Tag: Apartments
Remember The Peshtigo?
Was it only 5 years ago that we reported that Related Midwest, despite a weak real estate market, was forging ahead with plans for The Peshtigo, a [...]
Demolition nearly complete on site for The Maxwell
The Bond Companies' website is touting delivery of 200,000 square feet of retail space in the Fall of 2013 at The Maxwell, a 3.9 acre mixed-use de [...]
Craigslist is an apartment liars’ list
As of 9:30 last night, 17,511 ads had been posted yesterday in the Chicago > housing > apts/housing for rent section of Craigslist, almost all of [...]
Chicago apartment vacancies down for 13th consecutive quarter
Marcus & Millichap has just published its Third Quarter 2012 Apartment Research Market Report (PDF, Registration required).
Here are some o [...]
More landlords eliminating use of rental services
It's anecdotal data only, but what I've been hearing during the past month is that a number of major landlords have been reducing or completely el [...]
Renovated Lakeview East apartments with great views
It's an old cliché, but it's true of 3130 N Lake Shore Drive: if you haven't seen it lately, you haven't seen it.
This modern high-rise has bee [...]
1225 Old Town continues rapid lease-up
1225 Old Town, the new 16-story, 250-unit apartment tower at 1225 N Wells St in Old Town, is leasing up rapidly.
The following update came via [...]
At K2, what so proudly they hailed
You'll find an American flag unfurled somewhere at nearly every major construction site.
The Star Spangled Banner at K2 at K Station "in full [...]
Expanding your rental apartment trade-offs
It's a common tendency among renters (and home buyers) to go for the max – to rent or buy as much housing as they can comfortably (almost) afford. [...]
Rendering of the day – Waterview Tower
When construction on Waterview Tower, 111 W Wacker, began in 2005 it was anticipated to top out at 92 stories and include a hotel and 243 luxury c [...]
On Craigslist, bait-and-switch is the norm
If you're searching for an apartment in any of the lakefront communities covered by YoChicago's at-a-glance apartment lists and maps, you're wasti [...]
Chicago rental service offers golden shower
What's there to be said about this Craigslist ad from My Place Apartments, other than that it's an almost perfect metaphor for what you can expect fro [...]
Construction check – Seventeen17 in Evanston
Site prep work appears to be nearly complete on a 175-unit apartment complex underway at 1717 Ridge Ave in Evanston.
The project, named Seven [...]
Construction check – AMLI Evanston
AMLI Evanston, a mixed-use development at Chicago Ave and Kedzie St in Evanston, appears to be making rapid progress toward its goal of occupancy [...]
The tower crane at K2 jumps 100 feet
In a deceptively simple operation a "jacking crane" frames part of a tower crane and lifts the crane's cab and jibs twenty feet, opening a hole fo [...]
Searching for a River North 2-bedroom with an indoor pool
If you were searching for a River North 2-bedroom with an indoor pool you might start by filtering Craigslist on 2+ BR apartments and typing the f [...]
Lakeview East student-friendly apartments
Planned Property Management, one of Chicago's largest property owners, has over 3,000 apartments for rent in the Gold Coast, Lincoln Park and Lake [...]
Deadline tomorrow for CAMME Awards entries
The Chicagoland Apartment Association's (CAA) annual CAMME Awards are the Oscars of the multi-family housing profession in the Chicago metro are [...]
Parking for rent in Lakeview East
Finding an apartment in Chicago's Lakeview East neighborhood is easy. Finding one with parking - not so easy. Finding parking for rent when your b [...]
1225 Old Town apartments renting rapidly
1225 Old Town, the new 16-story, 250-unit apartment tower at 1225 N Wells St in Old Town, is ahead of its construction schedule and anticipates we [...]