Tag: Rentals
Belgravia Group’s Alan Lev on the Chicago real estate market
Belgravia Group has been one of Chicago's most successful real estate developers for more than 60 years -- a track record that few companies can m [...]
The first step in your Chicago apartment search
Chicago's neighborhoods vary widely in livability, ranging from close to paradise to barely survivable to scary as hell.
Long before you begin [...]
A K2 construction update from Alan Schachtman
Alan Schachtman is a principal in the Fifield-Wood joint venture that's developing K2 at K Station, a 34-story, 496-unit high-rise apartment build [...]
What to expect when renting a condo
If you've never rented a condo before you might be in for a series of rude shocks: unexpected delays, hefty fees, gotcha pet policies and page aft [...]
Typical Chicago apartment rental policies
First-time Chicago renters are often clueless about what to expect in the way of fees and policies when they set out to rent an apartment. Their c [...]
Saturday night apartment funnies and Yelp’s review filter
The first Yelp review of Reside at Belmont Harbor, 426 W Belmont Ave, dated 12/18/11, was written by a first-time Yelper and flagged as suspicious [...]
360 W Hubbard apartments officially underway in River North
Here's the text of a news release received this morning from The Habitat Company:
The Habitat Company announced the start of construction of a [...]
A West Englewood rehab without a building permit
The 2-flat at 6219 S Marshfield Ave in Chicago's radically depressed West Englewood neighborhood sold just a few months ago for $17,500 after a fo [...]
Thirty or more bedbugs wanted
Help wanted ads for the apartment rental industry – the folks we refer to as bedbugs and place on a do-not-call list – routinely tout high-paying [...]
A panoramic view of K2 at K Station
Our unusually warm winter weather is facilitating rapid progress at the K2 at K Station construction site.
You can see more coverage of the 34 [...]
MLS-listed downtown rentals at two-year low
When we first began tracking MLS-listed rentals, in late November of 2009, there were 1,927 units available for rent in 14 downtown ZIP codes. As [...]
Rental spotlight – A new six-flat in Logan Square
The growing roster of new apartment construction in downtown Chicago has been generating a lot of attention recently, but there are also new renta [...]
Construction underway at 360 West Hubbard in River North
Just two weeks ago we reported that The Habitat Company had not yet begun construction on its new high-rise at 360 W Hubbard St in Chicago's River [...]
We’ll find you a rental as cool as this one
"This one" is a 4-bedroom, 4 ½ bath Old Town home with everything a luxury renter would want for the $5,500 a month asking price.
The unit, on [...]
Oakwood 200 Squared makes winter wonderful
While residents of other neighborhoods are slogging through the snow and braving Chicago's winter winds, residents at Oakwood 200 Squared grab a c [...]
Deceiving with images, Mondial apartments edition
It's not uncommon for Chicago apartment websites and videos to engage in a little puffery about the advantages of their location.
WalkScore.co [...]
73 East Lake apartment tower gains Plan Commission approval
The Chicago Architecture Blog is reporting that the 42-story, 332-unit rental tower proposed for 73 East Lake St has been approved by the Chicago [...]
MLS-listed downtown rental market remains strong
When we first began tracking the inventory of MLS-listed rentals in 15 downtown ZIP codes, in November of 2009, there were 1,927 units available f [...]
Alta at K Station focuses holiday giving on children
Chicago's real estate brokers and developers have a long, proud tradition of charitable giving throughout the year, and they typically step up the [...]
360 W Hubbard high-rise site still a parking lot
As of this morning the parking lot at 360 W Hubbard St, which is slated to be the site of a new 43-story, 450-unit apartment tower, remains open f [...]