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Posts tagged "Townhomes"

Parkside of Old Town offers reduced prices, special incentives

The new homes at Parkside of Old Town have a convenient location, two blocks from Wells Street shops, bars and restaurants, close to the Gold Coast, River North and Lincoln Park. A Starbucks and a Dominick’s supermarket are directly across the street, and a new Target will also be built across the street at Division... Read more »
By Joe Zekas,
August 16, 2011 at 11:59 pm
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Tour a light-filled Lincoln Park townhome

Lincoln Park developers refined the art of townhome planning and design over a span of 30 years. By the time The Pointe was built, in the mid-90s, on the former site of Augustana Hospital, luxury townhomes had achieved a high state of livability and came to be seen by many buyers as viable alternatives to... Read more »
By Joe Zekas,
July 28, 2011 at 11:44 pm
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Down to three townhomes at Wabansia Row II in Bucktown

This weekend I noticed that @properties had amended the sign outside of the Wabansia Row II townhomes in Bucktown, changing “4 homes left” to “3 homes left.” The project’s long road to completion has been well documented from our end, and as a neighbor I must say it’s refreshing to actually see people coming and... Read more »
By josephaskins,
May 9, 2011 at 4:52 pm
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Landmark McCormick Row House in DePaul available for under $1M

It’s rare to see one of DePaul’s vintage McCormick Row Houses for sale, especially at a price in the six figures. The five-bedroom / 3.5-bath home at 836 W Belden Ave sold in 2005 for $1.32 million, and again in 2007 for $1.4 million. It’s been on and off the market since May, and is... Read more »
By josephaskins,
February 9, 2011 at 3:10 pm
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The ups and downs of downtown Chicago's rental market

Fifty-two weeks ago, we started tracking the number of homes listed for rent in 14 different downtown-area ZIP codes. (Every Friday, using the “rental” filter in Coldwell Banker‘s Quick Search, we pull up the number of listings for 60601, 60602, 60603, 60604, 60605, 60606, 60607, 60608, 60610, 60611, 60616, 60622, 60654, and 60661, and record... Read more »
By josephaskins,
November 19, 2010 at 4:32 pm
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Lexington Homes opens new Grant Elite model home at Lexington Square in Bridgeport

(The following sponsored post is a part of the Chicago Tribune’s Fall 2010 Festival of Homes.) A new model has debuted at Lexington Square, Lexington Homes‘ new community of 39 single-family rowhomes in Bridgeport. The fully decorated Grant Elite has 2,216 square feet, three bedrooms and 2.5 baths. The home is base-priced from the mid-$300s... Read more »
By josephaskins,
September 10, 2010 at 2:39 pm
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New listings priced near half a million in seven Chicago neighborhoods

Yesterday afternoon I pulled up a list of homes priced at or near $500,000 (a range of $490,000 to $510,000, if you must know), that have been on the MLS for no more than 30 days. Here are seven examples of homes currently on the market for a half-million in neighborhoods spread across the city... Read more »
By josephaskins,
August 23, 2010 at 4:56 pm
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Checking in on Avondale: What's for sale (and what's sold) in one Northwest Side neighborhood

Avondale! Let’s say you want to live there, because it’s Chicago’s next hot ‘hood (or at least it was until RedEye decided it wasn’t), but you don’t know the first thing about what prices are like in the area. Don’t fret — using Coldwell Banker‘s rental search and Redfin‘s spreadsheets of homes for sale, I... Read more »
By josephaskins,
August 18, 2010 at 3:39 pm
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Lexington Square meets Polo Café in Bridgeport

I was in Bridgeport earlier today for my first look at Lexington Square, a development of 39 townhomes at 3704 S. Sangamon St, fronting on Donovan Park. Polo Café, a restaurant with an adjacent night club and bed and breakfast (yup!) is just a few blocks from Lexington Square so I asked Lexington Homes‘ Jeff... Read more »
By Joe Zekas,
July 13, 2010 at 7:30 pm
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Aqua opens Parkhome model designed by Jeanne Gang's architecture studio

Often left out of conversation about Aqua‘s mix of residential units are the nine Parkhomes located at its base, on the western side of Lakeshore East’s interior park. One of those homes is now open for viewing, and boasts an interior designed by the tower’s own architect. Studio Gang Architects furnished the model with furniture... Read more »
By josephaskins,
July 8, 2010 at 11:29 am
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