Tag: Apartments
Large, updated apartments in a convenient Gold Coast location
1036 N Dearborn is a completely renovated high-rise apartment building steps from State and Rush Streets, and just south of the Division Street ni [...]
Turning tenants into party animals
Rents may be rising and vacancy rates plummeting, but Chicago landlords are still competing on all fronts to gain new residents and retain existin [...]
A full-service high-rise where Lincoln Park meets Lakeview East
2850 North Sheridan has an impressive 1920s exterior, but everything inside this full-service apartment building is new.
2850 has a grand, welc [...]
The views from a Buena Park high-rise
Yesterday was a great day, despite the chill in the air, to be visiting rooftops. The air was brilliantly clear in the sunshine and fall colors we [...]
Lincoln Park’s impressive vintage apartment lobbies
Some new apartment buildings design their lobbies to impress, hoping for rental success, but none are as impressive as the grand, ornately decorat [...]
Quote of the day – the best display of architects’ skills
Building facades, the most visible aspect of a structure, typically draw the most comments from the public. They are, after all, the sights that f [...]
The topping-off party at K2 at K Station apartments
Almost a year to the day after breaking ground on K2 at K Station, Fifield Companies hosted a topping-off party to celebrate the building's reachi [...]
A South Loop rental tower adds a sold sign
Six months ago we relayed a Crain's report that 1401 South State had joined the ranks of downtown apartment towers offered for sale. A news releas [...]
Construction update – new Evanston apartments
We recently stopped by for a look at three new apartment projects that will add nearly 500 units to the Evanston market next year.
AMLI Evansto [...]
Chicago’s highest outdoor pools – Eugenie Terrace
The second highest outdoor pool in Chicago is in Lincoln Park, on the roof of the 44-story Eugenie Terrace apartment tower, 1730 N Clark St. It's [...]
Stale quote of the day – Uptown floodgates are opening
Here's the lede to a TimeOut Chicago piece on 1325 W Wilson, an Uptown building that began its life as the the Norman Hotel in 1929, was rehabbed [...]
Looking down on South Loop development sites
The yellow and white tower cranes in the above photo mark the sites, respectively, of the new Jones College Prep building and a new dorm under con [...]
What rental agents like about Echelon at K Station
Echelon at K Station, a high-rise apartment community in Chicago's Fulton River District, recently updated its common areas despite the fact that [...]
Rent a furnished apartment in a Lincoln Park landmark
Chicagoans have long known the Belden-Stratford, a Beaux Arts landmark opposite the Lincoln Park Conservatory, as a hotel and the home of outstand [...]
The view from the Belden-Stratford’s sundeck
We recently wrote about the wave of existing buildings playing catch-up to the amenities and in-unit creature comforts offered by Chicago's new do [...]
Bucktown NIMBY quote of the day
The Chicago Pipeline recently covered a community meeting discussing a proposed new rental development along Winnebago Ave, just steps from where [...]
Summit on Lake update – and a temporary view
Earlier today I was in a meeting at 150 N Michigan and spent some time admiring the views from a west-facing office.
The windows offered a cle [...]
An aerial progress report on K2 at K Station
If you time travel back 10 years the Fulton River District was a largely barren area, and it would have been hard to envision how swiftly it has d [...]
An aerial progress report on 360 West Hubbard
The tower portion of the 43-story, 450-unit apartment high-rise at 360 West Hubbard in River North has risen eight stories out of the ground.
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Two new apartment towers are topped out
The Coast (center left, above) and 500 North Lake Shore Drive (center right, above) have both reached their full height and are proceeding toward [...]