While I’m on the subject of the most foreclosures, we’ll continue on with the list of the buildings that top the list. This is an unscientific survey based on the number of times I see the building’s address when looking at the foreclosure listings put out by Record Information Services. The building that has […]
Looking for something outside of the white box high rise? Look no further than 155 W. Burton, the Carl Street Studios. Only 16 units, the complex was built in 1922 with unique duplex and triplex units, many with interesting terraces and rooftop decks. The complex has a lovely interior courtyard. The units have a […]
Yes, foreclosures are happening even in the ritzier downtown Chicago locations. But some buildings are seeing more of them than others. In my unscientific observation, the #1 building in Chicago for foreclosures to date has been The Sterling at 345 N. LaSalle in River North. Located near the Chicago River just down the […]
Amid much fanfare, including Mayor Daley himself, the first Starbucks in the Bronzeville neighborhood opened last week at 35th and State, near the former home of the infamous Stateway Gardens public housing projects, which have been torn down. A new mix-use housing development is going in in its place. (Photo above taken by John Scanlon, at […]
There’s just something about a historic home. New construction can’t even come close. One was recently listed on Alta Vista Terrace, the historic street in Lakeview that was built from 1900 to 1904 to look like London row homes. From the City’s website on Chicago Landmark Districts: This street represents one of the last real estate […]
It isn’t just condos that are ending up in foreclosure. North Center has seen rapid price appreciation in recent years- going from affordable to ritzy- with single family homes easily selling for over a million dollars. One homeowner hasn’t been as lucky and now, according to the public foreclosure records, faces foreclosure on a […]
The Heritage, at 130 N. Garland Ct., near Millenium Park, has been a resounding success since it started closings in 2004. The building was actually quite affordable originally, with one bedrooms in the high $200,000s and two bedroom, two bath units that faced the lake from the mid-$400,000s. Some of the units with the park […]
There are some buildings that are meant for greatness and CMK’s Contemporaine, the 28 unit modern concrete building in River North at 201 W. Grand is one of them. Only a few years old, the building has already been added to the Architectural Foundation’s walking tours as an example of outstanding modern architecture. Units rarely come […]