Tag: Rentals

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Belgravia Group’s Alan Lev on the Chicago real estate market

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 [...]
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