The Parkhomes development at Lakeshore East was mentioned in the Wednesday issue of the Sun-Times. The units are currently prices around 1.7 to 2.5 million dollars and each have roughly 3k to 4k sq. feet. The Sun-Times reports that construction has already started in the southeast corner corner but I don’t see much besides a fence and some grading work. It looks like there is a pile of railroad ties, I’m not sure if that is because the area used to be a railyard (?). If anyone knows please post a comment. You could probably get a good look at them from Lower Harbor Drive between NHT and the Lancaster.

From the Sun-Times - “Now coming to downtown Chicago — low-rise homes! That’s honest-to-goodness, close-to-the-ground, hear-the-birds-in-the-trees living. But of course, you will have to pay steeply for the privilege and the dominant bird might be the noisy Canada geese that are so much trouble to Grant Park. ”

More information can be found at — http://www.suntimes.com:80/business/roeder/396714,CST-FIN-roeder23.article.