned two-bedroom / one-bath condo in Lincoln Square whose price had just dropped to $89,00 [...]
Marcel Freides-designed home sells in DePaul
It had been about 15 years since I last spoke with architect Marcel Freides. He’d since moved to one of the spectacular canyons off Mulholland Dr [...]
Will Mount Prospect drain retail from Arlington Heights?
When suburbs lose retailers they lose more than just stores, jobs and community vitality. They lose sales tax revenues that can reduce property ta [...]
The end of Cabrini Green
Last night, WGN-TV looked back at the final days of Cabrini Green and interviewed some of the last people to leave it. Despite its reputation as a [...]
Riverwoods, where home prices took a 40% hit
Last July Bill and Sherry Kaplan, long-time friends, took me on a driving tour (video playlist) of Riverwoods, the closest-in approximation of a r [...]
Yo’s latest apartment guide – Lincoln Park
Finding an apartment in many of Chicago’s neighborhoods is a quick, pleasant walk in the park compared to finding one in New York and many other c [...]
A tour of Hyde Park’s Windermere House apartments
The Windermere House, 1642 E 56th St, has an enviable location a short distance from Lake Shore Drive and a Metra station, fronting the Museum of [...]