Category: New East Side
A buyer's reaction to Aqua: "Surreal."
The Lakeshore East canyon of high-rises, punctuated by Aqua's 82 stories, does have a surreal aspect to it, especially if you're visiting from the s [...]
Lakeshore East: "The area is pretty addictive"
One of the recurring themes from the interviews with Aqua buyers Joe Zekas conducted last week was that several of the buyers had lived in Magellan [...]
More from Aqua's penthouse floor
As fun as it was to climb up onto Aqua's roof, the high guardrails tended to obstruct our views. After a few minutes, we followed our guides from Ma [...]
Aqua's last penthouse: A top-floor home with a top-notch view
Many of Aqua's upper floors will have views almost as nice as the ones we saw on Friday, but if you really want to see things the way we did, you're [...]
On the roof at Aqua
We found that the best views from Aqua, 225 N Columbus Dr, weren't from the very top of the building, but from the tower's highest penthouses, where [...]
How do you wash the windows at Aqua?
The wavy balconies at Aqua, 225 N. Columbus Dr, presented a challenge for the window washers. In this video project manager Todd Wendell shows us th [...]
From the top of Aqua: a sneak peek
Joe Zekas, Michael Kardas and I took a trip to the top of Aqua today, and...holy cow! We'll have plenty of HD video and high-res panoramas coming yo [...]
Magellan reaches sellout at 340 on the Park
It's not every day that a developer gets to announce the sellout of a new-construction high-rise, so I suppose Magellan Development made a little news [...]
Aqua buyers tour their new home
With work on Aqua's Shore Club just completed, many of the tower's new homeowners got to see the tower's amenity levels for the very first time duri [...]
At Aqua, the architecture sold
The Aqua Celebration Event, which I attended yesterday, drew 100s of affable, enthusiastic home buyers. Buyer's remorse is a real phenomenon, but th [...]
Talking to home buyers at Aqua at Lakeshore East
I spent several hours this afternoon at the Aqua Celebration Event – a party for the new homeowners to see the recently-completed Shore Club decks a [...]
Lakeshore East: A new city within a city
Although "a city within a city" is a common description of Marina City, you could say the same about Magellan Development's Lakeshore East complex o [...]
Sneaking a peek inside Magellan's Parkhomes
The last scrap of footage I have left from last week's visit to Aqua isn't actually from Aqua at all. Leila Zammatta, Magellan Development Group's v [...]
Explaining Magellan's RentBUY program
Everywhere we go these days, we run into new rent-to-own offers. One program that isn't new, but which we haven't covered until now, is Magellan Dev [...]
The rental side of Aqua
Buyers will have to wait a little while to get into their new condos at Aqua, but people who are looking to rent can move into the tower right away. [...]
Inside Aqua's Shore Club: Two levels of amenities for residents and tenants
Along with that 70,000 square-foot terrace, buyers and renters at Aqua will both have full access to the indoor portion of the Shore Club, a two-sto [...]
A look at Aqua's Shore Club terrace: 70,000 square feet of outdoor space
Aqua's 70,000 square-foot Shore Club terrace is one of the largest -- possibly the largest -- residential recreation deck in Chicago. On the deck al [...]
Aqua apartment leases pass 30 percent mark
Aqua's condo floors are just now getting their studs and drywall, but many of the tower's apartments have been ready for occupancy since May. I h [...]
Panorama-rama!: Sweeping stills from Aqua
I'm amazed at how rarely Aqua shows up in my downtown panoramas. Whether I shoot an arc from Buckingham Fountain, the Shedd Aquarium, The Legacy at [...]
Two views from Aqua's 58th floor
The skies are cloudy now, but it was a great morning to get up into Aqua. Leila Zammatta, vice president of sales for Magellan Development, and Todd [...]