John Handley

Can successful townhouse designs be transformed into successful single-family homes? Town & Country Homes is betting on it. The builder's new Avondale subdivision in west suburban Westchester features three single-family...

Location, location, location. Stonegate has all three. The new subdivision in north suburban Northbrook is just around the corner from the Tri-State Tollway and Willow Road, a major east-west artery....

The 11-acre equestrian estate in Barrington Hills that was used as Babe Ruth's home in the 1992 film, "The Babe," starring John Goodman, is one of three large residences to...

A building firm that has specialized for almost 50 years in constructing single-family homes in the south and southwest suburbs has added townhouses to its product line. Gallagher & Henry,...

River Pointe Condominiums, the largest new residential project in Des Plaines, is one of the keys to the redevelopment of the northwest suburb's downtown, according to Mayor Ted Sherwood. The...

Tanneron Bay is a new port of call in the Chain o' Lakes. The construction of 84 townhouses is planned for a 26-acre site along the shores of 100-acre Wooster...

Old warehouses never die; they are just recycled into loft residences. At least that is the trend in downtown Chicago, where yet another loft conversion is under way. Chicago Urban...

North suburban Niles is experiencing a Renaissance. It's not an artistic or cultural revival, but a housing Renaissance. Construction is under way on a new condominium development by that name...

Train buffs should feel right at home at Clinton Street Lofts near downtown Chicago. The new residential development, located at the southwest corner of Clinton and Fulton Streets, overlooks the...

Lincoln Ridge, a new housing development with 188 units, will start blooming this spring on the site of the former Sears catalog headquarters in Skokie. Robin Construction Corp. of Chicago...