U.S. Equities Realty, a leading full-service commercial real estate firm, announced today that it is beginning construction on MetraMarket. Connected to the Ogilvie Transportation Center in the West Loop, MetraMarket is a 100,000-square-foot restaurant and retail development that will enliven the area through its eclectic mix of dining and shopping options. Several of MetraMarket’s tenants are scheduled to open in summer 2009. MetraMarket will...
Chicagoland’s new eco-savvy and luxury destination hotel, the 556-room InterContinental Chicago O’Hare, is going above and beyond in its quest to lighten businesses’ impact on the environment. Not only does the sophisticated, design-forward property utilize 100% renewable energy credits from wind, but the InterContinental Chicago O’Hare also features a green roof, recycles all materials used throughout its hotel and convention area, and helps...
Instead of locating his factory for building railroad sleeping cars in Chicago, George M. Pullman built a town of his own outside the city limits – the first model, planned industrial community in the United States. The center and figurative heart of the town was the main factory building with its distinctive clock tower. In 1998, the factory and adjacent buildings were severely damaged in an arson fire, including the complete loss of the roof...
Originally the first home of the Chicago Public Library, the Chicago Cultural Center was designed by the Boston architectural firm of Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge in 1897. The building’s Preston Bradley Hall contains the world’s largest Louis Comfort Tiffany art glass dome, with approximately 30,000 pieces of glass spanning more than 1,000 square feet. The restoration project was funded in part with City TIF assistance, a HUD Grant, a State...
The Armitage-Halsted District is a remarkably intact, late nineteenth-century neighborhood commercial district. Centered on what was the intersection of two major streetcar lines, this transportation ‘crossroads’ exploded into a major neighborhood shopping area. Buildings in the district typically have commercial storefronts on the ground floor with residential units above. This new 3-story masonry building has a contemporary metal-and-glass,...
Considered one of the city’s finest historic hotels, the Blackstone is a fanciful example of the “Modern French” style of Beaux Arts architectural style. The hotel was built in 1908 and designed by the prominent architecture firm of Marshall & Fox. Known as the “Hotel of Presidents,” the hotel has hosted a dozen U.S. Presidents and was also the location of the famous “smoke-filled room” where Warren G. Harding was chosen as the...
Located in the far northwest side of the city, this district was originally developed in the 1890s as a railroad suburb. It has large lots and is surrounded by the Billy Caldwell Cook County Forest Preserve, giving the neighborhood a rural feel that is unique for the city. This house was constructed in 1937 and had a one-story sun porch located at the rear that was enclosed some time in the past. The owners expanded their master bedroom with a new...
CCIM Institute, the largest commercial investment real estate network in the world, has resolved all contractual disputes with Catylist Real Estate Software, Inc. in a 2007 dispute involving CCIMNet, the online commercial property exchange owned by CCIM Institute. CCIM Institute has invited Catylist to participate in the ongoing CCIMNeXt project, an Institute initiative designed to give members enhanced online commercial property marketing and analysis...
Michigan Avenue is the most enduring image of the Chicago skyline, and the district contains many historically- and architecturally-significant cultural institutions, clubs, hotels, and office buildings. The site was one of only two vacant lots in the district, and the first new construction project in over 50 years. The new 10-story building for the Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies has a unique, faceted-glass curtain wall with butt-glazed joints...
The Navigators Group, Inc. announced today that its Lloyd’s Syndicate 1221 is now underwriting insurance coverage in China through the Navigators Underwriting Division of Lloyd’s Reinsurance Company (China) Ltd. (LRCCL). The establishment and recent licensing of LRCCL enable Lloyd’s syndicates, including Navigators Syndicate 1221, to underwrite reinsurance business throughout China. Navigators supplies 100% of the capacity of Syndicate 1221,...
The Contour Lounge Chair by Murillo
Murillo, the Philippines based manufacturer has been involved in manufacturing furniture and...
Contemporary Office Designs from Triple Five Design
Looking for modern interior inspiration for your office, here we got some preview of the contemporary...
The Gallery House designed by architect Richard Librach
Today’s modern house inspiration is coming from Richard Librach Architect, Toronto-based...
The Riedel Amadeo Decanter from Williams-Sonoma
Williams-Sonoma, the company that serves cookware, cooks stool, cutlery, electrics, bakeware,...
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