Tag: Downtown Loop
Where are the auctions?
The news that Silver Tower's bank wants to sell its inventory in bulk reminded me that we haven't seen a major auction of new-construction condos in q [...]
From church to condo in Little Italy
Mark Boyer at Curbed has gotten a kick out of the number of church conversions going on around town, and recently published a post about one at 10 [...]
Silver Tower to sell inventory in bulk
Why search for 82 buyers when you need just one? Bank of America has opted to sell the unsold inventory at Silver Tower, 303 W Ohio St, in bulk, and c [...]
Loft living: Soho style in Printers Row
Scott Berg's listing for unit #5 at 714 S Dearborn St isn't the first time I've seen a Printers Row home compared to a New York loft. This "Soho s [...]
Quote of the day: replacing 1,000 lawyers with one
Last week the New York Times published an article describing the potential impact of advances in computer software on one of the major employment sect [...]
Burnham Pointe and Astoria Tower: Comparing two condos-turned-rentals in the South Loop
Burnham Pointe and Astoria Tower are a couple of South Loop apartment towers that started out as condo projects. The former was a little ahead of [...]
Checking in: Another cut for LSD landmark
Speaking of luxury homes, you might remember a "shark bite" from last spring regarding a landmark Holabird & Roche mansion at 1258 N Lake Shore Dr tha [...]
From the vault: Pilsen’s Times Square
One of the most-viewed videos on our YouTube channel this week in 2008 actually dates back to December 2006. It's Joe Zekas' take on the "Times Sq [...]
CMK offers buyer and broker incentives at 235 Van Buren
The next 12 people who buy at 235 Van Buren will benefit from three special incentives, according to the development's website: a low-rate mortgag [...]
565 Quincy uses new models to make push toward closeout
565 Quincy represented one of the bright spots in downtown's new-construction market last year. Between that building and 600 Lake Shore Drive, Belgra [...]
A new look for The Peshtigo’s replacement
Big ups to the boarders at SkyscraperPage (and Mark at Curbed, too) for pointing out some new renderings of the rental high-rise planned for 515 N Pes [...]
Downtown rental listings dip below 1,000
For the first time since we started tracking downtown rental inventory in November 2009, the number of condos, townhomes, and single-families listed i [...]
Where have all the Loop jobs gone?
The Sun-Times leads with the good news from a newly-issued report from the Chicago Loop Alliance: a growing residential population, more hotel roo [...]
The two-two tango: Five new listings around town
The average Chicago condo has two bedrooms and two baths, but these homes come in all shapes, sizes, locations, and prices. Here are five two-twos, al [...]
Choice cuts: Metropolitan Tower penthouse listed $1.1M below ’08 price
A 20% price cut on a Michigan Avenue penthouse is worth a post, especially when it happens in one day, instead of over several weeks or months. But wh [...]
A three-bedroom lakefront home at 600 Lake Shore Drive
The 04 tier in the north tower at 600 Lake Shore Drive has a broad sweep of living and dining space fronting Lake Michigan and Navy Pier.
This [...]
Near West Side grocer finally on its way
The Near West Side and East Garfield Park will move one step closer toward getting a much-needed grocery store next month, when Pete's Fresh Marke [...]
Is Bucktown Wicker Park’s best selling point?
Surely I'm reading too much into a Realtor's dashed-off listing text, but I'll share it anyway. This morning, while browsing the day's list of new [...]
What $2,400 will rent in River North
The median price of a condo rental in River North's 60654 ZIP code is $2,400 a month. As of this morning, four homes, all two-bedroom / two-baths, are [...]
215 West, 200 Squared, Astoria Tower lead new towers in 4Q leases
More than half of all the leases signed at downtown's eight newest rental high-rises in 4Q 2010 were concentrated in three buildings: 215 West and [...]