Tag: Downtown Loop
Redfin names Chicago’s hottest neighborhoods
Market conditions being what they've been, it's been years since "Chicago's hottest neighborhoods" was a phrase that didn't immediately elicit rid [...]
Is the Fisher Building terra cotta a pun or payback?
I was at a meeting at the Fisher Building yesterday morning. Later in the day I headed for DesignSlinger to learn a bit about the history of this [...]
Five-developer stampede nearly packs River North nightclub
Have trouble wrapping your mind around that headline? Let the headline and lede of a recent Crain's Chicago Business article unpack it:
Develop [...]
Rental deal of the day – a free month’s rent at The Seneca
When we visited The Seneca's website yesterday we were greeted by the popup message you see to the right. The offers: a month's free rent on selected [...]
The Coast – eye-catching architecture and eye-rolling ad copy
The Coast, a 49-story mixed-use glass tower at 345 E Wacker Dr in the Lakeshore East area of the New East Side, is slated to contain 515 apartment [...]
An at-a-glance list of current South Loop apartment rents
The most noticeable trend this past week was a modest upward drift in South Loop rents almost across the board, tracking a slight downtick in the [...]
Fun and flexible lofts in the heart of Old Town
Cobbler Square, 1350 N Wells St, is one of the signature adaptive reuse projects in Chicago -- or anywhere in the US. In the mid-80s architect Ken [...]
An updated look at Optima Center and 435 North Park
Early yesterday afternoon I visited Streeterville for a look at two major apartment projects underway in the neighborhood.
Drilling of the cais [...]
An update on Michigan Avenue’s Richelieu Flats
The full-floor fifth-floor unit at Richelieu Flats, 318 S Michigan Ave, has seen a price reduction of $100,000 to $1.265M since I shot the above s [...]
Hubbard Place apartments rising rapidly, targeting October occupancy
The 495-unit, 43-story Hubbard Place is rising rapidly at 360 W Hubbard in River North, and is about three-quarters of the way toward its full height. [...]
Superior 110 is finally a sellout
We first covered Superior 110 back in May of 2006 when the building was known as Opus 110, and we've posted on it scores of times since.
The b [...]
January deals on Mondial River West 2-bedrooms
It's January and the seasoned Chicago renter knows that many landlords, anxious to fill their winter vacancies, are offering limited-time deals.
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SoNo East apartments sold, River North Park still on the market
Yesterday's Chicago Real Estate Daily reported the sale of the 324-unit SoNo East, 840 W Blackhawk, at an undisclosed price estimated to be betwee [...]
A new Wicker Park single-family sells before completion
The 5-bedroom, 3 ½ bath home at 1524 N Wood St in Wicker Park was nearing completion at the time of my visit and, typical of Noah Properties' home [...]
South Loop apartment update – modest price changes, $1,305 one-bedroom available
Last week we noted that the lowest-priced units rented out during the previous week at several South Loop apartment buildings.
There were only [...]
Old Town’s Cobbler Square joins the Craigslist Apartment Cleanup
Cobbler Square has joined the growing roster of properties and management companies supporting the Craigslist Apartment Cleanup, a campaign whose [...]
Lower-priced one-bedrooms disappearing in South Loop
The lowest-priced units rented out at several South Loop apartment buildings during the past week. At one building the lowest-priced available one [...]
Fifield closes on Alta, shifts attention to K2
From a recent news release:
Chicago-based Fifield Companies and its joint-venture partner, Pacific Life Insurance Co. of Newport Beach, Calif., [...]
Snap Fitness opening at Park Michigan set for mid-January
When we visited Park Michigan, 1212 S Michigan Ave, back in September, construction was just about to begin on a new Snap Fitness facility. Snap F [...]
Will the new West Loop Mariano’s raise nearby condo prices?
Within the past week two of Chicago's more successful Realtors, both Prudential Rubloff agents, called my attention to the new West Loop Mariano's [...]