Neighbors of the proposed apartment tower at LaSalle Drive & North Avenue swayed Hopkins with their concerns about traffic and density. North Side housing market heats up with double-digit sales and price gains The North Side housing market has defied the cold, reporting significant sales and price ...

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By Don DeBat. 29-Jan-25 – Chill Arctic winds may be blowing in Chicago in January, but Chicago’s North Side housing market posted a hot and vibrant fourth quarter in 2024.. Despite the ongoing shortage of homes for sale, and year-end mortgage-rate creep, both unit sales and the median sales price delivered double-digit gains.

Nov 18, 2024 · “The years of hard work, perseverance, and dedication to this project have come to fruition with this major milestone,” said marina developer Randy Podolsky (left) at a formal “water breaking ceremony” on November 12. “Believing in a dream and making it a reality makes it all worthwhile to be able to bring recreational boater access to Navy Pier.”

By Don DeBat. 28-Dec-24 – Chicago’s North Side bungalow and “Ma-and-pa” apartment owners complain they are overwhelmed with a tsunami of rising insurance costs that hit in 2023 and 2024.. The lofty insurance increases, which come on top of Chicago’s soaring North Side real estate taxes, add another layer of operating cost expenses.

Aug 22, 2023 · “While July of 2023 was the 17th consecutive month of year-over-year home sales declines in Lincoln Park, the Gold Coast, the Near North Side, Lakeview, and North Center, we are beginning to see some signs of an improving market,” observed Realtor John Irwin (left), co-author of the Baird & Warner August Market Analysis with broker Jackie Lafferty.

5 days ago · By Don DeBat. 31-Jan-25 – Though open to compromise, 2nd Ward Alderman Brian Hopkins says he is not supporting the most recent proposal by Fern Hill Company to build a 44-story, 500-unit apartment tower in Old Town.

Oct 23, 2024 · Photo by Dave Mead. By GPT-4o. 23-Oct-24 – The Chicago Loop Alliance’s latest report reveals encouraging metrics about downtown’s economy as it rebounded significantly during the summer months. Pedestrian and CTA ridership figures have hit their highest points since the pandemic began, thanks to a bustling lineup of events.

With construction financing in place, actual construction has started on 400 Lake Shore, starting with the 72-story north tower that will add 1.1 million square feet of residential space and 4.5 acres of public green space to Streeterville.

By Don DeBat. 2-May-23 – The market began 2023 much as it ended 2022, with first-quarter sales down by roughly one-third when compared to the pandemic-fueled buying surge that shaped the market from mid-2020 until the second half of 2022, according to the new Chicago North Side Market Report.. North Side home sales totaled 1,683 units during the first quarter of 2023, which was 32.5 percent ...