Monday, May 20, 2013
This week's Wow House is a jaw dropper. At more than 5,500 square feet, it includes five bathrooms and five bedrooms. Brazilian cherrywood floors, stone-finished baths and a rooftop patio are among its most impressive details. Check out the pics.
If you're looking for a home with style, grandeur and sophisticated details, we may have found it for you. This week, our "Wow House" is a $2.1 million home that merges an old-fashioned feel with contemporary style. Nestled at 1921 N. Honore St. in Bucktown, the home has five bedrooms and five bathrooms. Built in 2006, it features an attached 3 1/2-car garage, stone-finished baths, Brazilian cherry wood floors, a rooftop deck with a pergola and a wine cellar. Is your home a ‘Wow’ House? Want to nominate a spectacular, unusual or just plain cool property on the North Side? E-mail carrie@patch.com. Follow us on Facebook!
The price of a bank-owned local home has been slashed. It's currently for sale as is. Check out the accompanying photo for a look inside.
If you're in the market for a fixer-upper, we may have found it for you. A Northcenter home originally listed on the market for $425,000 is now going for $384,000, real estate agents said. The bank-owned property is being sold "as is" and "without repair" according to its MLS listing. The home can be found at 4111 N. Western Ave. It has three bedrooms and one bathroom. It includes 1,600 square feet. Follow us on Facebook
Sunday, May 19, 2013
The storefront is being constructed now at the former salon, but the owner says it’ll be a transformation.
The theater company is adding multiple new features to its North Side cinema on Western Avenue.
The famous barbecue restaurant on North Avenue is coming back, Chef Charlie McKenna said Thursday, just in time for summer.
The transformation from garage to yoga studio is under way, with crews saying it could take them up to four months to get the project done.
Saturday, May 18, 2013
The development was purchased for $4.5 million by a Chicago-based investor, meaning rent in the now-apartment building is about to shoot up.
Friday, May 17, 2013
The theater company is adding multiple new features to its North Side cinema on Western Avenue.
New features will soon be coming to the Regal City North Stadium 14, with construction slated for both a screening space and the concessions area, City of Chicago permits confirm. The cinema, located at 2600 N. Western Ave., will soon have crews doing an estimated $220,000 build-out. Regal will be adding a new IMAX screen, in addition to renovating their existing concessions support area, plans detail. Regal on Western is already home to 3D movie capabilities, as well as the Regal Premium Experience, or RPX. Regal’s RPX is a “custom-built premium environment featuring elegant and luxurious seats with high-back headrests, a giant immersive screen illuminated by high-quality digital projectors and completed with a state-of-the-art sound …
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Thursday, May 16, 2013
The famous barbecue restaurant on North Avenue is coming back, Chef Charlie McKenna said Thursday, just in time for summer.
After a fire that caused “total damage,” Lillie’s Q is reopening its Bucktown location in mid-June, owner and chef Charlie McKenna announced Thursday. The fire broke out March 14 in the famed barbecue restaurant’s basement, which sits at 1856 W. North Ave. The flames took more than an hour to get under control, and one firefighter suffered from minor injuries. McKenna says his team is heading to Memphis to compete in the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest, and when they return, it’ll be all eyes on Bucktown. “It's been a long road trying to get Lillie's Q in Bucktown back open, but we're getting close,” McKenna said in a statement. "The outpouring of support from other chefs and restaurant owners, loyal customers, and friends of …
The development was purchased for $4.5 million by a Chicago-based investor, meaning rent in the now-apartment building is about to shoot up.
A failed condo development just a block from the Western Avenue CTA Station is now safe from a potential foreclosure after being purchased by a Chicago apartment investor for $4.5 million, Chicago Real Estate Daily reports. The developer behind the building at 1845 N. Western Ave. was hit was a foreclosure lawsuit in 2010 after failing to sell 12 of the 15 three-bedroom condos, Crain’s writes. Laramar—the nation’s 27th-largest apartment manager in 2012—purchased the building, titled Bucktown Station. Although only three condos in the development sold since construction finished in 2008, the other 12 units are fully rented, the project’s real estate broker told writer David Lee Matthews. With tenants paying rents at $1.50 to $1.75 per …
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