12/2/13
Earlier posts in our series on the best apartment towers in River North spotlighted the buildings with the best views, the most convenient grocery...
10/15/13
EnV, 161 W Kinzie St in Chicago’s River North neighborhood, is a sleek 28-story, 249-unit full-amenity apartment tower....
7/22/13
A year ago in April we wondered whether, based on its uniformly negative Yelp reviews, EnV was Chicago’s worst new apartment tower. We also...
6/11/13
The new apartment buildings all seem to be offering a month’s free rent as an incentive to renters. We recently noted that EnV was...
5/22/13
Renters at EnV in River North might be envious of the views (and closet space) enjoyed by residents of nearby buildings. Will residents of...
1/25/13
Earlier this month EnV, a luxury apartment high-rise in River North, sent out an email, with a broker agreement attached, informing rental service brokers...
5/9/12
It seems like only yesterday that we were reporting steep price cuts on apartments at EnV in River North. It was, in fact, all...
5/5/12
Discount is a dirty word in the world of new rental high-rises, where price-cutting takes the form of “free rent” specials limited to new...
4/9/12
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 Yelp...
3/15/12
The prices at which two new apartment towers have sold recently raise the question of whether owners in some newer condo buildings could realize...
1/27/12
The market for downtown Chicago apartment towers has been active lately, and River North has been the strongest submarket. EnV, 161 W Kinzie, sold...
5/25/11
According to Crain’s, the new, not yet fully-occupied EnV apartment tower in River North is for sale and might fetch its owners $125 million....
5/17/11
Call it a coat closet. Call it a hall closet. Call it a utility closet. Call it missing in the illustrated floor plan, which...
5/11/11
Sharon Kahan and Peter Graham of CB Richard Ellis are still searching for a few good tenants for EnV‘s 27,000 square feet of retail...
2/16/11
The 249-unit EnV apartment tower at 161 W Kinzie St in River North is now LEED certified. “EnV achieved LEED certification for use of...
10/20/10
We thought we could deliver a product that renters would appreciate and pay for. Not yet, apparently. That’s David Lynd of the Lynd Company,...
10/12/10
Today Mark Boyer stumbled across the Facebook page for 200 Squared, the new rental high-rise at Lake and Wells street in the Loop, and...
5/13/10
The first 12 residential floors of EnV in River North will open to tenants the middle of next month, according to the tower’s leasing...
2/15/10
On Friday I found myself on Wells Street in the Loop, starting my hike back toward the Yo offices in River North, when I...
1/14/10
Joe Zekas brought back this shot of EnV, 161 W Kinzie St, from his visit to 400 North LaSalle yesterday afternoon. Window installation appears...