Tag: Downtown Loop
City making moves on massive South Loop site
Greg Hinz at Crain's Chicago Business is reporting that Mayor Emanuel is making preparatory moves to gain control of a large site in the South Loo [...]
Visiting six new construction sites
A new 150,000 square foot Target store at the northwest corner of Division and Larrabee is slated to open later this year. An Oregon-based develop [...]
New condos sold pre-construction in Ukrainian Village
Noah Properties continues its hot streak with Chicago condo buyers. A recent 18-unit development in Ukrainian Village was entirely sold pre-constr [...]
An updated look at River North apartment rents
Computer programs similar to those used by airline reservation systems re-price apartment rents frequently at Chicago's downtown high-rises. We ta [...]
Six new homes sell pre-construction in Ukrainian Village
I'd hoped to do a video survey of new construction in Ukrainian Village yesterday, but the weather wasn't cooperating.
I did stop for an updat [...]
An updated South Loop apartment list
Without having done a detailed week-to-week comparison, my impression is that apartment vacancies are becoming scarcer in the South Loop. A number [...]
Bridging River North and the Fulton River District
In the photo, the east tower of Alta at K Station and architect Harry Weese's River Cottages are flanked by Weese's Fulton House condominium building [...]
A concrete crowd at Catalyst
It's been nearly two weeks since the tower crane was completed at Catalyst, a 22-story, 223-apartment building under construction at 630 W Washing [...]
A panoramic view of the Arkadia site
The site of the new Arkadia apartment tower at 765 W Adams in the West Loop has been cleared and fenced, but no construction activity was visible [...]
The Smith + Gill designs for K2 Apartments, the new hot spot
John Burcher, the Director of Interior Design at Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, has overseen envelope-expanding projects around the worl [...]
Checking out the roof at 914 West Hubbard
Crain's Chicago Real Estate Daily recently reported that a 24-unit apartment building at 914 W Hubbard in West Town had been refinanced with a $6. [...]
A retrospective on the Motor Row Lofts auction
The condo market crash that began in the latter part of the last decade resulted in a number of properties going to auction in 2009 and 2010.
The [...]
Your best River North apartment list
If you're looking to rent an apartment in River North, you can see all of your managed apartment building options on YoChicago's availability list [...]
Hundreds of new apartments for River West?
Every week, it seems, brings several announcements for new downtown Chicago apartment developments.
Chicago Real Estate Daily reported earlier [...]
Arkadia apartment tower underway in the West Loop
A contributor to the SkyscraperPage forum noted yesterday that site prep for construction appears to have begun at 765 W Adams, the site of a prop [...]
Your best South Loop apartment list
Without having done a detailed week-to-week comparison, my impression is that apartment vacancies are becoming scarcer in the South Loop. A number [...]
Did Coast cheap out on its apartment finishes?
I haven't visited the new Coast rental tower yet, but I've been hearing negative feedback about the apartment finishes from people in the industry [...]
K2 signs 125 leases in just 75 days
Leasing agents for K2, a new 496-unit luxury apartment tower in Chicago’s Fulton River District, have signed 125 leases in 75 days, bringing the b [...]
An Instagram video contest for apartment residents
Is an Instagram worth 1,000 tweets? What about an Instagram video?
Yes, Instagram now has video.
Planned Property Management, one of our sp [...]
The riverwalk at Kingsbury Plaza apartments
A trip to Chicago's soon-to-expand Riverwalk is great fun, but it's even more fun when you can enjoy a stroll along the river adjacent to where yo [...]