Tag: Condos
A 2-bedroom home that Mies might approve
The just-listed 2-bedroom, 2-bath home at Commonwealth Plaza, 340 W Diversey, is billed as a "Mies masterpiece." Shall we shorten that to Miesterp [...]
Chicago apartments sell at record per-unit price
Chicago Real Estate Daily reported last Friday that Crescent Heights has acquired 161 apartments that had been rented in the 201-unit Walton on th [...]
A soaring duplex at Lakeview’s Lincoln Theater Lofts
The 2-bedroom, 2-bath loft at 3160 N Lincoln spans 1,700 square feet. The entry explodes into a dramatic space with soaring 18-foot ceilings.
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Million dollar home sales up 40% year-over-year
The following market update arrived via a news release from RE/MAX Northern Illinois:
Winter winds and frigid thermometer readings couldn’t coo [...]
CMK sells out 235 Van Buren, parking still available
235 Van Buren has sold the last of its 714 residential units. A few parking spaces remain available for sale, priced from $28,900 to $32,900 for s [...]
A Metropolitan Tower two-bedroom gem
Built in 1924, the Metropolitan Tower at 310 S Michigan Ave, was Chicago's first building with 30 or more floors. In the early 2000s the building [...]
High style, budget prices at sold-out Ukrainian Village condos
The six new 2- and 3-bedroom condos at 742 N Western in Ukrainian Village sold out pre-completion. That's been the typical pattern for development [...]
New construction in McKinley Park for $439K
Yesterday's new listings alert included a 3-bedroom, 3 ½ bath home, one of several new homes on a bleak stretch of 32nd St in McKinley Park.
T [...]
Trio sells for above-condo prices
Crain's Chicago Real Estate Daily reports that the 100-unit Trio high-rise and a number of units in the mid-rise portion of the project have been [...]
The Hermitage Sixteen11 groundbreaking in Bucktown
Jennifer Mills, Aaron Share and Koenig & Strey's Home Discovery Team have sold over 65% of the units at Hermitage Sixteen11. Only five units remai [...]
Will The Sterling become sterling?
Nearly six years ago Crain's Chicago Business cited The Sterling, 345 N LaSalle St, as the "condo foreclosure capital of Chicago." Ninety-five foreclo [...]
A West Loop new construction update
The West Loop is currently Chicago's highest-energy neighborhood, with dozens of apartment, office, hotel and restaurant developments currently in [...]
Top-tier Lincoln Park townhomes at The Pointe
The Pointe, at Lincoln and Armitage in Lincoln Park, is one of the most sought-after townhome communities in Chicago.
These spacious homes rang [...]
North lakefront rental inventory dips
The number of homes and condos listed for rent in the MLS in six north lakefront ZIP Codes had been trending steadily upward, from 542 in mid-June [...]
Slow progress on Chicago Avenue condos
When I stopped by in early August, picture above, the 8-unit condo building at 2424 W Chicago Ave was nearly topped out.
Yesterday's visit [...]
MLS-listed north lakefront rentals hit another high
A year ago at this time there were 494 MLS-listed homes and condos available for rent in ZIP Codes 60614, 60657, 60613, 60640, 60660 and 60626. Th [...]
West Loop construction update: CA3
CA3 was sold out 6 months ago, and it's now closing in on topping out. The 40-unit project at Adams and Aberdeen in the West Loop is coming togeth [...]
235 Van Buren was last quarter’s best-seller
According to Chicago Real Estate Daily:
Developers closed 159 condo sales downtown in the third quarter, up slightly from 151 sales in the sec [...]
Realtors plan mega-development on Michigan Ave
From yesterday's Chicago Tribune:
A key parcel on the south end of Chicago’s Magnificent Mile appears headed for redevelopment in an ambitiou [...]