Tag: Downtown Loop
Another West Loop apartment project breaks ground, gains a name
November's email newsletter from FitzGerald Associates Architects brought word that the newly-named Circa 922 has broken ground.
Construction h [...]
River North’s best apartment towers – views
This is the first in a series of posts identifying the best apartment towers in Chicago's River North neighborhood. The photo above lists all of t [...]
The social whirl at new Chicago apartments
Renters considering newly-built apartments in downtown Chicago have a lot of options, almost all of them highly attractive – a scenario that makes [...]
Work underway on Clybourn Corridor’s New City
New City, a major development that will extend the Clybourn Corridor south of Lincoln Park, has languished for years.
Yesterday Chicago Real Es [...]
A visit to The Bernardin’s Sky Club
The Bernardin apartments, as part of an ongoing makeover and expansion of its common areas, recently added a "Sky Club" on the roof of the River N [...]
West Loop construction update: CA3
CA3 was sold out 6 months ago, and it's now closing in on topping out. The 40-unit project at Adams and Aberdeen in the West Loop is coming togeth [...]
235 Van Buren was last quarter’s best-seller
According to Chicago Real Estate Daily:
Developers closed 159 condo sales downtown in the third quarter, up slightly from 151 sales in the sec [...]
Some additional views of Catalyst in the West Loop
Last week Curbed served up views of Catalyst from street level and from within the 223-unit apartment tower that recently topped out in the West L [...]
Are mom and dad moving to Wicker Park?
Several months ago The Wall Street Journal weighed in on the topic of baby boomers moving to trendy New York neighborhoods:
Hip urban neighbo [...]
Realtors plan mega-development on Michigan Ave
From yesterday's Chicago Tribune:
A key parcel on the south end of Chicago’s Magnificent Mile appears headed for redevelopment in an ambitiou [...]
The views from Marina City’s rooftop
The weather was ideal late Friday morning as I headed for the roof of the 61-story west tower at Marina City.
I was alone on the roof excep [...]
Aqua resale tries for 46% price increase after a year
Unit 6901 at Aqua, 225 N Columbus Dr, was purchased for $905,000 in May of last year. The purchase price of the 1,756 square foot, 3-bedroom, 2 ½ [...]
Remembering the 80s as the Brick Age
We haven't seen many masonry-clad high-rises built recently, but the 1980s saw a blizzard of them. Here a few that come readily to mind.
The Te [...]
