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West Loop is the area bounded by the Eisenhower Expy on the south, Lake St (200 N) on the north, from the Kennedy Expy west to Ashland Ave (1600 W). Sub-neighborhoods within the West Loop include Fulton Market, Greek Town, Jackson Boulevard and Randolph Market.
ZIP codes: 60607, 60661.
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Construction is underway on 216 new apartments on the northwest corner of Madison and Racine in the West Loop. The official groundbreaking ceremony will take place tomorrow at 11 a.m. The Madison on Racine will be a 9-story luxury midrise with a mix of convertible, one- and two-bedroom apartments and 227 parking spaces. On-site amenities ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on May 22, 2013
You can time-travel back to the frothy days of the mid-00s if you want to find condo projects selling out prior to their beginning to rise out of the ground. Or you can head for Adams and Aberdeen in the West Loop, where demolition of an existing structure has just wrapped up on the site ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on May 14, 2013
You can think of the increasingly-lively Fulton River District as a keystone neighborhood. Its residents have pedestrian-friendly access to the huge array of dining and nightlife options in River North, River West, the West Loop and Greektown. K2 is Chicago’s newest residential tower, hosting 496 luxury apartments with sweeping views of the city in all ...
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Posted by sponsored post on April 22, 2013
Cheryl and Frank have lived in their Lincoln Park home for 30 years. They were looking for a change from a neighborhood that had changed significantly over the years, and looking forward to a single-floor, no-maintenance lifestyle. Frank found the 1,900 square foot, 3-bedroom, 3-bath new condos at CA23 in the West Loop, and it ...
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Posted by sponsored post on April 11, 2013
Marquette Companies has begun construction on Catalyst, 630 W Washington in the West Loop. When complete the 22-story building will encompass 223 apartments, 175 garage parking spaces and 15,168 square feet of ground floor retail space. According to Marquette’s website, 89% of the retail space is “pre-leased to a credit tenant.” When we first wrote ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on April 9, 2013
Julie counts herself a “frequent mover” though her move to the West Loop was only her fourth in 20 years. After living in River North, the Gold Coast and Lincoln Park, Julie was looking for a new experience and a new neighborhood to explore. She loves the West Loop because of the variety of new ...
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Posted by sponsored post on April 9, 2013
In keeping track of the new apartment projects that are proposed and underway in downtown Chicago we’ve tended to focus on the larger developments. Late last week Crain’s Chicago Real Estate Daily reported on a “Reinsdorf-backed developer” that has five developments totaling 220 units proposed or underway in the West Loop. Michigan Avenue Real Estate ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on April 8, 2013
Rick and Dawn Gray are closing in on becoming empty-nesters after raising their children in a townhome in the West Loop. They wanted single-floor living with nearly as much space as they had in their townhome, and wanted to remain in the neighborhood they’ve called home for 16 years. When Rick and Dawn saw the ...
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Posted by sponsored post on April 8, 2013
If you’re in the market for a new 3-bedroom condo with 1,900 square feet, you have two very similar floor plans to choose from, one in Bucktown and one in the West Loop. The top floor plan above is at CA3, Belgravia Group‘s new 40-unit West Loop development at Aberdeen and Adams. The second floor ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on March 14, 2013
For years, the West Loop has been one of those neighborhoods that’s always on the verge of becoming hot but never quite catches fire. The past few years, however, have seen a quiet accumulation of infrastructure improvements, commercial and office development, and plans for new residential developments that may finally enable the West Loop to ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on March 7, 2013
We haven’t added Steve Fifield‘s site at 601-625 W Monroe in the West Loop to our list of new downtown apartment projects, because current plans call only for a 40-story office tower. The current plans are subject to change, according to Crain’s Chicago Real Estate Daily: “This is a city of skyscrapers,” Mr. Fifield said. ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on February 18, 2013
In September of 2007 we reported that 75% of the loft condos at 123 N Sangamon in the West Loop were under contract and closings would begin the following month. In April of 2008 the plan was to convert half the building to rental units and unit deliveries were anticipated later that summer. In January ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on February 15, 2013
More than 10 years after the start of construction, the 13-story, 63-unit condo building at 720 W Randolph St in the West Loop may be finally nearing completion. FitzGerald Associates Architects has been retained to design seven units in the top two floors, which are currently vacant. According to a brief note at FitzGerald’s website, ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on January 18, 2013
Within the past week two of Chicago’s more successful Realtors, both Prudential Rubloff agents, called my attention to the new West Loop Mariano’s. Christine Hancock, who lives in the West Loop, suggested a need for “a twelve-step program to overcome” her developing addiction to Mariano’s. Francesca Rose emailed that she found herself eating regularly at ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on December 20, 2012
817 W Washington Blvd in Chicago’s West Loop is a highly desirable place to live. It’s a short walk to the Loop and close to public transportation, restaurants, shopping, entertainment and the Skinner West School. Coldwell Banker’s Nicholas Apostal is our tour guide in this sponsored video of Unit 601, a 3-bedroom, 2-bath corner penthouse ...
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Posted by sponsored post on December 14, 2012
Developer Steven Fifield of the Fifield Companies was a major factor early in the development of the West Loop, and he remains a player. “We’re very immersed in what’s going on in the West Loop and one of the things we’ve been dealing with is a lack of amenities,” Fifield recently told the Sun-Times’ David ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on November 14, 2012
Chicago’s Greektown neighborhood in the West Loop centers mainly on Halsted Street from Van Buren St on the south to Monroe St on the north. Greektown is a vibrant area of restaurants, shopping, nightlife, residential and commercial buildings and the newly built, National Hellenic Museum that opened last December. Longtime Chicagoan and real estate agent ...
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Posted by sponsored post on November 12, 2012
With the recent opening of a Mariano’s at 40 S Halsted St, residents of the near West Loop have ready walking access to four major grocers. The choices include a Dominick’s at 1 N Halsted St, a WalMart Neighborhood Market at Presidential Towers and what’s probably the city’s nicest Jewel, at 370 N Desplaines St. ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on November 7, 2012
Less than two weeks ago we relayed a Crain’s report that developer Enrico Plati was proposing a new apartment tower at 601 W Jackson in the West Loop. Crain’s reported today that Plati, “without offering a reason,” is no longer plotting to develop the site. Is this a record time for the fastest transit from ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on October 29, 2012
Crain’s Chicago Real Estate Daily is reporting that developer Enrico Plati is proposing to build 240 to 320 apartments on a site currently used for a parking lot at 601 W Jackson in the West Loop. The site is a block from Union Station and a few steps from Lou Mitchell’s. Tip: If you politely ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on October 19, 2012
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