New Home Notebook

A most modern home in a great Bucktown location, the 5 bedroom, 3.5 bath at 1625 N Wolcott Ave is also a winner of the Best in American Living award. Take a top to bottom video tour of the home with Koenig & Strey’s Karen Ranquist.

Some amenities featured in the 5-level home include an elevator, a custom Valcucine kitchen, a 4-car tandem garage and many upgrades. Multiple outdoor living spaces include a private terrace.

The plush amenities are many at 303 Sheridan Road in Winnetka, Illinois. But the striking Lake Michigan views may be the best, with 3 outdoor balconies, including one from the master bedroom with views of the lake. This restored 5 bedroom classic stone and cedar home was designed by renowned architect, S.S. Beman. Steps from the beach, the home is also adjacent to Elder Lane Park, with its own private gate.

Take the video tour of this beauty with Koenig & Strey’s Beth Groebe.

With a great location and even better views, Park Michigan is one hot property. Take a look inside with a video tour. Park Michigan’s Jill Dolnicek walks you through a spacious one-bedroom; showcasing hardwood floors, granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, a functional layout and abundant closet space.

A jewel in Chicago’s South Loop, Park Michigan is a sleek, international-style apartment tower at Michigan Ave and Roosevelt Rd. The park, lake and skyline views are tops and the building is convenient to shopping, dining, CTA and downtown universities. Grant Park is right across the street.

Take a video tour with Koenig & Strey’s Missy Jerfita as she outlines the advantages of living in the Glen. Notable for a wide variety of housing, shops, theaters, restaurants and its Town Center, the Glen in the north Chicago suburb of Glenview is a hugely successful planned community. It was developed over more than a decade on the 1,100-acre site of the former Naval Air Station.

The Glen draws homebuyers with mix of loft apartments, condos, townhomes and luxury-single family homes.  The list of amenities goes on from the practical (a Metra stop and on-site elementary school) to the recreational (golf, parks and the Kohl Children’s Museum).

Homebuyers looking in the Graceland West area of Chicago’s Lake View have creative new construction waiting at 1440 West Pensacola. This 3-level, 4,000+ square foot single family home features 5 bedrooms and 3.5 baths. Custom millwork, attention to detail and high-end finishes abound.

Take the above video tour with Koenig & Strey agent Deborah Owen of the Gold Coast office to get the full scope of the home and its great back yard.

Located at 1957 Henley Street in the desirable Henley-Dewes-Linneman area near downtown Glenview, this spacious and sunny four-bedroom, 2.5-bath Colonial has hardwood flooring throughout, an updated kitchen that opens to a large family room with sliders leading to a beautifully landscaped back yard, and a second floor boasting three large bedrooms with ample closet space plus a master suite featuring a huge master bath.

A member of of the Jerfita Team from Koenig & Strey’s Glenview office, listing agent Vittoria Logli is our guide in the video tour of this luxury single-family home that also features a second-level, heated and cooled bonus room above the 2.5-car garage.

Located in Winnetka at 14 Woodley Road, this superb 5 bedroom, 5+ bath single-family home features an outstanding floor plan and high ceilings, as well as a lower-level with large rec room, first-floor master with two walk-in closets, and a three-car garage.

Built in 1959, and designed by renowned architect Norman Yeretsky, quality is present everywhere in this home, which also includes a magnificent in-ground pool surrounded by a large pool deck. The entire property sits on a large lush professionally landscaped lot with plenty of privacy.

Koenig & Strey agent Chris Downey of the Winnetka office is our guide for the video tour of this custom home of fine proportions!

From those in the know, Chicago’s River North neighborhood is where it’s at. While living in the Loop provides the best known assets  - the lakefront parks, theaters and museums, those living downtown are also apt to cross the river for their entertainment and more.

