Tag: Downtown Loop
View the Lurie Garden with Piet Oudolf
Saturday, September 17, marks the first annual Lurie Garden Fall Festival and Plant Sale, from 10 to 3. Tours of the garden will be available alon [...]
Rodkin going solo in home tour videos
Chicago Magazine's Dennis Rodkin is changing the format of his informative video tours. Going forward you'll be seeing mostly or exclusively Rodki [...]
A panoramic view from 235 Van Buren
There are 19 furnished models available for viewing at 235 Van Buren, a new high-rise condo at the edge of the . I'd only visited a few of them, s [...]
Ground broken for 500 Lake Shore Drive apartment tower
Yesterday marked the official groundbreaking for 500 North Lake Shore Drive, a 45-story, 500-unit luxury rental tower expected to be ready for occ [...]
Oakwood offers a new luxury rental housing option in Chicago’s Loop
Renters looking for housing in the heart of Chicago’s Loop have an exciting new option at Oakwood 200 Squared, 210 N Wells St.
Oakwood Worldwi [...]
Owning cheaper than renting at Loop’s 235 Van Buren
When I met with CMK Realty the other day I left with case studies comparing the costs of ownership and rental for 1- and 2-bedroom units at 235 Va [...]
See a renovated 4-bedroom Gold Coast penthouse
If you go searching for the heart of Chicago's Gold Coast you're likely to find it at 1400 N State Pkwy. The location almost defines the Gold Coa [...]
Open house – a sunny new East Village 5-bedroom
This 5-bedroom, 3 ½ bath home at 1848 W Erie St in Chicago's East Village neighborhood had barely been completed when I arrived for this video sho [...]
One Museum Park West less than one-quarter closed
In March we wondered whether spring would bring a thaw to sales at One Museum Park, and speculated that the west tower was less than 50% sold.
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Legal fees impact Marina City’s assessments
One of the wild card expenses associated with living in a condo development is legal fees, and foreclosure activity in recent years has often resu [...]
New and notable rental, high in Harbor Point
A 2,440 square foot, 2-bedroom, 3 ½ bath unit high up in Harbor Point that has been available for sale just came on the market as a rental, for $4 [...]
CHA issues relocation notices to Cabrini Rowhouse residents
The Tribune's Breaking News reports that the Chicago Housing Authority has given 180-day notices to the residents of the remaining 33 units in the [...]
The Elysian achieves sellout nirvana
Chicago Real Estate Daily is reporting that the last 2 developer units at The Elysian Hotel & Private Residences, 11 E Walton, have been sold. Thi [...]
Reduced prices, upgraded finishes at West Loop’s Van Buren Lofts
If you've been around downtown Chicago recently you've probably seen a black-and-white English bulldog barking about a "bloody great deal" and "de [...]
Officer Casasanto and Mikey in happier days
“He was like my family,” the Tribune quotes Chicago police officer Paul Casasanto remembering his horse, Mikey C, who was named in honor of a fa [...]
Watch a studio makeover at Marina City
Marina City Online just added a 2004 episode of HGTV's New Spaces show to its YouTube channel. The two-part video showcases the makeover of a stud [...]
Vivaciously Victorian, with busts in the bath
The listing description for Unit 11C at 25 E Superior St opines that “there’s not another residence like this at The Fordham.”
It’s hard to [...]
A bloody great view from a West Loop loft rooftop
A new developer has taken over the remaining units at Van Buren Lofts, 1224 W Van Buren in Chicago's West Loop, slashed prices and sharply upgrade [...]
Quote of the week – The whole world’s for sale
Mark Stern, a senior vice president at Waterton Associates, was only half joking when he told Crain’s Chicago Real Estate Daily that “the whole wo [...]
The views from Legacy’s 71st floor
The Legacy at Millennium Park is complete now, but it was far from that state when we rode the construction elevator to the 71st floor to check ou [...]