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77 West Huron offering a month’s free rent

77 West Huron Chicago

When we looked in on 77 West Huron, back in March, the River North high-rise had 22 vacancies and was offering a $100 a month discount on 9 to 12-month leases. The building currently lists 48 of its 304 apartments available for rent between now and June 3, most of ...

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Posted by Joe Zekas on May 10, 2012
DealsChicagoDowntown / Loop

Rent reduces on Chicago’s “most fabulous outdoor space”

888 S Michigan video

When I visited the full-floor penthouse at 888 S Michigan Ave last October I was impressed with the views from what I called “the best private penthouse terrace in the South Loop.” At the time, the unit was for sale for $2+ million and for rent at $10,000 a month. ...

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Posted by Joe Zekas on March 23, 2012
DealsChicagoDowntown / Loop

New Streeterville 3-bedrooms under $700K

ParkView condos video

If you’re looking for a new 3-bedroom, 2 ½ bath condo in Streeterville for less than $700,000 you really only have one option – ParkView Condominiums, 505 N McClurg Ct. You wouldn’t have been able to buy at that price several years ago when we toured a model unit in ...

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Posted by Joe Zekas on March 19, 2012
DealsChicagoSouth Side

City puts vacant lots up for bid

46th & Greenwood, Chicago

The City’s Department of Housing and Economic Development announced that it is accepting sealed bids for four parcels of vacant land on the South Side. Minimum bid prices range from $1,920 to $34,800, and bids are due by April 13. The highest-priced parcel is 4515 S Greenwood, a 55 x ...

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Posted by Joe Zekas on March 14, 2012
DealsChicagoNorthwest Side

New luxury apartments on the Albany Park / Irving Park border

Albany Park apartments

Noah Properties is best known for its rapidly-selling stylish new homes and condos, but the company has begun building new rental properties with condo-quality finishes and amenities. Noah is nearing completion of four 6-unit buildings spanning nearly an entire block on the Albany Park / irving Park border. One of ...

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Posted by sponsored post on February 29, 2012
DealsFar northwest suburbsFox Lake

An idyllic Fox Lake home on 5 lakefront acres

900 Benjamin Fox Lake

After 20 years of renting large beachfront homes for an annual family gathering, I’ve become a tough critic of the vacation home genre. The one you’ll see in this video is truly a gem and, at $850,000, strikes me as a genuine bargain. The 7,500 square foot home at 900 ...

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Posted by Joe Zekas on February 20, 2012
DealsChicagoNorth Side

A block from Roscoe Village, killer-priced new 3 and 4-bedrooms

2431 W Belmont Chicago video

Noah Properties may well be the hottest-selling developer on Chicago’s North Side. Its detailed-to-the-max single-family homes and condos have been selling almost as quickly as they’re completed. At 2431 W Belmont Ave, a block from the popular Roscoe Village neighborhood, Noah is building 3 6-flat condos with 3- and 4-bedroom, ...

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Posted by sponsored post on February 18, 2012
DealsChicagoDowntown / Loop

$1,950 rent conundrum – an Aqua convertible or a 2-bedroom, 2-bath across the street

Park at Lakeshore East, Chicago

Here’s a good test of what you prioritize and value in your next apartment. Consider a convertible studio and a 2-bedroom, 2-bath in two different buildings in the same location at the identical rent. Some will opt for far more space and an extra bath, some for the sexy architecture ...

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Posted by Joe Zekas on February 2, 2012
DealsChicagoDowntown / Loop

Rental deal of the day – 544 Oak at Parkside of Old Town

View from 544 Oak St

The newest building on the former site of the sprawling Cabrini-Green housing project is now ready for occupancy. The 7-story 544 Oak at Parkside of Old Town has an on-site fitness center and laundry room and is handicapped-accessible. Based on the ground-level view, above, a number of units will have ...

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Posted by Joe Zekas on January 31, 2012
DealsChicagoNorth Side

Lincoln Park homes renting well below asking price

Streeterville penthouse video

This is the second in a series of videos from my recent drive around Lincoln Park with David Nadler. In the first video we looked at lakefront high-rise condos renting at what Nadler deemed bargain prices compared to managed apartment buildings in the area. In this video Nadler takes me ...

