Tag: Downtown Loop
Revisiting an award-winner in the South Loop deadpool
Five years ago today we noted that X/O Condominiums had won a National Association of Home Builders Gold Award for design excellence, and had been [...]
Is this the last close-out sale at 200 North Dearborn?
It's been nearly six years since we wrote about a "clearance-style sales event" at 200 North Dearborn in the Loop, and we've revisited the project [...]
Understanding resale prices at the South Loop’s Prairie Pointe
Asking prices on resale units at Prairie Pointe, 1600 S Prairie Ave in the South Loop, range from under $200 to nearly $400 per square foot.
Th [...]
How to find the best deal on a Streeterville apartment
Chicago's rental services would like you to believe that it's a difficult task to find your best apartment deal in the Streeterville. In fact, it [...]
Will Fifield “tack on” a hotel and 350 apartments to a West Loop office tower?
We haven't added Steve Fifield's site at 601-625 W Monroe in the West Loop to our list of new downtown apartment projects, because current plans c [...]
A new Wicker Park home sold at near list price before completion
By the time I met Sergio & Banks' Demetrius Simpson at a nearly-completed Noah Properties' home in Wicker Park late last December, it was already [...]
See what’s currently for rent in River North
Amazing – a week has passed without anyone's having announced a new high-rise rental tower in the River North neighborhood. The cranes atop the tw [...]
Plans to convert the Old Colony Building to apartments
Chicago Real Estate Daily reported that developers Keith Giles and Michael Moyer have requested a zoning change to convert the landmark 17-story O [...]
More new apartments headed for the West Loop
In September of 2007 we reported that 75% of the loft condos at 123 N Sangamon in the West Loop were under contract and closings would begin the f [...]
How to find the best deal on a Gold Coast apartment
Chicago's consistently-deceptive rental services would like you to believe that it's a difficult task to find your best apartment deal in the Gold [...]
Loft apartments planned for the Oriental Theater
It seems like there's no end to the stream of new apartment announcements in downtown Chicago.
The Sun-Times' David Roeder is reporting that de [...]
Plum Market sets opening date at 1225 Old Town, partnership with chef Takashi Yagihashi
Starting on June 13, residents of 1225 Old Town, the new luxury apartment tower at 1225 N Wells St in Old Town will only have to head downstairs t [...]
An updated South Loop apartment availability list
Rents and availabilities are little changed since last week.
If you want to rent in the South Loop, you can see all of your managed apartment [...]
A first look inside K2, Chicago’s newest apartments
K2, the luxury high-rise at 365 N Halsted in the Fulton River District, is opening ahead of schedule, with first occupancies set for March 1st.
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Fifield delivers K2 apartments ahead of schedule
The first apartment move-ins at K2 in the Fulton River District are slated for March 1, well ahead of schedule. I'll be there this morning, visiti [...]
New name, new finishes, lower prices at Museum Park Place South
Last July Related Midwest acquired control of 157 unsold condo units in the 288-unit Museum Park Place South, 1901 S Calumet Ave, in the South Loo [...]
The views from Hubbard Place
Construction of the 43-story Hubbard Place, 360 W Hubbard in River North, had advanced to the 38th floor when I visited late last week. Formwork f [...]
A quick look at available River North apartments
If you want to rent an apartment in River North, you can see all of your managed apartment building options on YoChicago's River North availabilit [...]
Increased competition for distressed properties in downtown Chicago
After hearing of a short sale that elicited 33 bids – 22 of them cash offers – within a week, I reached out to Vik Wadhwa of Urban Living to learn [...]
Spacious high-rise apartments at the edge of the Gold Coast
1120 North LaSalle is a full-service, full-amenity high-rise apartment building at the edge of Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood.
The building [...]