Tag: Lakeshore East
Furnished apartments at Aqua from Suite Home Chicago
Aqua is a full-service, high-amenity hotel / apartment / condo tower in Lakeshore East, a self-contained community just east of the Loop.
Suite [...]
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 [...]
What’s up with these Yelp reviews of The Tides?
The reviews of The Tides apartment complex pictured above, posted four months apart, are almost word-for-word identical. Did the first reviewer's [...]
Did Coast cheap out on its apartment finishes?
I haven't visited the new Coast rental tower yet, but I've been hearing negative feedback about the apartment finishes from people in the industry [...]
Contextual views of the new Coast and Optima Center apartment towers
Architects are generally sensitive to the context in which their buildings will be situated.
Building renderings and photos, however, rarely sh [...]
Take an apartment walk with Stephanie and Katie
Stephanie Konow and Katie Bommarito are former rental services agents who grew frustrated with that business and set out to connect Chicago tenant [...]
The Coast – eye-catching architecture and eye-rolling ad copy
The Coast, a 49-story mixed-use glass tower at 345 E Wacker Dr in the Lakeshore East area of the New East Side, is slated to contain 515 apartment [...]
Hubbard Place apartments rising rapidly, targeting October occupancy
The 495-unit, 43-story Hubbard Place is rising rapidly at 360 W Hubbard in River North, and is about three-quarters of the way toward its full height. [...]
Aqua’s underutilized high-floor balconies
In the torrent of words that's been written about Aqua's balconies, I haven't seen any mention of the fact that they're almost completely unused. [...]
YoChicago’s best new homes of 2007, an update
Five years ago yesterday we posted the picks of our then editorial staff for Chicago's best new homes 2007.
Our staff had a near-perfect record [...]
Tales from an apartment hunt – bathtub fungus and utility bills
If you have tales you'd like to share from your apartment hunt, add them in a comment or email yojoe at yochicago dot com.
Here's the sixth rep [...]
$1,950 rent conundrum – an Aqua convertible or a 2-bedroom, 2-bath across the street
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 [...]
Three-bedroom rental shootout – Aqua vs 340 on the Park
If you're in the market for a high-end rental on Chicago's New East Side you have options in two very different buildings in the complex: Aqua and [...]
An update on Lakeshore East from The Chicago Architecture Blog
The Chicago Architecture Blog recently stopped by the newly-opened [...]
The Coast will cost Aqua, Tides, Shoreham, Aon and 340 some views
The Coast will definitely not be clear.
The new 499-unit 45-story rental tower that's coming out of the ground at 345 E Wacker Dr as part [...]