John Handley

In a city dominated by traditional, red-brick buildings, the new Platinum Tower is bound to stand out. The 15-story condominium is planned for a site in the West Loop by...

One of today's trendy land plans calls for combining two distinctly different types of housing in one development. Builders see this as a way of broadening their appeal and catering...

Chicago's most elegant address in the late 19th Century was Prairie Avenue. It was where the city's movers and shakers lived, including Marshall Field, Philip Armour and George Pullman. Now...

New residences will be going up at the site of a former manufacturing plant in west suburban Clarendon Hills. Following the demolition of a firm that made concrete pipe, Burnside...

Lofts have become so popular in the downtown area that builders are constructing new ones, rather than rehabbing old industrial buildings for residences. Concord Homes, a suburban builder that moved...

Country club living will be par for the course at the Legacy Club in north suburban Highland Park. The new residential enclave is being built at the Highland Park Country...

A former cold storage building is becoming another hot player in the South Loop's residential development. Erected in 1907, the brick and concrete structure at 1530 S. State St. was...

An increasingly popular trend in real estate is called the mixed-use development. For years, zoning laws in many communities dictated the strict separation of homes and businesses. Now, the pendulum...

The 1992 Parade of Homes was a boost for the Gap neighborhood on the city's Near South Side. Now comes another major new housing development--Michigan Place. To be built across...

New housing with views of Lake Michigan is something special and does not come on the market often. One project offering that amenity is LakeShore Pointe in the city's South...