Tag: Downtown Loop
City approves pedestrian-oriented improvements for the Halsted Triangle
Not long after work began on the Halsted Street bridge in late 2010, Mark Boyer pointed Curbed readers to this rendering of one the bridge's 34-fo [...]
Rent at The Elysian for $14,000 a month
Need a fresh start and a new view in 2011? For just $14,000 a month, you can call The Elysian home.
The 3,972 square-foot three-bedroom / 3.5-bath [...]
Crain’s: Low price for Astoria Tower should result in low rents (now with prices)
We've heard from one commenter and now from Crain's that Crescent Heights has fast-tracked its rental program for its latest acquisition, Astoria Towe [...]
West Town short sale starting a grand below ’07 sale price
Remember, "short sale" doesn't always equal "fire sale." The single-family home at 2208 W Huron St in West Town (the one on the left in the pictur [...]
Astoria Tower sold to Crescent Heights affiliate
Astoria Tower, the 30-story high-rise at 8 E 9th St in the South Loop, was purchased last week by an affiliate of condo and apartment developer Cr [...]
New moving fees have One Museum Park developers feeling litigious
Grab the popcorn -- we might have a good ol' rock 'em, sock 'em fight on our hands. The developers of One Museum Park East are suing the tower's condo [...]
An artfully crafted Arts-and-Crafts loft in River North
Someone give Dennis Rodkin and Chicago Magazine an award for Most Improved Videos, because the ones they've posted for Dennis' Deal Estate feature [...]
Downtown studio sales barely register in 2010
Studios don't take up a lot of space on the MLS -- by my count, they currently represent about 4.5% of the condo market in downtown's 14 ZIP codes. Re [...]
Yo’s guide to renting on the Near North Side
Our latest guide introduces renters to the Gold Coast, Old Town, and the rest of the Near North Side. Inside you can learn why people do and don't liv [...]
Block 37 walk is tops in 2010 views
Who'd have thought that Joe Zekas would be a bigger draw than Ivanka Trump in 2010? On almost any given day, our 2008 video of Donald's daughter t [...]
Choice cuts: Renovated corner condo on Michigan Avenue listed below 2000 sale price
Down, down, down goes the price of this corner condo at 777 N Michigan Ave. Unit 3201, a 1,650 square-foot two-bedroom / 2.5-bath positioned on t [...]
Locator bedbugs still lying about Roosevelt Collection shops
Back in August of 2009 we reported that apartment locator bedbugs (we used to call them maggots) were beginning to swarm the Roosevelt Collection [...]
Feeling the pain at Wells Street Tower
River City isn't the only building on South Wells Street where prices have tanked -- it's tough to be a seller at Wells Street Tower, too. Six of the [...]
Condo rental inventory dries up in 60606
The 60606 ZIP code isn't much of a residential area compared to many downtown ZIPs. The homes listed for sale there are concentrated in a handful [...]
Comparing census tracts in Curbed Cup competitors
The fourth matchup in the Curbed Cup quarterfinals is coming down to the wire. As I write this, Logan Square is leading West Town in voting 55% t [...]
One Museum Park East to rent 20 unsold condos
The developers of One Museum Park East, 1211 S Prairie Ave, will rent out about 20 of the building's unsold condos, Crain's reports. Don't expect any [...]
Curbed Cup scandals, NY and Chicago editions
Curbed New York discovered ballot-stuffing in its Curbed Cup matchup between Park Slope and Roosevelt Island.
In Chicago, Uptown surpassed Ri [...]
King of the FSBO holdouts: Three years and counting for a Gotham Loft
Although Redfin tracks units for sale by owner, I normally don't include these homes in my own searches and number-crunching. They're fun to look at [...]
Watching the median in West Town
West Town recently ranked sixth among Chicago community areas in the average sale price of a condo, behind the Loop, Near North Side, Lincoln Park, Ne [...]
Rent or buy at the Sexton Lofts
Over the summer I noted the relative lack of rental options in River North's loft buildings, and pointed to a 1,750 square-foot unit at Sexton Lofts, [...]