September  2008 - Modern News & Updates

Pre-Fab Exhibit at Museum of Science & Industy

Through January 4, 2009

 
The mkSolaire™ is the featured attraction at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry as part of the Smart Home: Green and Wired exhibition. The mkSolaire™ features:
  • the most current eco-friendly materials
  • high performance, energy efficient building systems
  • a living roof
  • a solar electric generation system
  • a rain catchment system
  • plus the latest innovations in home technology available

The design of the home together with these innovative materials and advanced systems combine to create a healthy environment that dramatically reduces the carbon footprint of this model home.

The mkSolaire™ is designed by Michelle Kaufmann - http://www.mkd-arc.com/
Photo tour of house via ApartmentTherapy.com - Click for tour


Photo via Apartment Therapy
 

New Modern Development Coming Soon to Lakeview

 

 Lakeview will soon be home to a new development at 3030 Broadway.  This site previously occupied a Dominick's grocery store which was burned down in 2005.

The development will feature 53 units including:

1 bed / 1bath Floorplans
887 sq.ft.- 999 sq.ft
Price: $317,546 - $378,621

2 bed / 2 bath Floorplans
1,158 sq.ft - 1,415 sq.ft
Price: $437,778 - $567,263

2 Bed+Den / 2-2.5 Bath
1,363 sq.ft - 1,809 sq.ft
Price: $527,402 - $761,000

3 Bed / 2-3 Bath
1,486 sq.ft. - 2,706 sq.ft
Price: $574,995 - $1,217,700

3 Bed+Den/3-3.5 Baths
1,917 sq.ft. - 3,039 sq.ft
Price: $862,650 - $1,284,046
 
Solstice On The Park
Hyde Park

Antheus Capital and @properties recently opened a sales center for Solstice on the Park, a new condominium high-rise planned for the corner of 56th and Cornell in Hyde Park.  The project is designed by Studio Gang Architects.

Development website - www.SolsticeOnThePark.com
Video Tour via YoChicago - Click for tour
MODERN CHICAGO HOMES featured in Blueprints, the magazine of the National Building Museum
 

 

Read an interview with Modern Chicago Homes founder Vikas Wadhwa who was recently featured in the National Building Museum's quarterly magazine.  The article covers 3 brokers' perspectives on buying / selling modern properties.

Interview PDF Link 
Excerpted with permission from Blueprints, the magazine of the National Building Museum, Washington, DC.
Chicago Welcomes New Furniture Showrooms for Florense & BoConcept

2 new furniture retailers recently opened their stores here in Chicago.

Florense   
Florense recently opened it's 3rd North American showroom in Chicago's River North neighborhood in the commercial space of the 630 Franklin mid-rise.  The showroom is filled with sleek kitchens & furniture for your home.


BoConcept is the brand name of Denmark's most global retail furniture chain with more than 220 BoConcept Brand Stores and 120 Studios in 45 countries.  Recently, they opened their Chicago location at 1901 Clybourn. 

 
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