Tag: Floor plans
Streeterville’s best apartments – Three-bedroom floor plan
Earlier posts in our series on the best Streeterville apartments focused on location. We spotlighted the buildings with the best views and most co [...]
Streeterville’s best apartments – Two-bedroom floor plan
Earlier posts in our series on the best Streeterville apartments focused on location. We spotlighted the buildings with the best views and most co [...]
Streeterville’s best apartments – One-bedroom floor plan
Earlier posts in our series on the best Streeterville apartments focused on location. We spotlighted the buildings with the best views and most co [...]
Streeterville’s best apartments – Studio / convertible floor plan
Earlier posts in our series on the best Streeterville apartments focused on location. We spotlighted the buildings with the best views and most co [...]
Is this a den or a dining area or an office?
In the not-too-distant past the area labeled "Den" in the above floor plan would have most likely been tagged as a dining area. Many first-time re [...]
Quote of the day – the best display of architects’ skills
Building facades, the most visible aspect of a structure, typically draw the most comments from the public. They are, after all, the sights that f [...]
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 [...]
Home builder trends: open floor plans replace the living room
New home sizes are shrinking and each space in a home is up for evaluation as to its usefulness when builders design new floor plans. In many cases, [...]
Will EnV renters envy others’ closets?
Call it a coat closet. Call it a hall closet. Call it a utility closet. Call it missing in the illustrated floor plan, which rents from $2,444 to [...]
The two-bedrooms of Kingsbury Plaza
Kingsbury Plaza, the 47-story high-rise at 520 N Kingsbury St in River North, has a simple design: Each floor has four studios, four one-bedr [...]
Floor plans in focus: Different homes, same price at The Lofts at 1800
A lot of readers find their way to YoChicago in their search for info on the Kopley Group's Lofts at 1800, at 1800 W Grace St in North Center. It [...]
Floor plans in focus: A $2.2 million Benton Place Parkhome with access to Aqua’s amenities
One of the perks of owning a Benton Place Parkhome at Lakeshore East is having access to the Shore Club, the two-story, 115,000 square-foot amenitie [...]
Floor plans in focus: A 1,600 square-foot two-bedroom at 433 Briar in Lake View
The C-tier condos (PDF) at 433 Briar in Lake View are two-bedroom / 2.5-bath residences with 1,600 square feet. The plan features a wrap-around kitc [...]
@properties slashing prices at rebranded 770 Lofts in Greektown
Today Crain's dished on @properties' aggressive new sales campaign at 770 Lofts, the adapted-use development at 770 W Gladys Ave in Greektown once p [...]
New cuts for Heart of Chicago condos
This morning Koenig & Strey agents posted new, lower prices for eight new-construction condos at Oakley Pointe, a new 21-unit building at 2520 S [...]
Small homes not a sacrifice for new buyers
From MSNBC's "The big thinking in condos now is to get small":
“For Gen Y, the home is a place to live out of, not to live in. They don’t think of [...]
Streeter places: One-bedrooms with dens at two Streeterville rental towers
The floor plans above represent your options for one-bedroom apartments with dens at Golub & Company's two Solomon Cordwell Buenz-designed towers i [...]
Loft or condo — which will you choose?
Since 565 Quincy consists of an adapted loft building topped with 11 floors of new-construction homes, buyers at the development face one more choic [...]
Popular tiers selling quickly at 565 Quincy
Since new price points went online at 565 Quincy last month, buyers have snatched up all or most of some of the building's individual tiers.
For ex [...]
"Offers welcome" for a Fairbanks at Cityfront Plaza terrace home
Meet T-905, the last terrace condo to go at Centrum Properties' Fairbanks at Cityfront Plaza high-rise at 240 E Illinois St in Streeterville. As the [...]