Tag: Downtown Loop
K2 at K Station Apartments, a construction update
Alan Schachtman is a principal in the Fifield-Wood joint venture that's developing K2 at K Station, a 34-story, 496-unit high-rise apartment build [...]
Ready-to-rent furnished apartments at Randolph Tower
Brook Furniture Rental, in cooperation with Randolph Tower City Apartments, is offering a "ready to rent" program at the newly-renovated tower at [...]
The LEX is one-third rented after one month
The leasing office at The LEX, a South Loop condo tower turned rental, opened just about a month ago.
I received an email update from a represe [...]
Want a River North 2-bedroom, 2-bath with a stall shower?
Many people begin their apartment hunt with a list of "must haves," only to learn that some of the items on it can't be found in the marketplace.
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West Loop update – Target and Mariano’s
Two major retail developments that are likely to have a positive impact on the West Loop are well underway.
Target broke ground at Jackson [...]
Meet Eugene, the lead concierge at Astoria Tower
The role of the doorman in luxury high-rise buildings has evolved over time. The skilled people who greet residents at the door have become concie [...]
Construction watch – a yellow rat on Clark Street
Members of Chicago Laborers Union Local 6 were out picketing the site of the new Stout Barrel House & Galley at Clark and Erie in River North yest [...]
Is EnV Chicago’s worst new apartment tower?
I've recently updated our Near North at-a-glance apartment list and map with several new links to online availability checks, and added links to Y [...]
Number of MLS-listed rentals hits another low in downtown Chicago
For the second consecutive week the number of downtown Chicago homes and condos listed for rent in the MLS hit a new low.
When we began tracki [...]
A sunny new luxury home on a Ukrainian Village corner
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3b5_3J-iMMw
Noah Properties has had a run of quick-selling hits lately.
Its latest, a 4-bedroom, 3 1/2 bath home [...]
Short-term furnished apartments in the Gold Coast
If you'll only be in Chicago for a month or two, simply want to try out a neighborhood before committing to it, or want a walk to Oak Street Beach [...]
The rent premium for a second bedroom in the Loop
Renters often begin their apartment search with a fixed notion of what they're looking for. All too often their expectations are dashed – the size [...]
Tour a full-floor home in the Patterson McCormick Mansion
The historic Patterson McCormick Mansion, built in 1893, was designed by Stanford White and expanded in 1927 by David Adler. Warm Roman brick and [...]
Five years on, some rents rise sharply at Kingsbury Plaza
Kingsbury Plaza was nearing completion in River North five years ago, and we reported the rent schedule: studios from $1,096, convertibles from $1,195 [...]
Lofts for rent at University Commons
For nearly 75 years the sprawling complex that's now University Commons was South Water Market, six warehouse buildings that formed the city's maj [...]
Want to buy a South Loop apartment tower?
Crain's Chicago Real Estate Daily is reporting that 1401 South State has joined the ranks of apartment towers that have been put up for sale withi [...]
Rent-to-own proves popular at 235 Van Buren
The recently-launched rent-to-own program at 235 Van Buren has proved popular with buyers who are looking to hedge their bets on condo ownership a [...]
A sunlit corner Gold Coast 2-bedroom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQyRJQljM1Y
Floor-to-ceiling windows in this high-rise condo flood this corner 2-bedroom, 2-bath unit with sunlight [...]
Only three units left at River North’s Superior 110
The striking Hartshorne Plunkard-designed high-rise at 110 W Superior -- known informally as "the blue building" -- is nearing a sellout.
After [...]
Crain’s video visit to Randolph Tower
Crain's standout real estate reporter, Alby Gallun, was just wrapping up his video shoot at Randolph Tower, 188 W Randolph St in the Loop, when I [...]