2/18/11
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...
2/16/11
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...
2/4/11
“We had a very clear picture of who our demographic was. We have young singles, empty nesters, retirees, professionals, nonprofessionals, people where it’s their...
2/2/11
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...
1/26/11
Looks like a mix of price cuts, low-rate mortgages, and “free equity” incentives have thawed some of the ice around 757 Orleans @ Chicago...
1/20/11
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...
1/18/11
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...
1/5/11
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....
1/5/11
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...
12/29/10
Someone give Dennis Rodkin and Chicago Magazine an award for Most Improved Videos, because the ones they’ve posted for Dennis’ Deal Estate features this...
12/14/10
Curbed New York discovered ballot-stuffing in its Curbed Cup matchup between Park Slope and Roosevelt Island. In Chicago, Uptown surpassed River North in the...
12/13/10
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...
12/9/10
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...
12/8/10
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-bedroom...
11/23/10
Few listings cross the $4 million threshold in River North. Until yesterday, only four homes in River North were priced above that mark: a...
11/22/10
This is the 50th anniversary of the official, shiny-shovel groundbreaking ceremony for Marina City, Bertrand Goldberg’s iconic city-within-a-city on the Chicago River. To commemorate...
11/22/10
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...
11/15/10
Roughly half of the apartments in downtown’s seven newest rental high-rises are now under lease, according to Appraisal Research Counselors‘ latest Downtown Chicago Residential...
11/3/10
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....
10/20/10
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,...