Tag: South Loop
Condo-quality apartments in a great South Loop location
Chicago's South Loop is a neighborhood that sprawls nearly two miles from north to south.
Astoria Tower, an apartment high-rise built as condo [...]
Chicago’s most popular rental neighborhoods
Google Analytics provides us an ongoing snapshot of the relatively popularity of the neighborhoods covered by our rental Guides and at-a-glance li [...]
AMLI’s South Loop project evokes strong opinions
A host of urban planner wannabes are passionately bashing AMLI Residential's proposal for a two-tower 398-unit apartment complex on the southwest [...]
The red, white and blue view from Astoria Tower
It was one of those view days in Chicago, sunny and with an unclouded blue sky.
I was visiting Astoria Tower for a video shoot, and stepped out [...]
Panoramas from the Lofts at Roosevelt Collection
Earlier this morning I was at the Lofts at Roosevelt Collection with Kim Ashley of Brook Furniture Rental, one of our sponsors, and Steffanie Dan [...]
The washout on Wabash files Chapter 11 bankruptcy
New West Realty, a once politically-connected developer, extended an almost unbroken string of development debacles with a Chapter 11 bankruptcy f [...]
How will new university housing impact the downtown rental market?
According to the Chicago Loop Alliance (pdf), more than 65,000 students attend classes in the Loop / South Loop area.
Downtown Chicago campus [...]
A large, character-laden South Loop loft
When you think of a loft you conjure sunlit sprawling spaces with high ceilings, exposed brick, and a lot of character. Too often all you find is [...]
Year-end flurry of downtown high-rise sales
Crain's is reporting the sale of Flair Tower, 222 W Erie St, and 1212 S Michigan Ave, both rental apartment buildings. A sale may also be in the w [...]
Which downtown apartment towers will actually get built?
If you check in on our recently-updated list and map of new downtown apartment projects you'll see that more than 8,000 apartment units are either [...]
Prime South Loop development parcel set for auction
Sheldon Good & Company has just posted an auction site for a 63,740 square foot South Loop development parcel at 600 S Wells St, the southwest cor [...]
The views from Golub’s proposed South Loop apartments
Crain's Chicago Real Estate Daily reported earlier today that Golub & Co. is buying the southeast corner of 9th and State Street from the city, an [...]
Major development plan for site north of McCormick Place
This week's Crain's Chicago Business (subscription required) reports on a major development for a troubled parcel of land (red area in above image [...]
Price chop means no profit for Vetro auction buyer
In early 2009 the auction at Vetro, 611 S Wells St, was much anticipated and then much commented on. The expectation was that it would and did set mar [...]
A South Loop home renting for $14,900 a month
A 4-bedroom rowhouse at 1815 S Prairie Pkwy is looking for a tenant to pay $14,900 a month. That's nearly 5 times the next highest asking rent in [...]
The best private penthouse terrace in the South Loop
I've seen Grant Park from many vantage points, high and low -- from penthouses 800 feet above the city, from a helicopter, and from many an airpla [...]
An update on Lakeshore East from The Chicago Architecture Blog
The Chicago Architecture Blog recently stopped by the newly-opened [...]
A private rooftop terrace overlooking Grant Park
You don't have to look very hard to find buildings that offer panoramic views of Grant Park, Millennium Park and the Museum Campus – they're abund [...]
Rodkin going solo in home tour videos
Chicago Magazine's Dennis Rodkin is changing the format of his informative video tours. Going forward you'll be seeing mostly or exclusively Rodki [...]
South Loop views, high and low
We begin with the views from a 41st floor penthouse at The Columbian. Its location at 1160 S Michigan Ave affords unbroken views of Grant and Mill [...]