Tag: River North
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 [...]
EnV gets LEED certification
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 recycled and [...]
Quote of the day: Trump’s target audience
"We had a very clear picture of who our demographic was. We have young singles, empty nesters, retirees, professionals, nonprofessionals, people w [...]
What snow? Day sees plenty of new listings
The market marches on -- at noon, Redfin showed 139 homes listed since midnight.
On the high end, there's a five-bedroom / four-bath triplex at [...]
757 Orleans shakes loose some rust
Looks like a mix of price cuts, low-rate mortgages, and "free equity" incentives have thawed some of the ice around 757 Orleans @ Chicago in River [...]
Going up: Trump’s ‘best tier’ back at a $1.35M markup
Chezi Rafaeli of Coldwell Banker says the A-tier units of Trump's 41st through 49th floors are the best in the building, so popular with early pre-con [...]
Choice cuts: Assumption School penthouse cut by 31% over 9 months
Won't someone claim this penthouse? The fourth-floor unit in the old Assumption School building at 319 W Erie St in River North is one of seven th [...]
A cautiously bullish view on River North real estate
Earlier today I joined our sales manager on a visit to Superior 110, a luxury high-rise in River North that’s one of our clients.
One reason fo [...]
Kingsbury Plaza goes smoke-free
Light up at your own risk at Kingsbury Plaza. The 420-unit apartment tower at 520 N Kingsbury St is going smoke-free, and tenants who ignore the ban c [...]
An artfully crafted Arts-and-Crafts loft in River North
Someone give Dennis Rodkin and Chicago Magazine an award for Most Improved Videos, because the ones they've posted for Dennis' Deal Estate feature [...]
Curbed Cup scandals, NY and Chicago editions
Curbed New York discovered ballot-stuffing in its Curbed Cup matchup between Park Slope and Roosevelt Island.
In Chicago, Uptown surpassed Ri [...]
Rent or buy at the Sexton Lofts
Over the summer I noted the relative lack of rental options in River North's loft buildings, and pointed to a 1,750 square-foot unit at Sexton Lofts, [...]
Making progress on a full-floor home at Superior 110
Last month Greg Eldridge of @properties and Joe Zekas visited two half-floor units on the 23rd floor of Superior 110 in River North before the beg [...]
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 [...]
New to the market: River North residence back in action for $4.19 million
Few listings cross the $4 million threshold in River North. Until yesterday, only four homes in River North were priced above that mark: a 38th-floor [...]
Fifty years of Marina City
This is the 50th anniversary of the official, shiny-shovel groundbreaking ceremony for Marina City, Bertrand Goldberg's iconic city-within-a-city [...]
Creating a full-floor home in River North
Locals call Superior 110 "the blue building" because of the striking tint of its floor-to-ceiling windows. As you'll see in this video, the camera [...]
Lease-up for downtown’s newest apartment buildings nears halfway point
Roughly half of the apartments in downtown's seven newest rental high-rises are now under lease, according to Appraisal Research Counselors' latest Do [...]
October in review: Looking back at sales in the Downtown / Loop market
Yesterday's news of a $5.25 million resale at the Palmolive Building (right) had me wondering what else sold in the downtown market this October. I pu [...]
Quote of the day: EnV misses the mark
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, on his e [...]