Category Archives: New Developments

Navy Pier Renovations in the Works

According to Navy Pier, Incorporated,the non-profit firm that oversees all operations of Chicago’s most visited tourist attraction, the Pier is in need of a little work. Or maybe a lot of work.
Navy Pier, Inc. has announced plans to put more than $150 million dollars of renovations into the Pier. The renovations include the addition of a 150 room hotel to the east end of the Pier. They also include new construction and expansion on the Children’s Museum and the Chicago Shakespeare Theater.
On top of that, the plan calls for more …

by Lindsey Anderson on July 12, 2011

Chicago Real Estate Trends: More Bathrooms, More Money

Chicago Tribune columnist Mary Schmich has identified an interesting trend in real estate, one that affects Chicagoans in particular and Americans in general.
Schmich has noticed that single bathroom homes are not selling nearly as well as they used to. In fact, they are barely selling at all.
“These days, a house with a lone bathroom is only slightly more desirable than a house without a roof,” Schmich says. “In 2010, fewer than a quarter of all houses sold had only one.”
Schmich went on to note that it was not uncommon for …

by Lindsey Anderson on July 10, 2011

Will Rahm Give Chicago’s First 24-Hour Skate Park the Green Light?

A few months ago former mayor Richard Daley proposed to plan, design, and construct a 24-hour skate park, to be built in the south side of Chicago, at the site of an unused bus station.
Daley’s proposition made it through Chicago’s legislature without any issues, but now the proposal has appeared on recently elected mayor Rahm Emanuel’s desk. And the proposal won’t be pushed through unless Rahm decides to provide the project with $2 million in funding.
Rahm seems to be intrigued by the project, but it remains to be seen whether …

by Lindsey Anderson on July 4, 2011

The Undisputed Right to Own a Wright

Every art and architecture enthusiast admires the work of the renowned Midwestern master of architecture, Frank Lloyd Wright. And many of these architecture enthusiasts dream of one day owning a Wright-built home of their own. If only they could save up the vast sums of money needed to afford such a masterpiece, they imagine, they would buy one of Wright’s iconic homes as soon as they could.
But, according to Janet Halstead, the director of the Chicago-based Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy, owning one of these home requires less money down …

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by Lindsey Anderson on July 2, 2011

Navy selling 37 acres with Lake Michigan frontage

Large plots of Lake Michigan frontage don’t often go up for sale, but now the U.S. Navy and Forest City Enterprises Inc. are selling a 37 acre plot of land right on the lake. The property was previously a part of the Fort Sheridan military complex and spreads across the suburbs of both Highwood and Highland Park. It includes 1,100 feet of Lake Michigan frontage.
The listing agent for the property is targeting buyers who are resort developers as well as communities, homebuilders and even the wealthy who might want to build …

by Liz SanFilippo on June 30, 2011

Sustainable and Affordable: The Urban-C3Project

If you’re interested in affordable, sustainable design you may have already heard of Square Root Architecture + Design’s Urban-C3 project. If that’s the case, you already know that—according to the Square Root Architecture + Design website—the C3 project is “the first in an innovative line of green housing.” But you may not be familiar with some of the particulars of the project.

I sat down with Jeff Summers, a member of the C3 design team, the other day to learn a little more about those particulars.
Can you give me an overview …

by Lindsey Anderson on June 23, 2011
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