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Belden-Stratford
The Belden-Stratford has joined the roster of properties and management companies supporting the Craigslist Apartment Cleanup, a campaign whose goal is eliminating all illegal rental service advertising at Craigslist, hotpads, Trulia, Zillow and other onsite venues. The Belden-Stratford, a Lincoln Park landmark, is one of a very few full-service, amenity-rich apartment communities directly fronting the ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on December 26, 2012
A very dapper Alby Gallun of Crain’s recently toured Lincoln Park 2550 in the above video, and learned that developer John Murphy “is counting on views of Lake Michigan and Lincoln Park to bring in buyers.” Prices in the half-sold high-amenity development range from $465,000 to $11.5 million. If views of Lincoln Park and the ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on November 16, 2012
Some new apartment buildings design their lobbies to impress, hoping for rental success, but none are as impressive as the grand, ornately decorated lobbies often found in large vintage buildings from the 1920s. Even the lobbies of new buildings that aspire to the height of luxury and an aura of long-settled grace fail to match ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on October 8, 2012
Chicagoans have long known the Belden-Stratford, a Beaux Arts landmark opposite the Lincoln Park Conservatory, as a hotel and the home of outstanding restaurants, L2O and Mon Ami Gabi. The Belden-Stratford recently changed ownership and is transitioning to luxury apartments. Common areas and amenities are being updated while retaining their historic character. As part of ...
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Posted by sponsored post on September 24, 2012
We recently wrote about the wave of existing buildings playing catch-up to the amenities and in-unit creature comforts offered by Chicago’s new downtown high-rises and rental condos. The landmark Belden-Stratford apartments, built as a hotel in 1922, is one of the buildings undergoing a renovation under new ownership. I visited the Belden-Stratford yesterday to shoot ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on September 19, 2012
For the second week in a row the number of MLS-listed homes, apartments and condos in 6 north lakefront ZIP codes reached a new high since we began tracking earlier this year. There are currently 581 units listed for rent in the MLS from Lincoln Park north to Rogers Park. That amounts to less than ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on May 14, 2012
The documents prepared to nominate properties or districts for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places are often wonderfully entertaining reads. It’s a pity that so very few of them are available online. The following quotes are taken from the submission for the Belden Stratford, 2300 N Lincoln Park West, pictured above. The document ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on January 27, 2012
Crain’s Chicago Real Estate Daily reports that an apartment portfolio that includes the Belden-Stratford, a Beaux Arts beauty overlooking Lincoln Park, is up for sale. The properties are owned by separate limited partnerships and managed by a company founded by the late Leonard Richman. De mortuis nil nisi bonum? Every rule has its exceptions. Simply ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on June 15, 2011
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