
This week we’re focusing on the 27-story SoNo, located at 860 W Blackhawk St on the Near North Side. SoNo’s construction lender, MB Financial Bank, is offering 30-year mortgages with fixed 4.375-percent rates to buyers who apply by Oct. 15 and make a 5-percent down-payment, according to a recent report from Crain’s Chicago Business. (MB is also offering loan programs at Silver Tower in River North and CA23 in the West Loop.)
SoNo doesn’t have much of a presence on social networks yet — we couldn’t find any resident groups on Facebook or a SoNo account on Twitter, for example — but here are a few links to places where you can find out a little more about the development.
- SoNo: Official Web site features floor plans, amenity lists, interior photos, and neighborhood information
- Smithfield Properties: Developer Web site
- Booth Hansen: Architect Web site
- MB Financial Bank: SoNo’s construction lender; currently offering 30-year mortgages with fixed rates below 5 percent for buyers who make down payments of 5 percent
- @properties: SoNo’s exclusive broker
- NewHomeNotebook: SoNo’s development detail page
- YoChicago: Posts about SoNo
- Flickr: Photos of SoNo from the YoChicago photostream
- YouTube: Videos of SoNo from the YoChicago YouTube channel
- SkyscraperCity: SoNo discussion thread
- WalkScore: Amenities within 1 mile of SoNo
- EveryBlock: Crimes, permits, photos, and reviews within eight blocks of SoNo
- Yelp: Reviews of restaurants, stores, and services near SoNo

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