Members of the Bronzeville Association for Recreation with Canines (BARC) gathered with the Chicago Park Officials at the ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the new park located at 3928-40 S. Indiana Ave. It is the first of 3 dog parks to open on the South Side, the other two in the final stages of checks. Check out this article and see how thrilled the residents are about this new growth in their community. Click HERE for the full article. Photo Credits - Jamie Nesbitt Golden/Block Club Chicago Story Credit - Block Club Chicago
Check out our recent commentary for the August Chicago Housing Report HERE in Loop North News. Chicago is holding strong on median sales price, with a four percent increase over last year, despite a more than seven percent dip in the number of homes sold, noted Realtor Hasani Steele of RE/MAX Premier. “Buyer increase in patience, especially if they already own, is in line with the increase of average market time,” said Steele.
Maurice Cox, Detroit's former Development Commissioner, is bringing his talents to Chicago. Cox was the brain behind Detroit's "20-minute neighborhoods", where he made certain that neighborhoods had everything they would need within a short distance. Cox is quoted saying “Chicago is one of the most architecturally beautiful and inspiring cities in the world”. Cox will join Mayor Lightfoot in an effort to revitalize neighborhoods, by creating more affordable housing and improving streets along with parks. Click here for the full article. Article courtesy of Curbed Chicago Photo courtesy of nessmagazine.com
Long-time SCG client, Derek Pulchny, was recently featured in Crain's Chicago Business in an article focused on builders making a significant impact on the Bronzeville real estate community. "One day, Bronzeville is going to be exactly the same as Hyde Park," Derek notes in the story, referring to the only south lakefront neighborhood that didn't suffer the steep decline caused by decades of segregation. "Only (Bronzeville is) closer to downtown Chicago." Derek and his company, DTA Group, have developed several successful multi-unit and single-family projects over the years which SCG proudly consulted as well as handled sales representation. His current projects include 4114-18 S Vincennes, 6512-23 S Minerva, and 4625 S Lake Park. Read the full Crain's Chicago Business article...
The SCG team took time out of a busy Spring season to share details about our consulting services and industry insights with WGN's Market Overdrive Squad and Joel Schaub of Guaranteed Rate. The show is one of the nation's premier real estate talk-shows, reaching hundreds of thousands of consumers & brokers across the United States. Check out a snippet of the interview HERE.
This post authored by John Frueh of Steele Consulting Group. Story credit to Curbed Chicago. Tuesday (12/4/18), following the recent completion of the renovation, marks the reopening of Bronzeville's Art Decco "Bee". This exhaustive $2.32 million project was funded by the Chicago Housing Authority and the building has been repurposed as a library with several new upgrades. The exterior work scope featured a refinishing of the terracotta facade as well as an aesthetic change of the storefronts now matching the original building style. A library will bring value to any neighborhood as it provides afterschool programs, digital literacy for seniors, reading and development resources for families, as well as job search tools, book clubs, not to mention books! Along with those offerings,...
Story credit to Chicago Tribune. LaForce Baker is making a powerful impact on food deserts throughout the city with his start-up, Moon Meals. His mission is affordable, accessible healthy options that taste good and he's adamant about that last part. His latest endeavor? Getting placement in all 187 Jewel-Osco locations and he's setting his sights for 1,000 stores by the end of the year. It's exciting when you have local business owners that come up with creative solutions to community issues and we're happy to share LaForce's story. "Being in an entrepreneurial industry, we are always inspired by stories such as this," notes Christian Volpe, SCG marketing director. "As I was reading this story and learning of LaForce Baker’s success, I realized...
We are pleased to announce that we were able to contribute an article in the August 2018 issue of Chicago Real Producers magazine. This is the first article in a series of three to be published by the magazine this coming Fall. In the article, Hasani discusses misconceptions about specific neighborhoods on Chicago's South Side, how to approach buying and selling in emerging markets, and educating your clients as well as other common themes in the scope of real estate. Featured on the cover is Chicago Realtor and Broker Sam Shaffer of Chicago Properties. Sam is on the Chicago Association of Realtors list of top 1 percent of producers. [gallery columns="1" size="large" ids="32468,32469"] See the full transcript below: Navigating...
8/28/18 - President Barack Obama stopped by the Obama Foundation offices in Chicago to thank community leaders for their efforts in support of the Obama Presidential Library. As a recruited community advocate, SCG's Hasani Steele was honored to be one of the few invitees to the event. Watch & read the full story HERE on ABC7 Chicago's page. Additional footage is available at CBS Chicago's page HERE.
