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Builder / project sites David Crawford and David Kleiman form the D2Realty partnership that boasts a residential portfolio of new construction and renovation projects spanning Chicago from DePaul to Hyde Park. Garrison Partners is a full service marketing and sales consulting firm specializing in residential real estate development. The founders of Concord Homes have built over 20,000 homes in the Chicago area. Concord recently entered the city market with major developments in River North and Hyde Park. Brian Keith advertising sponsors the New Home Showcase, a multiple-builder site featuring primarily suburban properties. Tune in Saturday mornings at 9:30 on WGN, channel 9, for high-quality tours of new home developments. Bank Note Place, possibly the city's only loft development with bamboo floors, has an attractive web site showcasing the project's design features, pricing and floor plans. Chrysalis LLC is the developer. Back in the late ‘70s American Invsco, then the nation’s largest condominium converter, promised to become the “General Motors of real estate.” In a way, they did. Kinzie Station is a highrise development by CMC Heartland Partners in Chicago's River West area. Studios, penthouses and deluxe townhomes sold quickly. The remaining two and three bedroom (2,500 square foot) units are priced from the mid $200s well past the mid $400s. JMM Contractors is a Ravenswood-area condominium developer. Accenting Chicago’s urban architectural landscape with elegantly progressive residences, CMK Development Corporation offers homes for today’s discerning buyer. The company is currently developing high-end single family homes, townhomes and condominium projects in the Bucktown, Wicker Park, and South Loop areas. From the Fremont Condominiums in DePaul and Greenview Passage in Lincoln Park to the Hearthstone Place Townhomes in Hyde Park, Lettvin Development is known for meeting market demands and establishing a benchmark in design excellence in the Chicago area. Their latest project at Old Irving Village promises to continue the tradition of maximizing value for their purchasers. Real estate brokers Jameson Realty Group, founded by brothers Charles and Harry Huzenis, has represented the leading edge of development in many of Chicago's emerging and established neighborhoods. Koenig & Strey is one of the area's new construction powerhouses, representing dozens of new home developments in the city and north suburbs. In addition to traditional real estate brokerage, Property Consultants Realty also represents many of Chicago's leading developers in a variety of new projects including vintage condominiums, new construction townhomes, lofts and luxury single family homes. Although their site doesn't feature new homes, Jim & Nancy Cusumano of RE/MAX Central have put together a very creative real estate web site with a wealth of Chicago links and real estate information. You can find them at www.chicagolandrealtor.com. A full-service real estate company, Betancourt Realty Network, Inc., has been rooted in the Bucktown / Wicker Park area as one of the leaders in sales, development, and consulting for ten years. Local government Chicago Mosaic, official City of Chicago home page. Features Exploring Chicago, an interactive tour guide to the city. Also Includes links to city departments and information and pictures on Chicago landmarks and landmark districts. The Chicago Park District site keeps you up to date on programs, activities and special events in the city's many downtown and neighborhood parks. The Chicago Police Department has crime stats and tips on how to make your neighborhood a safer place to live. You'll find a wealth of city info at the Chicago Public Library site. The Learn Chicago section includes a list of the city's most notable deaths, disasters, disturbances and disorders. Are the city's schools getting better? The Chicago Public Schools site has a variety of public school info, including IGAP scores and other performance data on individual schools in its school information database. The CTA, Chicago Transit Authority (the buses and trains, not the early name of the rock group Chicago) has all of its schedules and route maps on line, so that you can find out exactly how late your bus is. Cook County Assessor's Office. Quickly search for assessed values, on which property taxes are based, for any property in Cook County, or just learn more about how property taxes are figured. Be sure you're aware of the home improvement, homeowner's and senior citizen real estate tax exemptions. Financing Find up-to-date mortgage rates and links to lenders at Mortgage Market Information Services, one of the nation's leading information providers. News, information, advice The official new homes site of the National Association of Home Builders can be found here. It purports to be the largest new homes site on the Web, with listings for over 100,000 new homes for sale around the USA. Start your Chicago-area search here. The Chicago Tribune has an elaborate real estate section on the Web, including tens of thousands of new and resale homes available in the Chicago area, news and features from its print editions, and the ability to search actual prices at which homes in your area of interest have sold during the past half dozen years. Microsoft's HomeAdvisor will walk you through every step of the home buying process. The site also contains detailed crime, school and socio-economic statistics on the neighborhood of your choice. The best source on the Web for up-to-date real estate news is RealTimes. You’ll also find a raft of articles to help guide you through the home buying process. Another source of home buying advice, with a strong emphasis on financing a home, is QuickenMortgage, the on-line arm of the most popular personal financial software. Neighborhoods Is there a better way to learn about Chicago’s neighborhoods than visiting their graveyards? Maybe. Until you find it, you’ll have a lot of fun at Graveyards of Chicago. Services Home inspectors If you’re not sure what a home inspection is, or what to expect from a home inspector, visit the Illinois Society of Professional Home Inspectors. Architects HSP/LTD is responsible for several major architectural renovations and for new building construction in the Chicago area including the Playboy Mansion renovation, Tower Loft Condominiums and, recently completed, Union Square Loft Condominiums at 333 W. Hubbard. Chicago web guides One of the best sets of links to Chicago sites is the Gordon Lake Chicago Web. Suggest a link If you’re aware of a link that would be of interest to new home buyers in the city of Chicago, click here. We’re especially interested in sites that provide information about Chicago’s neighborhoods.
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