Tag: 60605
Maggot-mashing 101: A guide to renting in the South Loop
There are 1,000s of ads on Craigslist for South Loop apartments, most of them touting the fewer than a dozen major apartment complexes in the South [...]
Rent check: Two master suites, sweet park views from a Michigan Avenue loft
Near the top of the original Standard Oil Building on Michigan Avenue is this penthouse loft, currently priced at $6,000 a month. According to the l [...]
Astoria Tower opens more condos for sale
Astoria Tower's developers recently opened another 16 homes for sale in a variety of tiers, from junior one-bedrooms starting in the $160s to two-be [...]
Taking advantage of neighborhood amenities from a key South Loop location
Luxury finishes and on-site amenities make life enjoyable inside The Columbian, but when your home is at Michigan and Roosevelt, you're probably goi [...]
An east-facing two-bedroom priced to sell at The Columbian
In the second segment from my recent tour of The Columbian's new furnished models, Sales Director Matt Hollman shows me around an east-facing, two-be [...]
Unobstructed park, lake views at closeout prices
One of the biggest draws for The Columbian is its location at Michigan Avenue and Roosevelt Road, a spot that offers unobstructed views of Grant Par [...]
The air up there: Park views from a Columbian penthouse deck
From the intersection of Michigan Avenue and Roosevelt Road, nothing blocks your view down the length of Grant Park. Climb up 41 stories, and you ca [...]
Downtown condo sales: who was busy in the first quarter of 2010?
More than 55 percent of downtown Chicago's new condo and townhome developments reported an increase in the number of units sold from the fourth quar [...]
Quick hits: Park 1000 site to be auctioned; new condos planned for Diversey Parkway
Rick Levin & Associates will oversee a court-ordered auction of a 251' x 134' parcel at 1000 S Michigan Ave in the South Loop, where developers [...]
The South Loop's $10,000 rental
If the $10,000-a-month price tag for a South Loop rental left you gobsmacked, you're not alone. I see those rates in the Gold Coast and in high-prof [...]
Glut check: South Loop, by the numbers
See that? That's the 60605 ZIP code, a region stretching from the Museum Campus to the Chicago River and from Van Buren to 16th Street, with an occa [...]
Today's news: Buy or rent a corner condo with lake views at 1400 Museum Park
Today's new listing is located inside a relatively new high-rise: The Enterprise Companies' 1400 Museum Park, at the corner of 14th Street and Mich [...]
Touring two-bedrooms at Astoria Tower
Weichert, Realtors - Frankel & Giles held a "grand re-opening" at Astoria Tower on Saturday, and Joe Zekas was there to check things out. He tracked [...]
Inside Astoria Tower's private spa
The full name of the new high-rise at 8 E 9th St in the South Loop is the Astoria Tower Residences & Spa. We've seen shown you a few of those reside [...]
Prairie Pointe: Observations on an auction
I just got home from the Hilton Chicago, site of this afternoon's auction of 13 Prairie Pointe condos. I'll have a full spreadsheet of data to share t [...]
Afternoon views from Prairie Pointe
Yesterday I trucked down to Prairie Pointe, 1600 S Prairie Ave, for one of Inland Real Estate's pre-auction open houses. On Sunday, March 14, Inlan [...]
Reviewing Astoria Tower's deals for 2010
The new year brought new prices and new financing options to Astoria Tower, 8 E 9th St in the South Loop. Last month I asked sales manager Jim Psyho [...]
Prairie Pointe's auction: home styles and minimum bids for 13 new condos
The announcement of Inland Real Estate's March 14 auction of 13 Prairie Pointe condominiums was a good teaser, but it left out some key details, such [...]
Shark bites: Looking for lofts in all the right places
Due to their neighborhoods' old industrial and warehousing natures, many of the discounted homes, short sales, and foreclosures in River North, the [...]
Crain's: Lender takes over the Columbian
Fidelity Investments took control of the Columbian high-rise at 1160 S Michigan Ave last week after sending a default notice to developer Allison Davi [...]