Category: Lofts
From the vault: The state of Chicago loft design
According to Google Analytics, one of the most frequently read posts in the YoChicago archives is a short commentary from Barry Pearce regarding the [...]
University Commons down to six unsold lofts
I noticed around the turn of the new year that the Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage sales team at The Enterprise Companies' University Commons [...]
Suzuki Man offering free cars at Lofts at 1800
Down in Alabama, he's known simply as The Suzuki Man, the superhero of Suzuki dealerships across the state. In Chicago, K. Nicholas Kopley is recogniz [...]
Sales update: One home for sale, another three for rent at Bucktown’s Baer Lofts
Looking for a loft in Bucktown? Your options have just changed at one of the neighborhood's newest loft developments.
@properties agent Mike Vesole [...]
Prairie District Lofts sales reach 70 percent
About 30 percent of Kargil Development’s homes at Prairie District Lofts, 1727 S Indiana Ave, are still for sale and can deliver in 90 days, says Lisa [...]
Buying a loft condo in Chicago?
If loft living is your priority, don't miss our Google Knol on the subject. It's an overview of the pluses and minuses of lofts, and includes a video [...]
Sales update: Two remain at North Beach Lofts
According to Jameson Real Estate's latest newspaper ads, there are still two new units for sale at North Beach Lofts, the 43-unit conversion at 1225 [...]
Sales Center Saturdays: Inside VB1224
On Saturday, I visited the sales center for VB1224, the 189-unit loft conversion of a 1950s paper mill located at 1224 W Van Buren St in the West Loop [...]
Still two homes for sale at the Belmont Lofts
The same red banners that were hanging outside Belmont Lofts two years ago are still there today. In 2006, Metropolitan Development converted the buil [...]
Sales update: More homes for less at Avondale's Shoemaker Lofts
It looks like our old questions about availability at Shoemaker Lofts had some merit after all. According to Steve Samuels of Bear Kaufman Realty, the [...]
The Odyssey Lofts' epic journey continues
Tell me, O muse, when The Odyssey Lofts will sell. We've been writing about this 60-unit loft conversion at 775 W Jackson Blvd in the West Loop since [...]
Ten left at Rogers Park's Renaissance Lofts
"Indulge in the the soaring ceiling heights and private rooftop deck," the Renaissance Lofts Web site invites visitors. "But don’t pause for too long [...]
Move-ins to begin in July at Lofts at 1800
Back in October, I dropped by 1800 W Grace St in North Center to check on construction at the Lofts at 1800, where workers were busy converting an old [...]
We love lists: Chicago's "soft" lofts
Authentic lofts are still a fashionable choice for new home buyers in Chicago, but there can be drawbacks to living in many industrial lofts. Timber l [...]
Five lofts available at 6300 South Woodlawn
While authentic lofts are becoming an endangered species in certain North Side neighborhoods, D'Aprile Realty has a few two- and three-bedroom lofts a [...]
Sales update: Four left at Baer Lofts
When I met with Paul Fortman from @properties at 1217 W Augusta St last week, he mentioned that Baer Lofts, another new development that's being marke [...]
VB1224 floor plans leap through the West Loop
Nothing says "youthful exuberance" like a bunch of kids springing around on trampolines, right? That's the message you get as you drive east along [...]
Remaining 34 units in McKinley Park Lofts up for auction next month
It feels like it was just weeks ago that Joe and I took a ride down to McKinley Park to take some photographs of McKinley Park Lofts at 2323 W Pershin [...]
Special financing available at Klee Plaza
We haven't posted anything about Klee Plaza at Six Corners, located at 4015 N Milwaukee Ave, since former Yo writer Patrick Rollens visited the loft d [...]
Sales update: 12 left at 3133 North Lakewood
Anyone looking for a new loft near the Southport corridor in Lake View doesn't have a whole lot of options, so it shouldn't come as too much of a surp [...]