Condo Living
And they are creating 35 cutting edge residences on the top floors of the new Virgin Hotel in the Design District. Says Luke Crosland: Rumor has prices in the $600 a square foot-ish range. More to come on the more to come, stay tuned.
Things are called “porn” because they’re largely unattainable, much like the lovelies featured in the original genre. House porn shows abodes to drool over that few can afford — whether it’s my fantasy 8,000 square foot Chicago penthouse or your Highland Park spread. At some point you give up on the unattainable and marry your…
It’s a 30-story condominium tower called Windrose Tower at Legacy West that will provide unprecedented luxury high rise living to West Plano. It’s the only luxury condo north of LBJ since the Bonadventure on Keller Springs Road and Addison Circle’s 8-story tall Aventura. It’s like the elegant frosting on a very tall cake for an…
We’re continuing our roundup of 1980s high-rises so slink into your Bob Mackie and pop yourself a Bartles & Jaymes and read on. Missed part one? Catch up here. Park Plaza: 4500 Roland Ave. I will not be this 46-unit building’s target audience for decades, because at 76 percent, the Park Plaza has the highest rate…
I recently returned from a trip to Chicago where I walked around burning off calories and looking at the high-rises of my childhood dreams. Chicago had a golden age of residential high- and mid-rise construction from the 1880s to the crash of 1929. Some were co-ops but most were apartments billed as mansions in the…
