Tag: Rentals
The homes and side streets of Little Village
After running out of shops to look at along 26th Street, I spent the rest of my time in Little Village driving around some of the residential street [...]
Today's news: Buy or rent a corner condo with lake views at 1400 Museum Park
Today's new listing is located inside a relatively new high-rise: The Enterprise Companies' 1400 Museum Park, at the corner of 14th Street and Mich [...]
First deliveries on EnV's horizon
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 staff.
EnV's se [...]
From the field: "A thousand bucks is a thousand bucks"
Between agents, the water-cooler talk is kind of dead. Showings seem to be dwindling, which isn't a good sign going into June and July. Most of my buy [...]
Quote of the day: A recent history of rental concessions in Chicago's suburbs
Concessions were the marketing tool of choice to lure renters back to projects after the market began its decline in 2001. Our surveys indicated one f [...]
Trend lines: South Loop condos listed for sale and for rent
Here's a little something I put together following last week's write-up on the drop in condo rental inventory in the downtown market. The South Loop [...]
By request: Eight developer homes still for sale at Avenue East in Streeterville
"What's the % sold in this building?" a reader asked via e-mail last week? The building in question was Avenue East, Residential Homes of America's 13 [...]
Sales update: @properties handling sales for Parkside of Old Town's first phase
With the construction of more public and affordable-housing units just around the corner, @properties has been called in to market the surplus of co [...]
Talks continue on Rogers Park proposal
Developers Richard Aronson and Scott Sinar will present the latest revisions of their proposed mixed-use building in Rogers Park at a community mee [...]
Lucido in University Village: Rental options and cab convenience
In this segment from our University Village tour, Gary Lucido of Lucid Realty and Getting Real discusses a renter's options in the neighborhood and [...]
Why is the downtown condo rental inventory drying up?
In late November we started tracking the number of condo rentals in select Chicago ZIP codes in hopes of seeing...something. Every Friday, we record [...]
Entering the Plan for Transformation's second decade
We asked Habitat Company President / CEO Mark Segal for an assessment of what architect Pat FitzGerald once called a "daring experiment": the commun [...]
The Habitat Company: "doing a lot of everything" in Chicago
The Habitat Company has been a pioneer in both the construction and management of affordable housing throughout Chicago. In this segment from our wi [...]
The Taxman cometh to the West Loop
Last fall F&F Realty of Skokie proposed a a new 514-unit apartment building and 10,000 square feet of retail space for the site of the Crowne Plaza [...]
Downtown Chicago condo rental supply shrinks
We've been tracking the number of downtown condos offered for rent in 14 ZIP Codes since late last year. The number stood at 1,927 when we began our t [...]
Just how affordable is affordable housing?
The city and developer Peter Holsten are set to build the next phase of Parkside of Old Town -- a mid-rise with 39 CHA homes, 53 homes for low-inco [...]
Looking out on the Loop from 215 West
We understood going in that the lower and middle floors of the new high-rise at 215 W Washington St wouldn't offer us the best views of Chicago -- t [...]
Lounges, courts, and theaters: More amenities at Alta at K Station's K2 floor
Part 2 of my Alta at K Station video tour features more of the spaces open to Alta residents on the development's K2 amenities floor: a party room w [...]
The lowdown on Parc Huron's pricing
Parc Huron's leasing center at Erie and Kingsbury streets in River North is open for business, and I've already stopped by to grab a copy of the tower [...]
Zekas: "I'm Sabrina" of CribChatter fame
Joe Zekas was taking a smoke break when the mail arrived at the YoChicago office Wednesday afternoon. I typically don't snoop around his office, but [...]