When I pulled into the parking lot opposite my office yesterday morning, just after 10, the vacant building between the parking lot and the Green Door Tavern was intact. When I left the office at about 2:45, the building was nearly gone. Rumor has it t... »
The residences at Echelon at K Station offer a compelling package of location, views, in-unit and common area amenities and services. Directly across the street is a Jewel-Osco that rivals a Whole Foods. A park with a dog run is adjacent to the pet-fri... »
An aerial view of Lincoln Park from North Ave (1600 N) to Diversey Pkwy (2800 N) explains a great deal about the attractions of living in a high-rise in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood, and where those high-rises are situated. The broadest expanse ... »
You feel the absence of sunlight more keenly when you have a great view of Chicago spread out before you. And the panoramic view from the 37th floor of Echelon at K Station is clearly a great one. I was there earlier today to shoot a sponsored video. I... »
The newest building on the former site of the sprawling Cabrini-Green housing project is now ready for occupancy. The 7-story 544 Oak at Parkside of Old Town has an on-site fitness center and laundry room and is handicapped-accessible. Based on the gro... »
What a difference five years makes! Five years ago today we were – Reporting the imminent start of construction at Aqua Touting 1349 S Wabash as our deal of the day Focusing our radar on some new Lincoln Park developments Embedding video of the develop... »
It’s not uncommon for Chicago apartment websites and videos to engage in a little puffery about the advantages of their location. WalkScore.com rates the location of Mondial River West, 910 W Huron St, as Very Walkable, with a score of 83. That’s appar... »
450 West Melrose, in Chicago’s Lake View neighborhood is a four-plus-one or, in the words of Planned Property’s Dan McDonough, “a modern mid-rise elevator building.” “Everybody loves the location” of these buildings, says McDonough. “They’re close to t... »
Crain’s is reporting the sale of Flair Tower, 222 W Erie St, and 1212 S Michigan Ave, both rental apartment buildings. A sale may also be in the works for Echelon at K Station, 353 N Des Plaines, according to Crain’s. The downtown apartment investment ... »
Construction of K2 at K Station, a 496-unit 34-story luxury apartment tower at 365 N Halsted St in Chicago’s Fulton River District, began weeks before the official groundbreaking ceremony (video, right) on November 2, 2011. K2 is the fifth and final re... »
1225 Old Town broke ground in April of 2011. As of early November it was about two-thirds of the way toward topping out at 16 stories, and apparently on-track to welcome residential tenants in September of 2012 and commercial tenants a bit before that.... »
When I stopped by on Friday, crews were busy putting the finishing touches on the exterior of 544 Oak at Parkside of Old Town, one of the new buildings on the former site of the sprawling Cabrini-Green housing project. According to Holsten Management‘s... »
