Tag: South Loop
Half-mil homes: New listings near $500K
Yesterday afternoon I pulled up a list of homes priced at or near $500,000 (a range of $490,000 to $510,000, if you must know), that have been on the [...]
The Transportation Building in Printers Row, past and present
Here at Yo HQ we have file cabinets filled with old promotional materials and press releases about hundreds of Chicago developments. Here's some inf [...]
Sales update: Pricing, availability, and recent closings at Astoria Tower
Based solely on what I can see through Redfin and county records, Astoria Tower has seen a steady stream of buyers come through the building in re [...]
1555 Wabash at a stand-still
With the possible exception of Lexington Park Condominiums, is there a new-construction condo building in the South Loop with a more mysterious pres [...]
Eco18 site in South Loop listed for $5.5M
Yesterday evening a tipster pointed me toward Jameson's listing for a 53,635 square-foot vacant lot at the southwest corner of 18th Street and Wabas [...]
River City, a community for children
River City's seen better days. The building's teeming with foreclosures and short sales -- the median price of a condo right now is $125,000, with p [...]
South Loop rental market is very active
Yesterday we linked to a Crain's story which reported, as a side note, that AMLI900 was fully leased. A source we talked to expressed skepticism about [...]
South Loop's Library Tower announces close-out pricing
Lennar Homes is inviting buyers to "take advantage of the best value in the South Loop while you can."
Only three one-bedrooms remain unsold at Lib [...]
Lofts at Roosevelt Collection 95 percent leased, 85 percent occupied
The Lofts at Roosevelt Collection has been a popular search topic at YoChicago for the last year, and that interest is showing in its leasing activit [...]
Family-friendly spaces at Dearborn Park
Going off address alone, Dearborn Park would seem to be wedged inside the heart of an urban jungle, surrounded by the South Loop's old warehouses, n [...]
Lennar ready to unload with two-day sale
Feeling spontaneous? Money burning a hole in your pocket? This post probably comes at short too short a notice for most buyers, but a few readers out [...]
From the vault: Central Station in 2001
In early 2001, the stock market, which had risen to dizzying heights, fell precipitously. Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan moved swiftly to c [...]
How they play: The living rooms and kitchens of State Place resales
Remember State Place? The mixed-use development in the 1100 block of South State Street in the South Loop comprises three mid-rises and a 24-story hig [...]
Inside a duplex gut rehab at Dearborn Park
Ted Guarnero is our guide to West Loop lofts, but that's not his only area of expertise. He certainly knows his way around Dearborn Park in the Sout [...]
Chess Lofts slashes prices for 10 buyers
The next 10 buyers at Chess Lofts in the South Loop will see discounts of 40 to 50 percent off their purchase prices, according to Weichert, Realtor [...]
Does the South Loop need a pedestrian street?
Sloopin asks the question after reading this post from the Trib's Blair Kamin. [...]
Maggot-mashing 101: A guide to renting in the South Loop
There are 1,000s of ads on Craigslist for South Loop apartments, most of them touting the fewer than a dozen major apartment complexes in the South [...]
Rent check: Two master suites, sweet park views from a Michigan Avenue loft
Near the top of the original Standard Oil Building on Michigan Avenue is this penthouse loft, currently priced at $6,000 a month. According to the l [...]
Astoria Tower opens more condos for sale
Astoria Tower's developers recently opened another 16 homes for sale in a variety of tiers, from junior one-bedrooms starting in the $160s to two-be [...]
Taking advantage of neighborhood amenities from a key South Loop location
Luxury finishes and on-site amenities make life enjoyable inside The Columbian, but when your home is at Michigan and Roosevelt, you're probably goi [...]