Author: Joe Zekas
Check out Streeterville’s new boutique apartment community
Streeterville is a walk-to-work neighborhood with easy access to the lake, the 18-mile lakefront trail, the river, great shopping along the Mag Mi [...]
A first look inside the Fulton River District’s new Kenect apartments
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The 14-story portion of the new Kenect apartment community welcomed its first residents last month.
At the time of our visit, workers were pu [...]
Money-saving tips re the length of your lease
Apartment communities try to maximize their rents – no surprise there. One element in rent maximization is timing lease expirations into periods o [...]
Boutique Streeterville apartments prep for late-August occupancy
Streeterville's appeal is easy to understand: a walk-to-work neighborhood with easy access to the lake, the 18-mile lakefront trail, the river, gr [...]
YoChicago’s updated list of Chicago’s best landlords
YoChicago knows some very good landlords, some of the city's best. The properties they manage range from vintage walk-ups to the newest luxury hig [...]
Dog-friendly apartments on the Lincoln Park / Lakeview border
The renovated vintage apartments at 2756 North Pine Grove have steps-to access to the lively, pedestrian-friendly strips of bars, restaurants and [...]
It’s pool time at K2 Apartments in the Fulton River District
The Fulton River District's new K2 Apartments has a pool deck that's spacious enough to accommodate social gatherings and time alone in the sun.
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Sophistication, style and service at Streeterville’s North Water apartments
The sleek new North Water tower in Streeterville offers residents spectacular views, posh amenities, stylish apartments and a high level of servic [...]
Video – Tour renovated apartments on a tree-lined Buena Park block
Buena Shores, 833 W Buena, is a completely renovated 22-story contemporary high-rise on a quiet, tree-lined block in the largely residential Buena [...]
Tour the furnished models at the new 1000 South Clark
1000 South Clark, a new South Loop apartment tower, boasts a convenient location, great views, a high level of apartment finishes, and a creative [...]
Live rent free in luxury at new Tapestry Glenview apartments
Tapestry Glenview, a new luxury apartment community, is just off the Willow Rd interchange from I-294, with convenient access to major employment [...]
Pre-leasing underway at Moment, Streeterville’s newest luxury apartments
Moment, a new luxury apartment tower in Streeterville has begun pre-leasing for late July and August occupancy.
Moment was designed by aw [...]
MILA slates first pre-leasing apartment tours for this weekend
MILA, the sleek new apartment tower nearing completion at the corner of Lake St and Michigan Ave, will be hosting its first pre-leasing tours this [...]
Video tours – the South Loop’s new Library Lofts
Library Lofts, 619 S LaSalle St, is in the landmark South Loop Printing House District. The Holabird & Roche-designed building dates to the early [...]
Is North Star leasing agent Zach Gotkin ripping off Uptown renters?
In a previous post we noted that we consider North Star Real Estate Group's Zach Gotkin an abusive liar.
Gotkin had 1,602 abusively repetitive [...]
April 1 is Chicago Apartment Locators Day
Last April 1, after outing a career criminal working as a leasing agent, we abandoned our practice of writing hoax posts on April Fools' Day, post [...]
Daniel Zager, scofflaw agent at Chicago Apartment Leasing Group
My attention was drawn to Daniel Zager when I saw copyrighted photos I'd shot in an ad he'd placed for a property that doesn't allow brokers to ad [...]
Live rent free in a great Streeterville location
McClurg Court has an enviable location that’s hard to match for convenience, and apartments that are unusually spacious.
Join YoChicago in [...]
Chicago Property Genius, bait-and-switch scofflaws adopt a new name
It’s been nearly two years since we’ve written about the prolific Craigslsit apartment ad spammers at State Street Properties.
Since our post [...]