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Chicago Real Estate Daily is reporting that American Invsco has emerged as the winning bidder for a package of properties that includes The Lex, a 296-unit apartment building at 2138 S Indiana. Invsco wouldn’t confirm speculation that it might convert the building to condos. If the building were to convert, it would exacerbate an already ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on May 23, 2013
On any given day you can find 1,000s of apartment and help wanted ads placed by rental services that don’t disclose their name in the ad. These “blind ads” are all in violation of the Illinois Real Estate License Act, whether placed by a licensed rental service or one of piratical unlicensed ones. You have ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on May 20, 2013
If you’re looking to rent an apartment in River North, you can see all of your managed apartment building options on YoChicago’s availability list, below. Apart from the new buildings, there are currently only twelve large apartment complexes in River North, and we’ve listed all of them in this Google spreadsheet, and checked what’s available ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on May 17, 2013
Three-bedroom apartments, if you’ve been scanning this feature from week to week, have been unavailable before now. Several 3-bedrooms just hit the market for July occupancy. If you’re looking to rent a 3-bedroom, it’s probably a good idea to act quickly. If you’re looking to rent in the South Loop, you can see all of ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on May 16, 2013
If you’re looking to rent an apartment in River North, you can see all of your managed apartment building options on YoChicago’s availability list, below. Apart from the new buildings, there are currently only twelve large apartment complexes in River North, and we’ve listed all of them in this Google spreadsheet, and checked what’s available ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on May 10, 2013
If you’re looking to rent in the South Loop, you can see all of your managed apartment building options on YoChicago’s South Loop availability list, below. Where only a single price is listed, it’s an indication that only one unit of that type was available at the time we checked. There are only a dozen ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on May 9, 2013
The website for the apartments at 757 N Orleans, a condo building where a block of units had been for rent, is no longer active. We’ve removed the building from our list pending further investigation. If you want to rent an apartment in River North, you can see all of your managed apartment building options ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on May 3, 2013
The big news in South Loop apartments this week is the scarcity of two-bedroom apartments. A number of buildings have only one available, or none available. The smart strategy, if you’re looking for a South Loop two-bedroom, is to sign up for the availability alerts offered at building websites. These units have been renting quickly ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on May 2, 2013
The Illinois Real Estate License Act requires people who refer or assist in referring apartment rental prospects for compensation to be licensed. Acting in such a capacity without a license is a Class A misdemeanor. Section 5-20 (10) of the Act provides a limited exemption from the license requirement for resident referral programs: Any resident ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on May 1, 2013
The worst mistake Chicago apartment hunters make is not getting a solid fix on where they want to live and satisfying themselves that acceptable apartments are available in their target area and price range. If you’re too flexible on location you won’t be able to focus enough to find the best deals in your preferred ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on May 1, 2013
If you want to rent an apartment in River North, you can see all of your managed apartment building options on YoChicago’s availability list, below. Apart from the new buildings, there are currently only thirteen large apartment complexes in River North, and we’ve listed all of them in this Google spreadsheet, and checked what’s available ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on April 26, 2013
If you want to rent in the South Loop, you can see all of your managed apartment building options on YoChicago’s South Loop availability list, below. Where only a single price is listed, it’s an indication that only one unit of that type was available at the time we checked. There are only a dozen ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on April 25, 2013
It’s week-old news by now that the city announced the sale of a parking lot at the southeast corner of 9th and State Streets. The property will be developed with a 39-story, 396-unit apartment building with ground-floor retail space. Construction isn’t expected to start until next year. You can follow the status of new downtown ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on April 18, 2013
We’ve recently noted that two new River North rental towers, Hubbard Place and AMLI River North, now have websites with detailed information available. AMLI River North will have apartments available in mid-July and Hubbard Place is slating October occupancy. If you want to rent an apartment in River North, you can see all of your ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on April 12, 2013
Construction is underway on AMLI Residential’s new apartments at the southwest corner of Clark and Polk. The completed project will have 398 apartments in two 11-story buildings. The AMLI development is the first to break ground of the major new apartment projects slated for the South Loop. You can follow the status of new downtown ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on April 11, 2013
If you’re searching for a studio apartment in the South Loop, your options are limited. Only 6 of the buildings have studio units. One of the 6 has nothing available for rent, and two of the buildings have only a single studio available. You’ll find the best selection of currently available studios at Park Michigan, ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on April 5, 2013
The rental market in River North remains tight, with almost all of the buildings showing only a few available vacancies. If you want to rent an apartment in River North, you can see all of your managed apartment building options on YoChicago’s availability list, below. There are currently only thirteen large apartment complexes in River ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on April 5, 2013
The Craigslist Apartment Cleanup is an ongoing effort to make Craigslist, Trulia, Zillow and other websites useful for renters by suppressing illegal rental service ads on those sites. The sheer volume of those often fraudulent and bait-and-switch ads has a simple goal: to frustrate, confuse and mislead renters into contacting Chicago’s predatory rental services a/k/a ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on April 1, 2013
If you want to rent in the South Loop, you can see all of your managed apartment building options on YoChicago’s South Loop availability list, below. Where only a single price is listed, it’s an indication that only one unit of that type was available at the time we checked. There are only a dozen ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on March 29, 2013
If you want to rent an apartment in River North, you can see all of your managed apartment building options on YoChicago’s availability list, below. There are currently only thirteen large apartment complexes in River North, and we’ve listed all of them in this Google spreadsheet, and checked what’s available for rent, and what the ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on March 29, 2013
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