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Craigslist Apartment Cleanup
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The website for the apartments at 757 N Orleans, a condo building where a block of units had been for rent, is no longer active.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
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
A major property owner recently gave rental services, via its non-exclusive brokerage agreement, sweeping written authorization to advertise its properties. I’m unaware of any other large company that gives rental services blanket authority to advertise its Chicago properties. According to the company’s brokerage agreement, rental service ads for its properties a) must be accurate and ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on March 28, 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 March 25, 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 22, 2013
If you’re considering a move to the South Loop, the best source of what’s new and interesting in the neighborhood is Sloopin. Sloopin has reported a flurry of new restaurant openings in the neighborhood since my last-September video look at the scene on behalf of Park Michigan Apartments, one of our sponsors. If you want ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on March 21, 2013
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