Tag: Co-ops
Nearly a third of East LSD co-op available for rent
There's been a flurry of media buzz lately about Oprah Winfrey's co-op at 199 East Lake Shore Drive being offered for rent at $15,000 a month. Cur [...]
A brief visit to Chicagoland’s first condo expo
Yesterday morning I headed to the Conference Center at Navy Pier for a look at the Chicagoland Cooperator's Condo HOA and Co-op Expo.
Years ago [...]
Chicago condo expo at Navy Pier next week
If you're an officer or director of a condo, co-op or homeowners' association in the Chicago area you'll want to check in next Wednesday at Navy P [...]
An 18-room rooftop bungalow on Lake Shore Drive
A number of Chicago's most prestigious residential buildings maintain a low public profile, garner little attention, and prefer their relative obs [...]
John Buck sues 199 East Lake Shore board over $8,600 monthly assessment hike
Developer John Buck's been fighting off a hike in his monthly assessments for almost three years. Now, says Crain's, he's taken his beef with 199 East [...]
A rare rental at 999 N Lake Shore Drive
Built in 1912, 999 N Lake Shore Drive, became the anchor for what would become one of Chicago’s most sought-after addresses – East Lake Shore Driv [...]
2,300 square-foot Streeterville co-op listed for $540K
Is East Lake Shore Drive just a little too exclusive for your tastes (or your bank account)? This week Jennifer Ames of Coldwell Banker listed a 2,300 [...]
Choice cuts: $90K for a lakefront two-bedroom in Hyde Park
A "M O T I V A T E D S E L L E R !!!" at Hyde Park's Parkshore Apartments, 1755 - 1765 E 55th St, is asking $89,900 for a fifth-floor two-bedroom [...]
When assessments kill sales prices
Top-tier condo and co-op buildings in prime locations command high sales prices despite high monthly assessments. The assessments are a result of the [...]
Big-ticket homes on East Lake Shore Drive hit the market
It's been a big week for the super-luxe market -- seven of the 50 homes in Chicago priced at $4 million or more were listed in the past seven [...]
Parking comes separately for $3.95M Gold Coast penthouse
Speaking of Astor Street, there's more to the Gold Coast co-op market than just the stately high-rises of East Lake Shore Drive. The 1200 block of [...]
Fran rounds up her 2010 condo and co-op reviews
Baird & Warner agent Fran Bailey walked through a number of condo and co-op buildings during broker tours this year, and she profiled many of them aft [...]
The patient type: 877 days and counting at 2440 Lakeview
Are there no takers for this parkside home? That's OK, the sellers will wait. Unit 14A at the 2440 Lakeview co-op has been on the market for 877 conse [...]
Mies with ease: 1,300 square feet for $165,000 at Promontory Apartments
Not every Mies-head can drop 900 large on a Michael Pado renovation at 860-880 Lake Shore. If you're dead-set on buying into a Mies building, you ca [...]
Meeting the median: Hyde Park
The median price for a home in Hyde Park (we're talking condos, townhomes, and single-families here -- no multi-unit properties) is $205,000, which ha [...]
Half-mil homes: New listings near $500K
Yesterday afternoon I pulled up a list of homes priced at or near $500,000 (a range of $490,000 to $510,000, if you must know), that have been on the [...]
Around the bend at 999 North Lake Shore Drive
At the eastern end of East Lake Shore Drive, where the road curves back to the south and becomes North Lake Shore Drive once more, is 999 North Lake [...]
Co-op homes with direct elevator access at 219 East Lake Shore
Today's segment from Joe Zekas and Francesca Rose's Lake Shore Drive walk showcases 219 East Lake Shore, a vintage co-op designed by Fugard & Knapp. [...]
The Mayfair, East Lake Shore Drive's only condo building
The Mayfair, 189 E Lake Shore Dr, is the only condo building on the highly prized, architecturally cohesive stretch of East Lake Shore Drive. The ot [...]
All about the Drake Tower on "Co-op Row"
The first place Joe Zekas and Francesca Rose profiled on their walk down Lake Shore Drive was the Drake Tower, one of the most sought-after building [...]