Tag: Downtown Loop
Your weekly River North apartment list
Computer programs similar to the ones used by airline reservation systems re-price apartment rents frequently at Chicago's downtown high-rises. We [...]
Meet K2’s Alison and Rafael at Stout in River North
Residents at K2 Apartments in the Fulton River District have an enviable but almost overwhelming array of bars and restaurants within walking dist [...]
The views from the Montgomery in River North
Buildings in the densest part of Chicago along the lakefront typically offer sweeping views only when they rise well above their surroundings. Few [...]
See what’s for rent in the tight South Loop market
The already tight South Loop apartment market appears to have fewer vacancies this week than last.
If you're looking to rent in the South Loop [...]
K2 seen on the restaurant scene
K2, the new luxury apartment complex in the Fulton River District, is within easy walking distances of scores of restaurants, bars and clubs.
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River North roof decks
River North doesn't lack for much in the way of urban amenities, but public park space is one area that many find to be scarce.
There' [...]
How have the Prairie Pointe auction buyers fared?
The condo market crash in the latter part of the last decade resulted in units at a number of properties being sold at auction in 2009 and 2010. A [...]
Does Erie on the Park have River North’s best outdoor spaces?
We noted a few days ago that the Tribune's Blair Kamin is back in town. Kamin had quite a bit to say back in October of 2002 on the topic of Lucie [...]
Coldwell Banker scores year’s second-highest condo lease at $18K
Yesterday's email included the following:
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage announced today it has brokered an off-market lease on a luxury [...]
The panoramic views from the roof of Hubbard Place
Late Friday afternoon I rode the construction elevator to the roof of Hubbard Place with Tom Black, who "directs the planning, design and construc [...]
Construction update: Catalyst, 111 W Wacker, River Point and more
Recent visits to the roof of Hubbard Place in River North and a penthouse at K2 in the Fulton River District gave me good vantage points to look a [...]
International buyers are active in downtown Chicago
I recently scoffed at the notion that international investors were "buying up Chicago" and reaching out to an obscure firm to do so.
A knowled [...]
What’s up with these Yelp reviews of The Tides?
The reviews of The Tides apartment complex pictured above, posted four months apart, are almost word-for-word identical. Did the first reviewer's [...]
An itinerant YoChicago evening
If you've been following YoChicago, you know that our days aren't spent in the office. Yesterday evening's schedule called for four sponsored vide [...]
Blair Kamin is back in Chicago
Blair Kamin, the Tribune's award-winning architecture critic, has spent the past year at Harvard as a Nieman Fellow. He's apparently back in Chicago a [...]
Your at-a-glance River North apartment list
Computer programs similar to those used by airline reservation systems re-price apartment rents frequently at Chicago's downtown high-rises. We ta [...]
See what’s for rent in the South Loop
The South Loop apartment market continues to be tight, with most buildings having only a few vacancies.
If you're looking to rent in the South [...]
Rent vs own calculation favors owning at 235 Van Buren
Steep (and rising) rents in downtown Chicago high-rises are prompting many renters to re-examine the question of whether they'd be better off buyi [...]
Is East Village the next Bucktown?
The fact that we're even asking the headline question is an indication that the real estate market has taken a turn for the better this year. Duri [...]
A smile and an umbrella at K2 Apartments
The lyrics of an old song tell you to "let a smile be your umbrella."
"Let a smile be your umbrella, and you'll end up with a face full of rai [...]