Tag: Apartments
AMLI adding apartment towers to South Loop
Crain's Chicago Real Estate Daily is reporting that AMLI Residential has agreed to buy a South Loop site at the southwest corner of Clark and Polk [...]
Tales from an apartment hunt – unreliable prices, disreputable brokers
One of my correspondents, a veteran renter, has been sending me periodic updates on his experiences in searching for his next apartment. Here's hi [...]
Panoramas from the Lofts at Roosevelt Collection
Earlier this morning I was at the Lofts at Roosevelt Collection with Kim Ashley of Brook Furniture Rental, one of our sponsors, and Steffanie Dan [...]
Tales from an apartment hunt – brokers vs rental services
One of my correspondents, a veteran renter, has been sending me periodic updates on his experiences in searching for his next apartment. Here's th [...]
K2 construction, Marie’s view from the tower crane
Marie Spear and Greg Hayes, the team operating the tower crane at K2 at K Station, are veteran members of Operating Engineers Local 150. They spen [...]
Chicago’s best apartment website gets better
Several months ago we opined that Apartments.com, a national site owned by a group of major newspapers, was the stand-out choice for renters searc [...]
The 5-minute commute from Oakwood 200 Squared
Residents of Oakwood 200 Squared, 210 N Wells St, enjoy an enviable commute to work in Chicago's Loop – often a 5-minute or less walk away. That's [...]
Rent vs own on Astor Street – $20K a month or $5.4M?
A full-floor 6,000 square foot home just became available at 1555 North Astor St in the Gold Coast. It's offered for sale at $5,400,000 and for re [...]
Fifield announces $104.5M sale of Echelon at K Station
The news release just came across our virtual desk:
CHICAGO – (February 2, 2012) Chicago-based Fifield Companies and its joint-venture partner, [...]
$1,950 rent conundrum – an Aqua convertible or a 2-bedroom, 2-bath across the street
Here's a good test of what you prioritize and value in your next apartment. Consider a convertible studio and a 2-bedroom, 2-bath in two different [...]
Five years ago today the Tribune reported plans for Kinzie Station
The headline read 6-tower project planned, and the story began:
A Chicago-based developer intends to build a $750 million residential project n [...]
Are you the reason your rent is too damn high?
Jimmy McMillan, the 2010 gubernatorial candidate of New York's Rent Is Too Damn High Party, achieved some notoriety thanks to the many YouTube rem [...]
Jonathan Jackson keeps tabs on building movements
Jonathan Jackson is a Technical Engineer with Plumbers Local 130 and a licensed land surveyor.
When I stopped to chat with him at K2 at K Stati [...]
Lincoln Park rental deals, Americana Towers and Eugenie Terrace
Eugenie Terrace, 1730 N Clark St, is offering $1,000 discounts on the first month's rent on select studio and one-bedroom apartments. To qualify, [...]
Edgewater’s Winthrop Kenmore corridor – Arson Alley and Appalachians and Indians tumbling like flotsam
The so-called Winthrop Kenmore corridor has long been a troubled area, home to a largely transient population. According to Compass Rose:
In th [...]
Lincoln Park homes renting well below asking price
This is the second in a series of videos from my recent drive around Lincoln Park with David Nadler.
In the first video we looked at lakefront [...]
Another River North apartment tower up for sale
The market for downtown Chicago apartment towers has been active lately, and River North has been the strongest submarket.
EnV, 161 W Kinzie, [...]
Ridding oneself entirely of the coal and servant problems
The documents prepared to nominate properties or districts for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places are often wonderfully enterta [...]
Failed condo gone rental in Jefferson Park
It was August of 2008 when we last looked in on Kennedy Estates, 4810 N Lavergne in Jefferson Park.
Six of the 22 2-bedroom, 2-bath units had [...]
The flop on LaSalle now LaSalle Park Apartments
Our first mention of The Flats on LaSalle was in a round-up story on condo bargains nearly six years ago, and our most recent, in August of 2010, [...]