Tag: Rentals
A rare rental at 999 N Lake Shore Drive
Built in 1912, 999 N Lake Shore Drive, became the anchor for what would become one of Chicago’s most sought-after addresses – East Lake Shore Driv [...]
Available downtown rentals increase seasonally; time to look is now
The inventory of downtown Chicago homes and condos listed for rent in the MLS rose 7.9% during this past week, from 976 units to 1,053.
This s [...]
Developers dish on the rental market
This morning I attended Bisnow's Multifamily Summit at the Metropolitan Club to hear six developers and lenders -- Tony Rossi of RMK Development, Greg [...]
Long-listed West Wilmette homes try the rental approach
Several weeks ago Joe Zekas wrote about a home at 2411 Thornwood Ave in West Wilmette that's been on the market for nearly five years.
The home [...]
Lexington Park Condominiums finally goes rental
It's taken long enough, but the vacant Lexington Park Condominiums tower in the South Loop is finally converting to a rental building.
Crain's [...]
An easy way to clean up Craigslist apartment ads
Management companies, individual property owners and legitimate real estate brokers can quickly and easily clean up the mess that the apartment locato [...]
Hey Ginger Summers, cut the crap on Craigslist
Between midnight yesterday and 8:42 this morning, an apartment rental bedbug by the name of Ginger Summers placed 962 housing for rent ads on Crai [...]
Downtown rental listings fall again (plus what $1,800 will rent today)
The number of downtown condos, townhomes, and single-families listed for rent through the MLS is down yet again. The 976 homes listed this morning is [...]
Apartment bedbug lies – Luxury Living Chicago
Chicago’s apartment locators – we call them bedbugs – engage in wholesale bait-and-switch advertising on Craigslist. When you see enough rental se [...]
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 [...]
Suburban Chicago rents up but incentives remain
The median net rent per square foot at suburban Chicago apartment complexes rose 7.4% year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2010, according to a [...]
Deal of the day: Domu pays your rent
Domu, Schatz Realty's new-ish apartment listing website, is offering what it says is a year's worth of rent to one lucky Facebook fan. To qualify, you [...]
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 [...]
The Walk Score champ of Lincoln Park
One easy-to-miss feature of our rental guides is our decision to link each building's address to a corresponding map at WalkScore.com. Yesterday after [...]
Alta strikes Gold with LEED certification
Hey, EnV -- Alta at K Station will see your basic LEED status and raise you a Gold.
With 848 apartments spread over two towers, Fifield's apartment [...]
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 [...]
Downtown rentals through MLS up 28% in 2010
Appraisal Research Counselors, like YoChicago, is keeping tabs on the number of downtown homes listed for rent through the MLS.
From the 4Q 2010 Do [...]
What $1,850 will get in 60607
The median price of the 96 homes listed for rent in 60607, the ZIP code covering much of the West Loop, University Village, and a small sliver of Prin [...]