Tag: Loop
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 [...]
South Loop Market opening in September at 235 Van Buren
I met Jimmy, one of the owners, at the South Loop Market this morning. It's a family-run business, and Jimmy's wife and 8-month old daughter looke [...]
HomePath – 43% price drop at The Heritage
Unit 2512, a 2-bedroom, 2-bath at The Heritage at Millennium Park, sold new for $650,000 in July of 2008. After a foreclosure and a series of pric [...]
The penthouse space atop 200 North Dearborn
Chicago Magazine's Dennis Rodkin visited the penthouse at 200 North Dearborn on a much nicer day in the Loop than March 14, when I shot the above [...]
Why they bought at 235 Van Buren
The buyers at any high-rise development have varied motives for their purchase. For some, the views or the architecture are the prime motivator. F [...]
Preview thirteen Sunday open houses in a YoChicago video extravaganza
Thirteen Chicago homes at which we've shot video recently are open for viewing on Sunday, May 22. Preview the homes in our videos, then head out to yo [...]
Wine, cheese and Greek cuisine at 200 North Dearborn
The one thing about American Invsco that typically generates unanimity is the company's talent for throwing a party.
If you're in the market [...]
1 year of assessments paid, $5K in closing credits, and an iPad for buyers at 235 Van Buren
The next 10 people who buy a new-construction condo at 235 Van Buren in the Loop will hit an incentive trifecta: one year of assessments paid, $5, [...]
Related Midwest next in line for Waterview Tower
Will we soon add Waterview Tower to our running list of new apartment high-rises?
Related Midwest is the latest developer attempting to kick-start [...]
Four options for one-bedrooms in 60602
The 60602 ZIP code, which covers the part of the Loop stretching from Michigan Avenue (and therefore Millennium Park) west to Wells Street and from Ra [...]
Riding the Red Line: Lake
Today's segment from my video series on Red Line stations is from the Lake station, located below State Street between Lake and Randolph in the Lo [...]
Riding the Red Line: Monroe
The next stop on my trip up the Red Line was the Monroe subway station near the intersection of Monroe and State in the Loop. It's so close to the [...]
Riding the Red Line: Jackson
I started the second leg of my tour up the Red Line with a look at the Jackson station, which stretches underneath State Street from Van Buren to [...]
Prices slashed at 200 North Dearborn
American Invsco needed to sell 36 units quickly in order to requalify for major financing programs at 200 North Dearborn in the Loop.
How to a [...]
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 [...]
Half off at 200 North Dearborn
So was your worst offer too bad, or not bad enough?
Just a couple months after begging buyers to "give us your worst offer" for a 200 North Dearbor [...]
235 Van Buren’s ‘crown jewel’ sells for $860K
Last March Scott Hoskins of CMK Realty took me through the "crown jewel" of 235 Van Buren -- unit 4610, a 2,272 square-foot two-bedroom / 2.5-bath [...]
Quote of the day: New rental high-rise designs are good enough
This Lake Wobegon, all-the-buildings-are-above-average quality was predictable. These are apartment buildings, where budgets and architectural ambitio [...]
The Legacy finally deemed a tall tower
Last January I asked a representative of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat why The Legacy at Millennium Park, 60 E Monroe St, didn't [...]