Tag: Rentals
Gazette: Near West Siders, developers squabble over Roosevelt Square
Much of what amounts to news about mixed-income developments right now emerges from small community meetings, which we rarely have the time to atten [...]
Downtown condo rental inventory rising
Most Fridays we record the number of condos listed for rent in 14 downtown ZIP codes. For the longest time we noticed a very consistent downward trend [...]
Homestead Group not winning over the Yelp crowd
The Homestead Group may be "Chicago's Apartment Finding Experts" (that's what its website says, at least), but through 63 reviews, dating as far back [...]
Making way for Parc Huron's park
The small concrete building at 662 N Hudson Ave in River North (the northwest corner of Erie and Hudson) is finally coming down, presumably to make [...]
South Loop rental market is very active
Yesterday we linked to a Crain's story which reported, as a side note, that AMLI900 was fully leased. A source we talked to expressed skepticism about [...]
Quote of the day – Don't rent from Beal
The message in the headline is repeated over and over in 54 Yelp reviews of Beal Properties, and the other names under which Beal allegedly does busin [...]
Renting Streeterville on the cheap – the Hancock Center
Renting a condo in Streeterville can be a cheap alternative to renting in one of the newer high-rises. That’s “cheap” in a relative rather than an a [...]
Yo's list – a guide to renting Loop / New East Side apartments and condos
There are 1,000s of ads on Craigslist for Loop / New East Side apartments, most of them featuring the eleven (that’s all there are) rental high-rise [...]
The Packard Lofts of Winnetka's Hubbard Woods – a perfect place for a "pied-a-shore"?
Hubbard Woods in Winnetka is as interesting and walkable a neighborhood as almost any in Chicago. Its eclectic mix of mostly local shops and restaur [...]
MLS-listed downtown rentals surge 18.4% in two weeks
We've been tracking, since last November, the number of condos, townhomes and single-family homes listed for rent in the MLS in 14 downtown Chicago ZI [...]
Yo's list – A guide to renting Streeterville apartments and condos
There are 1,000s of ads on Craigslist for Streeterville apartments, most of them featuring the eleven (that's all there are) rental high-rises in th [...]
Avoid Apartment Savvy maggot liars
According to a Draper and Kramer representative there is currently only one studio apartment available at 1350 North Lake Shore, and the rent is $1,21 [...]
Lofts at Roosevelt Collection 95 percent leased, 85 percent occupied
The Lofts at Roosevelt Collection has been a popular search topic at YoChicago for the last year, and that interest is showing in its leasing activit [...]
Then and now: Water Tower Place
Here's what our 1992 Co-ops & Condos sourcebook had to say about Water Tower Place, the 74-story high-rise and shopping center at 180 E Pearson St in [...]
Streeter places: One-bedrooms with dens at two Streeterville rental towers
The floor plans above represent your options for one-bedroom apartments with dens at Golub & Company's two Solomon Cordwell Buenz-designed towers i [...]
Chicago Multiple Listing Service suffers maggot infestation
First I hear of bedbugs shuttering a Hollister store in SoHo, and then I find maggots in the Chicago Multiple Listing Service. Not a pleasant evening' [...]
Spacious apartments in a Streeterville high-rise
Think you can't afford the amount of space you're craving in a Streeterville high-rise? You might reconsider after seeing the large studios and one- [...]
Maggot-mashing 101: A guide to renting in the South Loop
There are 1,000s of ads on Craigslist for South Loop apartments, most of them touting the fewer than a dozen major apartment complexes in the South [...]
Downtown condo rental market continues to strengthen
The number of condos available for rent in downtown Chicago remains high, by historical standards, but is continuing to shrink.
When we first began t [...]
Rentals – a new focus for big-time brokers
Realtors in Chicago have generally undertaken rentals with hesitance, but in today's market such deals are almost impossible to ignore. According to [...]