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Posted by Joe Zekas on January 27, 2012
DealsChicagoDowntown / Loop

Park Millennium – from buyers lined up outside the building to bargain rentals

Park Millennium Chicago

Six years ago Yo was writing this about the Park Millennium, a 52-story condo conversion at 222 N Columbus Dr on the New East Side: Carrie McCormick of Centrum Properties, which is doing the conversion and selling the units, tells us Centrum is averaging 49 sales a month. The project ...

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Posted by Joe Zekas on January 20, 2012
DealsChicagoNorth Side

Rental spotlight – A new six-flat in Logan Square

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The growing roster of new apartment construction in downtown Chicago has been generating a lot of attention recently, but there are also new rental buildings popping up in the neighborhoods. In this sponsored video, Sergio & Banks‘ Melissa Govedarica recently showed me around a new six-flat which was nearing completion ...

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Posted by Joe Zekas on January 6, 2012
DealsChicagoNorth Side

Filling the gap in Halsted’s great wall

2853 N Halsted Chicago

Just north of Diversey in Lake View you’ll find an imposing wall of condo buildings fronting the eastern side of Halsted St. The one gap in that wall has been filled in with an 8-unit condo building that’s nearing completion. Units in the elevator building, which includes ground floor commercial ...

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Posted by Joe Zekas on January 6, 2012
DealsNorth ShoreLake Forest

Deal of the month – Lake Forest charmer for $180K

863 McKinley Lake Forest

Community Partners for Affordable Housing (CPAH) has just acquired and is offering for sale a 3-bedroom, 2-bath farmhouse at 863 N McKinley Rd in Lake Forest. The price is $180,000, which is $70K less than what CPAH paid for it less than a month ago, and about half of the ...

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Posted by Joe Zekas on December 21, 2011
DealsChicagoDowntown / Loop

Rental incentives at The Chicagoan

The Chicagoan, Joeff Davis

The Chicagoan, 750 N Rush St, has a one-month free rent offer featured at Apartments.com. I haven’t been in The Chicagoan since just before it opened in 1990, but some aspects of the building are memorable. The Solomon Cordwell Buenz design incorporated six corner units, rather than the usual four, ...

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Posted by Joe Zekas on December 19, 2011
DealsNorth ShoreWilmette

A short-term furnished rental in Wilmette

Wilmette

If you would like to try on life in Wilmette before making a commitment to it, a short-term furnished rental might be the way to go. There’s a newly-listed rental at 327-C Greenleaf Ave in Wilmette, offered furnished from December to June for just $1,495 a month. Assuming the 3-bedroom, ...

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Posted by Joe Zekas on November 10, 2011
DealsChicagoDowntown / Loop

River West’s Mondial offers free rent and parking, 125% commission to bedbugs

Mondial, River West

Waterton Residential is stepping up the incentive offerings at Mondial in River West after reaching more than 80% occupancy since it began its rental program. The project currently, according to an email and accompanying pricing sheet sent to rental agents, has 2-bedroom, 2-bath units available, renting from $2,486 to $2,927 ...

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Posted by Joe Zekas on November 3, 2011
DealsNorth ShoreWilmette

Rental pick of the day – Wilmette 4-bedroom for $1,900

537 Romona Rd Wilmette

A 4-bedroom, 2-bath ranch home at 537 Romona Rd in Wilmette is being offered for rent at $1,900 a month. That’s an unusually low price for a 4-bedroom home in Wilmette. It’s also available for purchase for $399,000. The home, which last sold for $459,000 in 2004, is on a ...

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Posted by Joe Zekas on November 3, 2011
DealsChicagoSouth Side

Eastgate Village remnants go to auction

Eastgate Village Chicago

When we last looked in on Eastgate Village, a troubled condo / townhome development that abuts the Stevenson Expressway connector to Lake Shore Drive, we noted that a block of 26 units had sold for $4.1 million, two-thirds of their original price. Chicago Real Estate Daily is reporting that the ...

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Posted by Joe Zekas on October 26, 2011
DealsNorth suburbsPark Ridge

Pulte offers “no payments until August 2012″ in Park Ridge

Pickwick Theatre, Park Ridge

When you parse the fine print and translate “no payments until August 2012″ into plain English what results is “if you meet certain requirements you might not have to pay principal and interest until August 2012.” No matter – the slogan is aimed at getting you in the door, not ...

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Posted by Joe Zekas on October 26, 2011