Tag: Downtown Loop
West Loop evolves while retaining its character
Real estate development in the West Loop has seen a dramatic shift within the past two years. An oversupply of 1- and 2- bedroom units has been ab [...]
500 Lake Shore Drive aggressively courting rental services
Rental service agents have been receiving daily email solicitations from the recently-opened 500 Lake Shore Drive apartments during what the building [...]
Find your next River North apartment here
Apartment rents at Chicago's downtown high-rises are frequently updated by programs similar to those used by airline reservation systems. We take [...]
The easy way to find your next South Loop apartment
If you're planning to rent in the South Loop, you can see all of your managed apartment building options on YoChicago's South Loop availability li [...]
The West Loop is in the news
Earlier this year we wondered whether the West Loop is the next hot neighborhood, and outlined some of the reasons it appeared poised for take-off [...]
Updates: The Maxwell and Roosevelt Collection
The Roosevelt Collection's retail space has finally begun to fill, years after the first apartment renters were led to believe they wouldn't be li [...]
A River North one-bedroom with a dream-sized terrace
Unit 511 at 451 W Huron has a number of features that are unusual in River North. The most striking is an approximately 20 x 30-foot terrace that [...]
The grand opening of K2 Apartments’ half-acre dog park
K2, a luxury apartment tower in the Fulton River District, is still early in its leasing program but it attracted a crowd to the grand opening of [...]
An up-to-date River North apartment list
Apartment rents at Chicago's downtown high-rises are repriced frequently by programs similar to those used by airline reservation systems. We take [...]
A nicely upgraded River North 2-bedroom at the Montgomery
The soaring Travertine-clad verticals of Minoru Yamasaki's Montgomery (the former headquarters of Montgomery Ward) give the building a distinctive [...]
Is Chicago Avenue in River North the next hot neighborhood?
The "next hot neighborhood" is an occasional topic of intense speculation among real estate investors and home buyers.
Buzz Ruttenberg and Alan [...]
Updated rents for South Loop apartments
If you're planning to rent in the South Loop, you can see all of your managed apartment building options on YoChicago's South Loop availability li [...]
Have SoNo East two-bedrooms become hard to rent?
Apartment buildings that cooperate with rental services (not all of them do) typically pay a month's rent as a commission for bringing in a renter [...]
Sellers taking losses at Jefferson Tower
The Fulton River District was still a new neighborhood, but it had become relatively established by the time that Jefferson Tower, 200 N Jefferson [...]
Meet Meliisa at a luau at Echelon at K Station
Renting in an urban high-rise doesn't have to be a guarantee that you'll never meet your neighbors.
Echelon at K Station, a luxury apartment t [...]
The summer scene at Planned Property apartments
Join us for a fast-faced and fun video look at some of the summer events that Planned Property Management participates in and sponsors for its res [...]
Want to own half of Presidential Towers?
Crain's Chicago Business reported over the weekend that Eastdil Secured has been retained to sell a 49 percent interest in Presidential Towers (wa [...]
Does a Yelper live in Lincoln Park and at EnV?
A year ago in April we wondered whether, based on its uniformly negative Yelp reviews, EnV was Chicago's worst new apartment tower. We also expres [...]
A new sundeck caps the new amenities at Park Michigan Apartments
A yearlong makeover of the amenities is nearing completion at Park Michigan, 1212 S Michigan Ave in the South Loop.
A new roof deck is currentl [...]
Join K2 Apartments at a Wines for Humanity fundraiser
Wines for Humanity conducts entertaining in-home wine tasting parties that educate guests on the joy of fine wines.
Topics discussed at a Win [...]