Real estate news & trends
The American Furniture Mart was briefly the largest commercial building in the world when it was completed in the 1920s, losing that title to the Merchandise Mart. The building, at 680 North Lake Shore Drive, was converted to condos in the early 80s and now houses three separate residential condo ...
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Posted by sponsored post on March 7, 2014
The distinctive luxury homes built by Noah Properties have been selling as quickly as they’re completed. Noah’s latest offering is a 6-bedroom, 4 ½ bath single-family on tranquil, tree-lined Lill Street, steps from Jonquil Park and Supera Playlot. The home, at 1131 W Lill St, has all of Noah Properties’ ...
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Posted by sponsored post on March 7, 2014
K2, the new luxury apartment tower in the Fulton River District, surged past the 70%-leased mark more than a month ago, but still has a good selection of apartment homes available for rent. Unit 3307 is a 3-bedroom, 3-bath penthouse with south, west and north exposures overlooking the striking amount ...
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Posted by sponsored post on March 7, 2014
Chicago’s Loop includes the area known as the New East Side, which in turn includes the Lakeshore East development. You’ll find all of your major apartment options in the Loop and New East Side on our at-a-glance list of downtown apartments. Our goal is to help you find the apartment ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on March 7, 2014
New renters in Chicago are often confused or misled by Craigslist and other ads into believing that they’re contacting a landlord or management company when they respond to an ad by one of the many apartment locators / finders / rental services. Many of the 1,000s of rental service ads ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on March 6, 2014
North Side
The first residents will begin moving in the weekend of March 15th at Halsted Flats, 3740 N Halsted in Lakeview. Halsted Flats is the first new rental high-rise built in Lakeview in more than 20 years, and the only full-amenity rental building in the neighborhood. Halsted Flats has a landscaped ...
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Posted by sponsored post on March 6, 2014
Chicago’s Loop includes the area known as the New East Side, which in turn includes the Lakeshore East development. You’ll find all of your major apartment options in the Loop and New East Side on our at-a-glance list of downtown apartments. Our goal is to help you find the apartment ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on March 6, 2014
A bitter cold evening couldn’t keep a crowd of brokers from turning out to learn about Basecamp River North, the first new rowhomes built on Chicago’s near north side in nearly a decade. All of the two- and three-story homes will have sleek contemporary interiors, private outdoor space, 2-car garages ...
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Posted by sponsored post on March 6, 2014
Nearly twenty years ago the Reader published a lengthy look at Wicker Park’s gentrification battles. Wicker Park has undergone great change in the past twenty years, and whatever anti-gentrification sentiment remains isn’t acted out as dramatically as it often was in the 90s. Is there any Chicago neighborhood today where ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on March 5, 2014
Chicago’s rental services often claim that they can negotiate a better deal on an apartment’s rent or fees than renters can on their own. Hearing that, you should be scratching your head and wondering why a property owner would pay a month’s rent or more in commission to a rental ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on March 5, 2014
Chicago’s Loop includes the area known as the New East Side, which in turn includes the Lakeshore East development. You’ll find all of your major apartment options in the Loop and New East Side on our at-a-glance list of downtown apartments. Our goal is to help you find the apartment ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on March 5, 2014
CoreLogic released its January 2014 Home Price Index yesterday: In Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights, home prices, including distressed sales, increased by 12.6 percent in January 2014 compared to January 2013. On a month-over-month basis, home prices, including distressed sales, decreased by 0.3 percent in January 2014 compared to December 2014. Excluding distressed ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on March 5, 2014
We get around on a reasonably frequent basis to all of the new downtown apartment sites and post pictures of their progress. OxBlue construction cameras at the River Point and New City developments will give you a day and night view of those projects that’s updated every 10 to 15 ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on March 4, 2014
Chicago’s Loop includes the area known as the New East Side, which in turn includes the Lakeshore East development. You’ll find all of your major apartment options in the Loop and New East Side on our at-a-glance list of downtown apartments. Our goal is to help you find the apartment ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on March 4, 2014
Chicago’s rental services, a/k/a apartment finders a/k/a apartment locators, would have you believe that you’ll be benefitting from the assistance of a fully-licensed expert in your apartment search. As often as not you’ll be dealing with a total rookie who’s working on a 120-day permit, sometimes well beyond the legally ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on March 4, 2014
The LEX, 2138 S Indiana Ave, is a new 35-story apartment tower in Chicago’s South Loop. It’s the tallest building south of 13th St in Chicago, affording residents sweeping views of the lake and the skyline. The LEX was built as condos and has high-end apartment finishes and a full ...
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Posted by sponsored post on March 4, 2014
Unit 2N at 4957 N Seeley in Ravenswood has hardwood floors, large room sizes and windows that flood the home with light. The corner living room and up-to-date, eat-in kitchen have attractive views over Winnemac Park. The park is a lively venue that’s popular with neighborhood residents and their pets. ...
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Posted by sponsored post on March 3, 2014
Almost every Chicago rental service a/k/a apartment locator a/k/a apartment finder claims to have the largest database of listings in the city. They can’t all be telling the truth, and it’s likely that nary a one of them has any factual basis for making the claim. If you evaluate the ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on March 3, 2014
Chicago’s Loop includes the area known as the New East Side, which in turn includes the Lakeshore East development. You’ll find all of your major apartment options in the Loop and New East Side on our at-a-glance list of downtown apartments. Our goal is to help you find the apartment ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on March 3, 2014
Chicago’s Polar Plunge benefitting the Special Olympics drew a record crowd this year, due in part to the participation of Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Tonight Show’s Jimmy Fallon. Planned Property raised funds for the benefit from its employees and apartment residents, and Planned’s Dan McDonough donned a penguin suit ...
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Posted by sponsored post on March 3, 2014
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