6/4/11
Stephanie Konow and Katie Bommarito, former apartment rental agents, recently co-founded Chicago Rentals Direct. Having acquired in-depth familiarity with the shortcomings of the rental...
6/1/11
The headline and the story at Crain’s Chicago Real Estate Daily tell a tale of uniformly rising rents, declining vacancy rates and fewer concession...
5/30/11
The biggest mistake apartment searchers make is failing to focus on a small number of ideal and affordable neighborhoods. The second biggest mistake is...
5/27/11
The following is an excerpt from an e-mail exchange forwarded to me last night. I’ve removed identifying information: Ok, it will show up as...
5/26/11
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...
5/26/11
Six months ago we noted that Appraisal Research Counselors was predicting 8 to 10% rent increases in the downtown Chicago market. That prediction is...
5/25/11
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....
5/25/11
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....
5/24/11
The classic vintage façade of 430 W Diversey Pkwy hides a true surprise – a lush rear courtyard with fountains, statuary, warm brick walls...
5/23/11
After shooting sponsored video at two of Planned Property‘s vintage apartment buildings – a high-rise and a walkup – at Diversey and Pine Grove...
5/22/11
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...
5/20/11
Are you the next Spielberg? Planned Property Management – the sponsor of our Near North, Lincoln Park and Lake View apartment Guides – is...
5/20/11
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...
5/20/11
View New downtown Chicago apartment high-rises in a larger map The Chicago Architecture Blog is reporting the latest variation on Jupiter Realty’s plans for...
5/20/11
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,...
5/19/11
Today’s e-mail brings the following news release from RentJuice : RentJuice, the online platform developed by real estate insiders that connects prospective renters, brokers...
5/19/11
From a Craigslist roommates ad: when shit comes your way, you make doo doo. . ..so I have 2 rooms for rent that are...
5/18/11
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...
5/17/11
Call it a coat closet. Call it a hall closet. Call it a utility closet. Call it missing in the illustrated floor plan, which...
5/16/11
If you’ve watched the earlier videos on the restoration of the exterior and grand public spaces at the Del Prado in Hyde Park, you...