Tag: Apartments

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A panoramic view of K2 at K Station

A panoramic view of K2 at K Station

Our unusually mild weather is contributing to rapid progress on the construction of K2, K2 at K Station, a 496-unit, 34-story rental high-rise in [...]
More apartments proposed for Near West Side

More apartments proposed for Near West Side

Crain's Chicago Real Estate Daily is reporting that Bond Cos., a local developer, is planning a mixed-use development on the site of a former Ch [...]
Lincoln Park condos renting at bargain prices

Lincoln Park condos renting at bargain prices

David Nadler makes a strong case for the proposition that condo rentals are often bargain-priced in the current market, especially at this time of [...]
Going virile – Shit girls say when looking at apartments

Going virile – Shit girls say when looking at apartments

Dan McDonough, the marketing director for Planned Property Management, has been searching for that video that goes viral. He’s tried adopting [...]
Chicago rental services closing offices, rebranding, testing new business models

Chicago rental services closing offices, rebranding, testing new business models

As Chicago's rental market strengthens and vacancies decrease, a number of landlords have been cutting back on their use of apartment rental servi [...]
Is a phony Yelp review a felony?

Is a phony Yelp review a felony?

Last Saturday we called attention to a pattern of suspicious reviews of Reside Living buildings at Yelp. The first positive review of Reside a [...]
Park Millennium – from buyers lined up outside the building to bargain rentals

Park Millennium – from buyers lined up outside the building to bargain rentals

Six years ago Yo was writing this about the Park Millennium, a 52-story condo conversion at 222 N Columbus Dr on the New East Side: Carrie McCo [...]
Belgravia Group’s Alan Lev on the Chicago real estate market

Belgravia Group’s Alan Lev on the Chicago real estate market

Belgravia Group has been one of Chicago's most successful real estate developers for more than 60 years -- a track record that few companies can m [...]
Marcus & Millichap anticipates lower vacancies, higher rents in Chicago

Marcus & Millichap anticipates lower vacancies, higher rents in Chicago

Marcus & Millichap's 2012 National Apartment Report (PDF, registration required) just became available online. The report summarizes information a [...]
The first step in your Chicago apartment search

The first step in your Chicago apartment search

Chicago's neighborhoods vary widely in livability, ranging from close to paradise to barely survivable to scary as hell. Long before you begin [...]
A K2 construction update from Alan Schachtman

A K2 construction update from Alan Schachtman

Alan Schachtman is a principal in the Fifield-Wood joint venture that's developing K2 at K Station, a 34-story, 496-unit high-rise apartment build [...]
Typical Chicago apartment rental policies

Typical Chicago apartment rental policies

First-time Chicago renters are often clueless about what to expect in the way of fees and policies when they set out to rent an apartment. Their c [...]
Saturday night apartment funnies and Yelp’s review filter

Saturday night apartment funnies and Yelp’s review filter

The first Yelp review of Reside at Belmont Harbor, 426 W Belmont Ave, dated 12/18/11, was written by a first-time Yelper and flagged as suspicious [...]
360 W Hubbard apartments officially underway in River North

360 W Hubbard apartments officially underway in River North

Here's the text of a news release received this morning from The Habitat Company: The Habitat Company announced the start of construction of a [...]
A West Englewood rehab without a building permit

A West Englewood rehab without a building permit

The 2-flat at 6219 S Marshfield Ave in Chicago's radically depressed West Englewood neighborhood sold just a few months ago for $17,500 after a fo [...]
Thirty or more bedbugs wanted

Thirty or more bedbugs wanted

Help wanted ads for the apartment rental industry – the folks we refer to as bedbugs and place on a do-not-call list – routinely tout high-paying [...]
A panoramic view of K2 at K Station

A panoramic view of K2 at K Station

Our unusually warm winter weather is facilitating rapid progress at the K2 at K Station construction site. You can see more coverage of the 34 [...]
MLS-listed downtown rentals at two-year low

MLS-listed downtown rentals at two-year low

When we first began tracking MLS-listed rentals, in late November of 2009, there were 1,927 units available for rent in 14 downtown ZIP codes. As [...]
New rendering revealed for 3750 North Halsted development

New rendering revealed for 3750 North Halsted development

Over at the SkyscraperPage forum prolific contributor spyguy has just posted an updated rendering of a proposed mixed-use residential / retail dev [...]
Rental spotlight – A new six-flat in Logan Square

Rental spotlight – A new six-flat in Logan Square

The growing roster of new apartment construction in downtown Chicago has been generating a lot of attention recently, but there are also new renta [...]
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