Tag: Downtown Loop
A beautifully restored Gold Coast home on a tree-lined block
The classic Gold Coast rowhouse at 67 E Cedar St was gutted two years ago, but with a goal of preserving as much of the original detailing as poss [...]
River North short sale draws 80 showings, 33 offers in a week
Well-located, attractively-priced properties, especially if they're distressed, are once again generating a frenzy of activity on the part of buye [...]
The safe, fast and easy way to find a South Loop apartment
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 [...]
New River North apartment towers near topping out
AMLI River North, 71 W Hubbard, will top out at 50 stories and Hubbard Place, 360 W Hubbard, at 43. As you can see from the photos, both are neari [...]
The easy way to find what’s really for rent in River North
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 [...]
An at-a-glance list of what’s for rent in the South Loop
The big news in the South Loop apartment market this week is that CMK Companies has acquired a site in the 1300 block of Wabash and is planning a [...]
What Yo’s YouTube visitors have been watching
If you asked me to guess the three most-watched YoChicago videos during the last 30 days, I'd have guessed wrong on all of them.
YouTube Analy [...]
More student housing headed for the Loop
The Pickwick Stable, 22 E Jackson, is architecture blogger Wayne Lorentz's "all-time favorite most unusual Chicago building." You can learn some o [...]
What’s really for rent in River North
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 [...]
Is Fornelli Tower the best apartment deal in the Loop?
A Crain's Chicago Real Estate Daily article on student housing reminded me that I'd been meaning to check into the status of Fornelli Hall, a stud [...]
See what’s really for rent in the South Loop
The biggest news in the South Loop apartment market – although it will have little impact on renters – is that ST Residential has put The Lex, a 3 [...]
Renting vs owning a new 2-bedroom condo at 235 Van Buren
If you're like many of the visitors to the condominium tower at 235 Van Buren, the new Ralph Johnson-designed condo at the edge of Chicago's Loop [...]
Take an apartment walk with Stephanie and Katie
Stephanie Konow and Katie Bommarito are former rental services agents who grew frustrated with that business and set out to connect Chicago tenant [...]
Yet another River North apartment tower, at Chicago and LaSalle
Just one of the things that make YoChicago unique among local real estate websites is our image library. Other sites have few original photos to d [...]
An open, light-filled 2-bedroom with 180-degree River North views
The Montgomery, 500 W Superior St, in River North, is the 28-story former corporate headquarters of Montgomery Ward. It was designed by Minoru Yam [...]
An up-to-date at-a-glance River North apartment list
We've been publishing an up-to-date at-a-glance South Loop apartment price and availability list for several months. With this post we're expandin [...]
A make-over for vacant West Loop condo floors
More than 10 years after the start of construction, the 13-story, 63-unit condo building at 720 W Randolph St in the West Loop may be finally near [...]
The extravagant views from The Montgomery
Head just a mile west of the lake and, if you're able to find a vantage point a few hundred feet above the ground, you'll be in big sky country an [...]
An at-a-glance list of what’s actually for rent in the South Loop
The past week has seen a modest increase in the number of lower-priced one-bedrooms available in the South Loop. We've also seen the number of buildi [...]
The rent now sign on SoNo is so no more
The bright red RENT NOW sign atop SoNo, 860 W Blackhawk, has been a fixture in the Clybourn Corridor sky for about a year.
The sign solicite [...]