Category: Lofts
Belmont Lofts adds to West Belmont streetscape
Down the street from Shoemaker Lofts sits Metropolitan Development's attractive Belmont Lofts, located at 4131 W Belmont Ave. The four-story buildin [...]
Shoemaker Lofts windowless but progressing
The old Florsheim shoe factory is getting all gussied up for its new life as Shoemaker Lofts, a 175-unit adaptive reuse project in Avondale (be sure [...]
Downer Place brings lofts to downtown Aurora
The words "lofts" and "suburbs" don't often appear in the same sentence, but buyers who want the hip urban loft without the steep urban price are lo [...]
Another loft development we missed: 123 North Sangamon
We know, we're obsessed with lofts today. But bear with us while we give props to commenter JJ who pointed out that we left 123 North Sangamon lofts [...]
Mystery Chicago loft project is Broadway Village lofts
Thanks to Chas, who, in record time, correctly identified the mystery loft development depicted in the rendering above and in our earlier Chicago lo [...]
Mixed-use high-rise, loft conversion planned for South Loop
This week, The Chicago Tribune reported on developer Andrius Augunas' plans to build a 27-story high-rise with 178 condos at South Indiana Ave and 2 [...]
Identify mystery Chicago loft, win valuable prize, impress friends
You can't pull anything over on a YoChicago reader. In yesterday's roundup of Chicago loft condo developments, alert readers WoodlawnChuck and the U [...]
Loft condo developments making a comeback in Chicago
In the late '90s, lofts so dominated Chicago's downtown residential real estate market, we almost got sick of them. Every day, it seemed, a develope [...]
Live-work lofts for Logan Square's Cooper Lamp factory?
Last week the Sun-Times reported that Baum Realty Group has submitted a proposal to turn the Frederick Cooper Lamp factory, 2545 W Diversey Ave, into [...]
South Loop works in progress: Plymouth Lofts
For those who like a little old-world character in their condo buildings, the 11-story adaptive reuse Plymouth Lofts seemed to say to me, "I've got y [...]
A tour of the lofts that helped resurrect the South Loop
Yo's been spending a lot of time in the South Loop lately, getting prepped for our upcoming South Loop week, which begins Oct. 2. Yesterday we took [...]
Work in progress: Citizens State Bank Lofts
We can't wait to see how Citizens State Bank Lofts, located at 1623 W Melrose St in Lake View, comes together because, frankly, the construction sce [...]
New timber lofts
Grand Timber Lofts has been around for a while, but it's new to me, and it's intriguing - new construction timber lofts with twelve-foot ceilings. Are [...]
McKinley Park Lofts adds to residential rebirth of Back of the Yards
Across the street from McKinley Park and just down the road from a big, old industrial park sits McKinley Park Lofts, a 163-unit courtyard building w [...]
Van Buren Lofts balconies have great views over parking – for now
The views from these balconies aren't great so far, but they'll improve dramatically once the developers behind Van Buren Lofts put a few feet betwe [...]
South Loop mystery loft is Trevi Square
Several commenters were correct in naming our mystery loft building in the burgeoning South Loop. Props to drbri, Devyn, the Urban Politician and Jo [...]
The Lofts at Roosevelt Collection announced for mixed-use South Loop community
Centrum Properties has started teasing The Lofts at Roosevelt Collection, part of the massive mixed-use development that brings one million square [...]
Early loft building helped start the "burgeoning" South Loop's condo boom
Ah, the burgeoning South Loop. It's so burgeoning, it's hard to remember a time when it hadn't started to burgeon. And there's lots more burgeoning [...]
South Loop office building getting the loft treatment
The condo conversion of the top floors of The Park Monroe may be getting all the attention, but another office building in the Loop (technically, th [...]
Bridgeport Place offers true lofts, fast food
A third development in the hotbed at 35th and Morgan streets is Dubin Residential's The Lofts at Bridgeport Place. This 158-unit loft conversion may [...]