Tag: Apartments
More choices, lower rents in the South Loop
Some good news for renters.
Since the last time we checked, prices have fallen slightly almost across the board on apartments available for ren [...]
Demolition underway for Chicago and LaSalle apartments
The northeast corner of Chicago and LaSalle is the site of a new 33-story, 295-unit apartment tower with ground-floor retail space.
Demolition [...]
Another dream for the South Loop’s field of dreams?
The large tract of vacant land bordered by Wells St and the Chicago River south of Harrison St has seen development proposals come to naught over [...]
A new player at the Oriental Theater
Back in February we passed along a Sun-Times report on plans to convert the 22-story tower portion of the landmark Oriental Theatre to 230 loft ap [...]
Simpleton suckers wanted for leasing agent positions
Check out the real estate jobs section at Craigslist and look at ads for leasing agent positions.
One company is touting the ability for new l [...]
Gold Coast high-rise gets green Ward instead of green light
Chicago's new 2nd Ward has boundaries, outlined in bright green above, that only Chicago Aldermen could love. And only an alderman can love the ne [...]
Market for MLS-listed downtown rentals softens
We've been tracking the number of homes and condos listed for rent in the MLS in 14 downtown ZIP Codes for nearly 4 years.
It would be reasonab [...]
Chicago’s most popular new apartment towers
One way to gauge which new apartment projects are attracting the most interest from Chicago renters is to look at which YoChicago review pages ren [...]
Could Roosevelt Collection convert to condos?
Daniel McCaffery, CEO of McCaffery Interests, had this to say at a recent Chicagoland Apartment Association (CAA) event, according to a recent new [...]
Rent increases slowing, downtown occupancy rates falling
A news release from the Chicagoland Apartment Association (CAA) included the following summary of a presentation by Ron DeVries, vice president of [...]
Chicago’s next hot neighborhood: the Gulled Coast
The Gold Coast Neighbors Association has one set of boundaries for the Gold Coast and YoChicago has a slightly more expansive set. Yo's boundaries inc [...]
Mondial apartments sell at a large profit
Mondial, in River West, is an apartment project that we've followed in dozens of posts through many ups and downs over more than seven years. Our [...]
Be aware of these high-rise apartment gotchas
If you're a first-time renter in one of Chicago's attractive apartment towers you might be enraptured by visions of creature comforts and neglect [...]
