Tag: Apartments
Spacious high-rise apartments at the edge of the Gold Coast
1120 North LaSalle is a full-service, full-amenity high-rise apartment building at the edge of Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood.
The building [...]
Does tax time for leasing agents mean pain for Chicago rental services?
Almost all of Chicago's rental services are revolving-door operations that attract naïve newcomers with the promise of entry into a lucrative career. [...]
A complete list of Lakeview East high-rise apartments
Chicago's scofflaw rental services / apartment locators / apartment finders would like you to believe that finding a high-rise apartment in Lakevi [...]
The safe, fast and easy way to find a South Loop apartment
If you want to rent in the South Loop, you can see all of your managed apartment building options on YoChicago's South Loop availability list, bel [...]
Did an iMove Chicago agent use the C word in a Yelp review?
Jose L recently posted a 5-star Yelp review of iMove Chicago in which he used the C word – twice – to describe a Yelper who had negatively reviewe [...]
New River North apartment towers near topping out
AMLI River North, 71 W Hubbard, will top out at 50 stories and Hubbard Place, 360 W Hubbard, at 43. As you can see from the photos, both are neari [...]
Cash in when a friend rents where you rent
Many management companies reward current residents for referring a new tenant to their building. The reward typically takes the form of a rent credit [...]
Did iMove Chicago viciously retaliate against a Yelp reviewer?
We've written about iMove Chicago several times, put it on our Craigslist's Dirtiest Dozen rental services roster, and wondered why any renter or [...]
Find Lincoln Park apartments the fast, safe and easy way
Chicago's piratical rental services / apartment locators / apartment finders would like you to believe that finding an apartment in Lincoln Park i [...]
Revisiting Park Boulevard in Bronzeville
The mixed-income Park Boulevard development in Bronzeville, on the former site of Stateway Gardens, is part of the CHA's ambitious and largely-sta [...]
Rehabbed Wrigleyville apartments steps from a CTA Red Line stop
Just a few blocks north of Wrigley Field is a tree-lined block set apart from the crowds that flood Wrigleyville on game and concert days.
925 [...]
The easy way to find what’s really for rent in River North
If you want to rent an apartment in River North, you can see all of your managed apartment building options on YoChicago's River North availabilit [...]
Who is flagging landlord ads on Craigslist?
A number of high-rise rental properties are reporting that their Craigslist ads are being flagged and deleted. The deletions are happening "myster [...]
Contemporary high-rise apartments across from Lincoln Park
Studio, 1-, 2- and 3-bedroom apartments with updated kitchens and baths are available in the contemporary high-rise at 4100 North Marine Dr. The a [...]
An at-a-glance list of what’s for rent in the South Loop
The big news in the South Loop apartment market this week is that CMK Companies has acquired a site in the 1300 block of Wabash and is planning a [...]
East Rogers Park apartments close to Loyola and the beach
The remodeled vintage mid-rises at 1063 and 1101 W Columbia have the beach at one end of their tree-lined block and Starbucks, restaurants, a conv [...]
Marcus & Millichap forecasts lower vacancies, higher rents in Chicago
Marcus & Millichap just published its data-packed 2013 National Apartment Report (free registration required). The money quote for Chicago:
Ten [...]
Are you OK with dated apartment finishes?
A few months ago we posted on the subject of lakefront properties, even some that are only a few years old, upgrading nearly everything.
Some l [...]
Does Vesta Preferred prefer self-help on Yelp?
Yesterday's post about Vesta Preferred's misleading advice to renters elicited some anonymous testimonials for Greg Pekarsky, one of the firm's pr [...]
New and newly-rehabbed apartments across the street from Wrigley Field
If you want to live at the absolute center of the excitement generated by the Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field, you can't find a better location or [...]