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.

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.

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.

Aug 24, 2024 · Photo by Vashon Jordan Jr. By Steven Dahlman. 24-Aug-24 – The Chicago Loop has surpassed the downtowns of 53 other cities across the United States in a new report comparing metrics such as employment and residential growth.. So much so, that the Chicago Loop Alliance says the study confirms that the Loop is “the most significant and vital of Chicago’s neighborhoods.”

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.

(Above) Visitors to Cloud Gate along Michigan Avenue. Photo by Chicago Loop Alliance. By Steven Dahlman. 6-Nov-23 – Economic activity in the Loop, July through September, continued its return to pre-pandemic levels, according to a new report by Chicago Loop Alliance.. Pedestrian activity on State Street and Michigan Avenue was up in the past year to 75 percent of its pre-pandemic level ...

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.”

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.