Tag: Downtown Loop
South Loop studios are scarce
If you're searching for a studio apartment in the South Loop, your options are limited. Only 6 of the buildings have studio units. One of the 6 ha [...]
What’s currently for rent in River North
The rental market in River North remains tight, with almost all of the buildings showing only a few available vacancies.
If you want to rent an [...]
Sartorial style at 235 Van Buren
I've met and interviewed Philip Barash twice, both times on weekends and in sharply different venues. Our first meeting was in the striking six-st [...]
Trump looks down on the Ritz-Carlton
The headline describes the above view, shot from the 74th floor of Trump Tower, of the Ritz-Carlton Residences at 118 E Erie St.
The headline [...]
How close to an expressway is too close?
The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) and residents of a condominium building at 400 S Green recently sparred on the siting of an expre [...]
Streeterville apartments, ranked by Facebook Likes
If you search for Streeterville apartment building Facebook pages at Facebook, you may miss half of them. Google search is a more reliable way to [...]
The battle of the observation decks – One WTC, Willis Tower, Hancock Center
Yesterday the Port Authority made available a video of the 3-story observatory that will open at the top of One World Trade Center. Based on the v [...]
Two one-bedroom rentals at Trump Tower
A pair of 938 square foot 1-bedroom, bath-and-a-half homes are available for rent on the 45th and 47th floors of Trump Tower. Unit 45E is listed a [...]
Is an upscale food market a renter’s amenity of choice?
According to a recent article in The Wall Street Journal, New York developers are viewing hip food markets as "the amenity of choice. They help ow [...]
Yet more apartments headed for Streeterville?
Crain's Chicago Real Estate Daily reported yesterday that a parcel of vacant land at Peshtigo Ct and Grand Ave and 704 parking stalls in an undergroun [...]
An east-facing 2-bedroom on the 74th floor of Trump Tower
The 1,952 square foot 2-bedroom, 2 ½ bath F units on the 72nd through 85th floors of Trump Tower have a sought-after split-bedroom plan.
One of [...]
Why Kristina chose K2, Chicago’s newest apartments
Meet Kristina, the first resident at the new K2 luxury apartment high-rise in the Fulton River District.
When her lease expired, Kristina chose [...]
The all-new amenities at Park Michigan Apartments
The common areas and amenities at the Park Michigan apartments have recently undergone a complete makeover and expansion. The building is across f [...]
River North’s One Superior Place joins the Craigslist Apartment Cleanup
The Craigslist Apartment Cleanup is an ongoing effort to make Craigslist, Trulia, Zillow and other websites useful for renters by suppressing ille [...]
River North’s most Liked apartments on Facebook
Can someone who doesn't live in an apartment building learn anything meaningful about it just from the number of Facebook Likes the building has, [...]
An at-a-glance list of South Loop rentals
If you want to rent in the South Loop, you can see all of your managed apartment building options on YoChicago's South Loop availability list, bel [...]
An up-to-date list of River North rents
If you want to rent an apartment in River North, you can see all of your managed apartment building options on YoChicago's availability list, belo [...]
Four new apartment towers, viewed from Trump Tower
I was apparently off-cycle on the window washing schedule at Trump Tower, so these views aren't as clear as they might otherwise be.
The [...]
Market for MLS-listed downtown rentals shows continued strength
About a year ago the inventory of MLS-listed downtown Chicago rentals reached stasis and we stopped tracking it on a weekly basis. A corresponden [...]