Tag: Rentals
The hard-to-miss signage for SoNo East
The honking RENT NOW! sign for SoNo East apartments, 840 W Blackhawk St, is atop SoNo West. It's hard to miss even from points that are miles away [...]
Construction checkup – 360 West Hubbard in River North
The 43-story tower at 360 West Hubbard is just coming out of the ground in River North. It won't be long before it obscures the south-facing views [...]
Construction checkup – The Coast at Lakeshore East
The Coast, 345 E Wacker Dr, is about two-thirds of the way toward its ultimate 49-story height. It appears to be on track to meet its targeted complet [...]
Meet Colleen McIntyre, manager of Park Michigan Apartments
Colleen McIntyre, the property manager at Park Michigan Apartments in the South Loop, has more than 20 years' experience managing commercial and r [...]
Soap on a rope, high-rise edition
Some high-rise buildings have very elaborately engineered machinery for washing their windows.
For some buildings, window washing is as simple [...]
The views from Park Michigan apartments
The international-style apartment tower at 1212 S Michigan Ave changed ownership recently, and has been renamed Park Michigan to emphasize its loc [...]
How to find an experienced, professional rental agent
Our recently-launched YoRents service connects renters directly with quality landlords.
Many renters, however, are daunted by the task of findi [...]
Chicago Real Estate Daily now in its sixth year
Day in and day out the best real estate reporting in Chicago can be found at Crain's Chicago Real Estate Daily. If you want to understand what's happe [...]
Why Katie likes living in Lake View
Last week I shot video at 16 different rental properties in Evanston, Lake View and Rogers Park with BJB Evanston and BJB Properties.
Whenever [...]
215 West apartments paying top dollar to rental services
Anticipating a slow Mother's Day, the 215 West apartment tower in the Loop sent an email blast on Saturday reminding rental services that it's pay [...]
MLS-listed inventory up again in north lakefront neighborhoods
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 bega [...]
Lincoln Crossing, price destruction on a deal-of-the-day
Five years ago today our "deal of the day" spotlighted Lincoln Crossing, a 35-unit condo development at 5588 N Lincoln Ave in the Budlong Woods ne [...]
Kimball Station sold to Inland affiliate
It's been almost exactly three years since we received word that Kimball Station, a 59-unit condo development in Albany Park, had converted to ren [...]
77 West Huron offering a month’s free rent
When we looked in on 77 West Huron, back in March, the River North high-rise had 22 vacancies and was offering a $100 a month discount on 9 to 12- [...]
A rare rental on the beach in Wilmette
There are only a few dozen single-family homes in Wilmette that have private beaches, and it's extremely rare to see one of them become available [...]
The view from a Lincoln Park roof deck
You don't need to be in a downtown high-rise to enjoy spectacular views of Chicago's skyline. You don't even need to be in a high-rise.
Th [...]
EnV digs even deeper for discounts
It seems like only yesterday that we were reporting steep price cuts on apartments at EnV in River North. It was, in fact, all of four days ago.
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Chicago apartment vacancy rate continues to fall
The Marcus & Millichap Second Quarter 2012 Local Apartment Report (pdf) for Chicago was just released, and the forecast is for continued tightenin [...]
A panoramic view of downtown Evanston
I spent several hours earlier today touring vintage and modern apartments and shooting video with the folks from BJB Evanston.
The off-and-on s [...]
MLS-listed north lakefront rentals more plentiful, renting quickly
The number of homes, apartments and condos listed for rent in the MLS in six north lakefront ZIP codes is up 17% over the past two weeks to 567, the h [...]