Genevieve Buck

A new 10-story condo development called Royalton Towers in Chicago's historic Old Town has units named after an array of distinguished artists with distinctive styles -- Warhol, Degas, Calder, Van...

The few remaining barns, silos and farmhouses along Caton Farm Road in the Joliet/Plainfield area are getting mighty lonely as the once-rural land now sprouts acres of houses rather than...

The front of Plaza 32 , a two-building condo development at 3232 N. Halsted St., doesn't reveal much about what's beyond its red brick facade. The five-story front building, which...

Ask any journalist who worked for the Chicago Daily News in its glory days about the location of that venerable newspaper and you'll immediately hear "West Madison Street." Most will...

The phrase "monotony code" fits into the category of words and expressions that have personal, often foggy interpretations. Take expensive, upscale, luxurious, affordable, entry-level and other such amorphous adjectives used...

It's not unusual to have people with some interest in real estate call or e-mail expressing their doubts that the area south of Chicago's Loop is really enjoying the explosive...

There's a charming little shopping center in southwest suburban Willow Springs near the intersection of Archer Avenue and Willow SpringsRoad. Called the Old Willow, this string of businesses and stores...

Two large and expensive homes built by the same developer in two affluent northwestern suburbs offer prospective buyers -- or dreamers -- some very interesting "homework." One model, the Claridge...

It's hard for me to understand how people can plunk down thousands of dollars for condos or houses that they buy just from studying floor plans. Of course, thousands and...

"Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet . . . ." wrote Rudyard Kipling in 1889. But, what did he know way back...