Tag: Rentals
One month free at 77 West Huron in River North
Add 77 West Huron in River North to the roster of high-rises offering rent incentives.
The 304-unit building is offering a "Look and lease spec [...]
Rent specials at West Loop’s Medical District Apartments
The Medical District Apartments complex at 901 S Ashland Ave is, in fact, directly across the street from the Medical District. More relevant to m [...]
The Streeter and Streeter Place offering rent incentives
In a sign that the seasonal softening of the rental market has begun, two adjacent Streeterville high-rises are offering rent discounts and other in [...]
Rental deal of the day – studios at 3130 N Lake Shore Dr
Our rental deal of the day comes via one of our sponsors, Planned Property Management.
Planned has four "large, dog-friendly" studios available [...]
Alta at K Station extends free month’s rent offer
A tipster informs us that Alta at K Station, which had offered a free month's rent on 20 units, has extended the offer through the end of this wee [...]
MOD offers double commission to brokers
Brokers Special!!!!!! This Week Only!!!
That's the screaming headline in an email attachment offering brokers double the normal commission and [...]
Rental spotlight – River West Lofts
An in-house tipster alerted me to several vacancies at River West Lofts, 925 W Huron St. A one-bedroom is renting for $1,375 and a two-bedroom for [...]
A South Loop home renting for $14,900 a month
A 4-bedroom rowhouse at 1815 S Prairie Pkwy is looking for a tenant to pay $14,900 a month. That's nearly 5 times the next highest asking rent in [...]
Condo sales surface at The Clare
Shortly after Crain's reported that The Clare at Water Tower had defaulted on $229 million in debt, we noted that twenty-two of its apartments wer [...]
MLS-listed downtown rentals jumped nearly 20% in September
On the first Friday of September there were 734 homes and condos listed for rent in the MLS in the downtown ZIP codes that we track. As of Septemb [...]
Rental deal of the day – Wilmette 4-bedroom with master suite
The 4-bedroom, 3-bath home at 3016 Wilmette Ave in Wilmette was "expanded and totally renovated in 2004," according to the listing that recently c [...]
Calling all brosifs – need a place to live, will bring PS3 and baseball cards
Craigslist ads are windows into the worlds we live in, and the ways we live in them. The "apts wanted" section, in particular, often surfaces tale [...]
Is The Clare at Water Tower offering traditional rentals?
Just a day after Crain's reported that The Clare at Water Tower had defaulted on $229 million in debt, twenty-two of its apartments were listed fo [...]
Rent or buy this newer single-family in downtown Winnetka
The recently-built home at 882 Elm in Winnetka carried an asking price of $1,980,000 when we first became aware of it. It was nearing completion i [...]
Share your bathroom with paying strangers through CLOO
A hat tip to Gizmodo for alerting me to CLOO', the latest venture in the sharing economy.
Here's how CLOO' works, per its Website:
CLOO' tur [...]
Planned Property selects t-shirt contest finalists
Planned Property Management, a YoChicago sponsor, gained the attention of the city's graphic arts community with its offer of $1,000, $750 and $50 [...]
Ground broken for 500 Lake Shore Drive apartment tower
Yesterday marked the official groundbreaking for 500 North Lake Shore Drive, a 45-story, 500-unit luxury rental tower expected to be ready for occ [...]
Oakwood offers a new luxury rental housing option in Chicago’s Loop
Renters looking for housing in the heart of Chicago’s Loop have an exciting new option at Oakwood 200 Squared, 210 N Wells St.
Oakwood Worldwi [...]
Old Irving Park’s Race House now also listed for rent
The Race House, a Chicago landmark at 3945 N Tripp in Old Irving Park has been on and off the market for just over 4 years.
The 4-level home h [...]
Are landlords eliminating the rental service bedbugs?
I've recently spoken to landlords who have either cut back on their use of the apartment rental services that we call bedbugs, eliminated them ent [...]