In the above video tour, residents of Oakwood 200 Squared, 210 N Wells St, discuss the vibrant bar, nightlife, gallery and restaurant venues in River North and the endless nearby shopping options.  Life in the building itself is full of incentive; great views and extensive amenities, including an indoor pool, fitness room, dog run and a sprawling sun deck with a fire pit and grills.

The 5-bedroom, 4 ½ bath Prairie-style home at 153 Caroline is bright and open, with hardwood floors throughout, a great layout, and a large kitchen that opens through a wall of windows to a beautifully landscaped back yard. This wonderful home also sits on an oversized lot in a great location near East End Park and its pool.

Maria Gracik of Koenig & Strey’s Gracik Makinney Group is our guide in this sponsored video tour.

With a location that affords easy access to all the best of Elmhurst, including good public schools, a vibrant downtown area, and convenience to Chicago’s expressway grid, the attractive 3-bedroom, 2 ½ bath Tudor home at 211 E St Charles Rd also boasts great curb appeal, a functional floor plan, vintage charm and many updates.

A lifelong resident of Elmhurst, Tom Makinney of Koenig & Strey’s Gracik Makinney Group is our guide in this sponsored video tour.

The change of ownership of  Echelon at K Station has meant a makeover and a slew of expanded and revamped amenities in the development. A sleeker lobby and lounge areas on the inside.  Expanded seating, cabanas and firepit augment the pool. New grills are slated for an outdoor patio. Take the above video tour to see more.

In the neighborhood, there are new restaurants and nightlife options. A deluxe Jewel-Osco is across the street and the CTA Blue line is only two short blocks away. Adjacent to Echelon, the park hosts Movies in the Parks in the summer.

Located at 2550 W Huron St and facing south on Smith Park, this new 4,000 square foot, 4-5 bedroom, 3 ½ bath, contemporary single-family home boasts a sprawling first floor that is open from front to back, punctuated by an open, floating stainless steel staircase. The second floor features a master suite unlike anything you’ve seen, as the large master bedroom has natural woods and a half-wall of translucent designer glass looking into a huge master bath.

One of Chicago’s little-known neighborhoods, Smith Park is anchored by a park of the same name that features a pool, field house with an indoor basketball court and multi-purpose rooms, tennis courts, baseball diamonds and newer playground.

Izabela Sloma of Sergio & Banks is our tour guide in this sponsored video.

With the building under new ownership, and having been renamed the Park Michigan to reflect its new look, the sleek, international-style apartment tower at 1212 South Michigan Ave in the South Loop is nearing the completion of a makeover.

Park Michigan residents will have walkable access to Chicago’s cultural institutions, Soldier Field and a wide variety of dining and nightlife options, as well as Grant Park at their front door and a Jewel-Osco, Trader Joe’s, Starbucks, Target and an El stop to the rear.

Join us for a look at one of the spacious, light-filled model apartments and the unbroken views of Lake Michigan to the east and Chicago’s great cityscape to the west in this sponsored video.

“One of the things that Belgravia is really good at is listening,” says Belgravia Group founder Buzz Ruttenberg.

Join Buzz and Michael Hampton for a video look at the model apartment for a 24-unit condominium under construction in the West Loop. It’s Phase II of CA23, a development which was acquired halfway through a prior developer’s sales program and quickly sold out by Belgravia.

In the video you’ll see and hear the many improvements, large and small, to a product that had already proved attractive to home buyers. Some of the things that won’t change include the popular West Loop location, the private elevators, high-ceilings, large room sizes, single-floor layout and great views.

The 1,900 square foot, 3-bedroom, 3-bath homes in Phase II are pre-construction priced from $499,900 to $624,900.

YoChicago‘s Joe Zekas went on a video tour of Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood with Sergio & Banks’ Tina Culver to check out this historic area.

The north side neighborhood is right on the lakefront between the Oak Street and North Avenue beaches.  The area is rife with a variety of restaurants, boutique shops and luxury real estate. Gold Coast real estate is comprised mostly of high-rise condos, many with amazing views of the lakefront.