Category: South Loop
Rental smackdown: One-bedroom units at Burnham Pointe and Sky55
We've checked out most of downtown's new rental high-rises last month, so now it's time to really dig into them to see how they stack up to one anothe [...]
Panorama-rama!: Views from AMLI 900
Here are some panoramas from our visit to AMLI 900 Monday. The 24-story rental high-rise at 900 S Clark St in the South Loop has some pretty stellar [...]
Views from Clark Street outside AMLI 900
After our tour of AMLI 900, Joe and shot some video while heading back up to the Loop on South Clark Street to give you a glimpse of the other devel [...]
Viewing AMLI 900's apartments and amenities
When you're marketing a development, you're marketing a lifestyle. This concept wasn't lost on the folks at AMLI 900, who have guilefully tagged eac [...]
Model units, amenities and a home equity program from AMLI 900
This morning Joe and I made Yo's first visit to AMLI 900, a rental high-rise at 900 S Clark St in the South Loop. While checking out the building's mo [...]
Vetro developer files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy
Who would have guessed that Vetro, a 31-story, 232-unit tower at 611 S Wells St, would be one of the most talked-about towers of 2009? Due largely t [...]
Jameson quarterly report advertises discounts at Marquee, Terrazio
Jameson Realty Group sent out a quarterly report yesterday evening covering yearly sales-to-date numbers (down about 13 percent from last year) and li [...]
A look at Sky55’s views, amenities and finishes
In our visit to Sky55 Wednesday, Joe and I got a peek at some of the apartment building's amenities, and it's easy to see how one could be wooed b [...]
Sky high at 1255 S Michigan Ave
Joe and I got to go up in Sky55 yesterday, a 40-story, 411-unit apartment tower in the South Loop at 1255 S Michigan Ave that was completed in 2006. [...]
One Museum Park West: Almost there?
Coldwell Banker agent Ralph Oliva told me a couple weeks ago that One Museum Park West, under construction at 1201 S Prairie Ave, would top out som [...]
One Museum Park: Is the end near?
Not for sales, mind you, just the exterior. Anyone who's seen One Museum Park up close knows that the upper half of its center column has been a big [...]
Panoramic views from 1401 South State
Here are a couple panoramic views from a penthouse unit and the outdoor terrace at 1401 South State, a rental high-rise Joe and I visited last w [...]
Few two-bedrooms remain at 1401 South State
After visiting Echelon at K Station, Joe and I headed to the South Loop to check out another Lincoln Property Company rental building at 1401 S Stat [...]
High-rise refresher: 1720 South Michigan
Of CMK Companies' two active high-rises, it's the new 235 Van Buren that gets the most attention these days, due both to its distinctive design by P [...]
Another view of the One Museum Park towers
We shoot most of our pictures of the One Museum Park towers from the north, west, and south, for no other reason than we rarely get out to the museu [...]
Quotes of the day: Going rental
"We're not actively considering it, but developers these days would be crazy not to be keenly aware of what all the alternatives are. It's not a goo [...]
Crain's: Roosevelt Collection going rental
Crain's Chicago Business is reporting (behind its pay wall) that the 342-unit Roosevelt Collection project is going rental, and that condo contracts w [...]
Being a South Loop condo developer in 2009
"Smart developers are trying to save themselves right now...the main thing right now is not to get destroyed."
So says Jacob Bletnitsky, principal [...]
If no news, send rumors – Roosevelt Collection edition
A number of commenters here, buyers at the Roosevelt Collection, have been expressing frustration with what they view as Centrum Properties' inadequat [...]
Learning lessons from past developments
Every project is a learning experience for a developer, says Jacob Bletnitsky, a principal with Russland Capital Group. In building Michigan Avenue [...]