Category: South Loop
Construction checkup: 1555 Wabash
The Tribune reported Friday that units are starting to close and models are starting to open at 1555 Wabash. That's the first thing we've heard abou [...]
Construction checkup: One Museum Park West
Has it topped out yet? The western side shows a slight trace of the spiral (similar in shape to a rolled newspaper) that's supposed to crown One Mu [...]
Lexington Park Condominiums sales center shifts to Michigan Avenue
The Lexington Park Condominiums sales staff has a layover between the closure of its old Indiana Avenue sales center and the opening of the developm [...]
Construction checkup: Museum Park Place
Museum Park Place South, the "budget-priced" option among The Enterprise Companies' latest towers, looks like it's ready for business. But its groun [...]
Another price reduction: 20 percent off the next five Motor Row contracts
Here's another deal I found out about via Bob Darrow's price reduction roundup post on his Your Windy City Guide blog yesterday: In an effort to spa [...]
Tweets and RTs from @LexingtonPark1
A couple of weeks ago, Lexington Park sales manager Britta Rivera told Joe that the only thing standing between buyers and the Lexington Park Condos w [...]
Would you buy a condo if a psychic told you to?
That's the gimmick Akos Straub and his Jameson sales team are presenting at Marquee tonight. In a little under an hour, a tarot reader will be offer [...]
Terrazio gets upgrades and tops off
From the window of the Green Line elevated tracks last week I noticed that Terrazio, Sedgwick Properties' twin seven-story buildings at 1935 S Wabash [...]
With closings approaching, what does the future hold for Museum Park Place South?
When addressing the status of a tower like Museum Park Place South, it’s hard not to consider many of the trends and patterns mentioned in the latest [...]
Rent check: One Museum Park
At long last, One Museum Park is getting its much-needed glass cladding up its center column, finally bringing exterior construction to a close. The [...]
Rent check: 1600 Museum Park
I see no signs of drastic price cuts at The Enterprise Companies' 1600 Museum Park, 1629 S Prairie Ave, despite the building's sales still lingering [...]
Rent check: Metropolitan Tower
Metropolitan Tower is one of a couple new conversions currently underway along Michigan Avenue across from the sprawling downtown park system. The Fri [...]
What's up with Lexington Park's tower?
Earlier this year, two South Loop developments -- The Lofts at Roosevelt Collection and the Lexington Park Condominiums -- were telling us that they'd [...]
Rent check: Michigan Avenue Tower II
Rentals started popping up in Michigan Avenue Tower II, 1400 S Michigan Ave, right around the time units started closing last fall. Although many home [...]
Rent check: The Columbian
Neighborhood Rejuvenation Partners' all-brick Columbian high-rise at 1160 S Michigan Ave has a been a fixture in the South Loop skyline for more than [...]
Rent check: Marquee in the South Loop
With all the talk of the South Loop's condo glut and yet another new-construction condo development converting to rental, I figured it was time once a [...]
Roosevelt Collection – "Now renting"
It's official folks. I just checked the Roosevelt Collection Web site after seeing a comment that a buyer had received his termination letter.
The de [...]
A photographer looks at 1720 South Michigan
A busy homebuyer might park the car and walk a block north and south of CMK's 1720 S. Michigan to gain perspective on it.
Our staff photographer, [...]
Assessing assessments: 1720 South Michigan
If you've spent any time touring downtown's new high-rises, you've probably come to expect on-site amenities like a sun deck, a swimming pool, a con [...]
Assessing assessments: Library Tower
Prices keep going down at Lennar's Library Tower, located at 520 S State St in the South Loop. The developer on Wednesday slashed the prices of two li [...]