Category: Apartments
A Gold Coast apartment walk with Stephanie
Stephanie Konow and Katie Bommarito, former apartment rental agents, recently co-founded Chicago Rentals Direct. Having acquired in-depth familiar [...]
Suburban Chicago rents – ups and downs
The headline and the story at Crain's Chicago Real Estate Daily tell a tale of uniformly rising rents, declining vacancy rates and fewer concessio [...]
The biggest apartment search mistakes – Number 3, the online search
The biggest mistake apartment searchers make is failing to focus on a small number of ideal and affordable neighborhoods. The second biggest mista [...]
How unlicensed agents work the system and how to avoid them
The following is an excerpt from an e-mail exchange forwarded to me last night. I've removed identifying information:
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Sage rental advice from a commenter
This recent comment by nwzimmer merits your consideration if you're in the market to rent an apartment in Chicago:
There is a HUGE discrepancy [...]
At 21.4%, The Bernardin tops downtown rent raises
Six months ago we noted that Appraisal Research Counselors was predicting 8 to 10% rent increases in the downtown Chicago market. That prediction [...]
Are you a sucker for a farmers market?
If you're a sucker for a farmers market, the public relations firm for River North's Parc Huron wants to play you for a sucker.
This morning's [...]
EnV for sale for $500K a unit?
According to Crain's, the new, not yet fully-occupied EnV apartment tower in River North is for sale and might fetch its owners $125 million.
T [...]
A lush urban getaway at 430 W Diversey, Lincoln Park
The classic vintage façade of 430 W Diversey Pkwy hides a true surprise – a lush rear courtyard with fountains, statuary, warm brick walls and lus [...]
You’ll never go hungry or thirsty on Diversey
After shooting sponsored video at two of Planned Property's vintage apartment buildings – a high-rise and a walkup – at Diversey and Pine Grove in [...]
Non-smoking vintage apartments in the Gold Coast
Kingsbury Plaza attracted quite a bit of attention earlier this year when it announced that it was going smoke-free. The Tribune noted at the time [...]
$1,500 first prize in Chicago landlord video contest
Are you the next Spielberg? Planned Property Management – the sponsor of our Near North, Lincoln Park and Lake View apartment Guides – is inviting [...]
Notable new rental – Logan Square’s Hairpin Lofts
The e-mail newsletter from 35th Ward Alderman Rey Colón just announced that 1- and 2-bedroom units at Logan Square's new Hairpin Lofts will be av [...]
West Loop apartment plan switches to offices
View New downtown Chicago apartment high-rises in a larger map
The Chicago Architecture Blog is reporting the latest variation on Jupiter Realty's [...]
MLS-listed downtown Chicago rentals at new low
We've been tracking rental homes and condos listed in the MLS in 14 downtown ZIP codes since November of 2009.
When we began tracking, there w [...]
RentJuice automates Facebook spam for rental bedbugs
Today's e-mail brings the following news release from RentJuice
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RentJuice, the online platform developed by real estate insiders that connec [...]
Quote of the day – making doo doo in Pilsen
From a Craigslist roommates ad:
when shit comes your way, you make doo doo. . ..so I have 2 rooms for rent that are looking to be filled ASAP. I'm [...]
Apartment bedbug spotlight – Downtown Apartment Finders
Every so often we'll spotlight one of the apartment rental "services" – we call them bedbugs – on our apartment finder do-not-call list. Our bedbu [...]
Will EnV renters envy others’ closets?
Call it a coat closet. Call it a hall closet. Call it a utility closet. Call it missing in the illustrated floor plan, which rents from $2,444 to [...]