You can tell it’s fall when the calendar starts to fill up with must-do events. Here are four that should interest people intrigued by Chicago architecture and real estate... Read more
A new national ranking of suburbs came out last week, bringing with it two surprises for Chicagoans. The first surprise was that a place many don’t even know exists... Read more
List Price: $749,900 Sale Price: $685,000 The Property: In June, Scott Sasse, a real-estate agent who specializes in the West Loop, e-mailed me the listing for his own condo, which he had just put on the market... Read more
List Price: $4.954 million The Property: On an elite wooded street in east Northbrook stands a substantial house with exterior details that you might find on some historical country homes in England... Read more
At the base of Lincoln Park 2550, a posh condo tower nearing completion at Lakeview Avenue and St. James Place, a modest set of classical columns flanks the project’s southeast corner... Read more
The Properties: The façades of two recently sold new houses in the city feature big, playful visual puns—and each of them is part of a different builder’s long-range game plan... Read more
List Price: $850,000 The Property: From first sight, it’s obvious that this Normandy-style home has a lot of history in Elmhurst. Built in 1930 as part of a subdivision... Read more
After a few months of declines, sales of Chicago-area homes that were either foreclosed or sold for less than the value of the mortgage increased in both July and August. Read more
List Price: $1.2 million Sale Price: $1.07 million The Property: Kathy Posner, the longtime Chicago PR exec and civic volunteer, sold her 2,900-square-foot North Michigan Avenue condo for $1.07 million... Read more
List Price: $975,000 The Property: One section of River North could be called the town that Montgomery Ward built. Over several decades, the now-defunct retailer built... Read more
