Tag: Video
An overview of Astoria Tower
Buyers still have a lot of questions about Astoria Tower, 8 E 9th St, so Joe Zekas set out last week to find some answers. He sat down with Jim Psyh [...]
Touring Bucktown: Winchester Avenue's single-family homes
Last Wednesday I spent the morning driving and walking around Bucktown with @properties agent David Wolf. Wolf's name is a common sight on for-sale [...]
Topping off Parc Huron
On Oct. 28 I attended the topping-off ceremony at Parc Huron, M&R Development's new apartment high-rise at 469 W Huron St in River North. Before hoi [...]
Suburban showcase: playing favorites on the North Shore
Following a meeting at Prudential Rubloff's Winnetka office earlier this week, Joe Zekas pulled aside a few agents to quiz them on their favorite No [...]
Sheldon Good's "buyer's choice" bidding
When Sheldon Good & Company auctions 20 units from Motor Row Lofts on November 15, it will use a process called "buyer's choice" bidding method, [...]
Conversions and Oakwood Shores: Bronzeville's dominant features
In this video, Coldwell Banker Realtor Clarence Thompson tells me about three distinct pricing areas within Bronzeville. Sixty-seven percent of the [...]
The advantages of a Union Row townhome
In the first part of a two-part video, Belgravia Group Vice President Zev Salomon outlined the reasons for recent price discounts at Union Row, Belg [...]
Two-story living and rooftop views in a Motor Row Lofts two-bedroom
Unit #508 is one of five duplexes on the top floor of Motor Row Lofts. At its lowest, the ceiling height of the loft's living / dining area is 17 fe [...]
Kleiner sets launch of Roosevelt Collection bar for December 20
Commenter Brian did some investigation of his own last month and learned that Kerasotes planned to open its new ShowPlace ICON movie theater at Roosev [...]
Touring the sixth floor of Trio's tower
Two Sundays ago, Jameson agent Matt Ohlsen took me through some of the finished units on the sixth floor of Trio's tower at 670 W Wayman St. This wa [...]
Humboldt Park's "historical memory"
On Friday participants of LISC/Chicago's New Communities Program took Adolfo Carrion Jr, director of the White House Office of Urban Affairs Policy, [...]
Fox Business: Signs of life in Elgin
According to Fox Business, you need travel no further than Elgin to find positive signs in the housing market. Last week the network featured a segm [...]
The present and future of green building
During the media tour of the Winthrop Club in Evanston, the topic of green construction and LEED certification came up over and over again. I talked [...]
Union Row Townhomes joins the price cutters
"Every competing project with townhomes suffered very slow sales velocity in much of 2008 and all of 2009. Every other major competing project has r [...]
Revisiting two soon-to-be rentals
I don't know it for a fact, but I'd guess that the new video above became outdated faster than any other I've ever uploaded. We got around to editin [...]
(Re)designing the Winthrop Club
FitzGerald Associates' first design for the Winthrop Club was a brick tower inspired by the architectural styles of the late 1800s, says Winthrop Pr [...]
The enduring strength of Lincoln Park
Jenny Ames doesn't strike me as the kind of person who likes to get into arguments, but she will use her blog to set the record straight when necess [...]
Inside a top-floor duplex at Motor Row Lofts
Step inside unit #505 at Motor Row Lofts, a three-bedroom / two-bath duplex with views to the north and monitor skylights at both ends of the lofted [...]
Building Evanston's Winthrop Club
Last Wednesday I joined a handful of other reporters in a top-to-bottom tour of Winthrop Properties' new high-rise, the Winthrop Club, located at 15 [...]
The Gold Coast and Streeterville markets: What's hot, and what's not
Before we got onto the topic of North Side neighborhoods, Coldwell Banker agent Jenny Ames and I discussed the Gold Coast and Streeterville markets, [...]