Tag: South Loop
An east-facing two-bedroom priced to sell at The Columbian
In the second segment from my recent tour of The Columbian's new furnished models, Sales Director Matt Hollman shows me around an east-facing, two-be [...]
Pick a place: Same rent, same size, different styles in Printers Row, Bucktown
If you needed a 2,400 square-foot home for $3,000 a month right now, you could have either of these places. How would you rather spend your buck-tw [...]
Unobstructed park, lake views at closeout prices
One of the biggest draws for The Columbian is its location at Michigan Avenue and Roosevelt Road, a spot that offers unobstructed views of Grant Par [...]
Big, small, cheap, or pricey: The long and the short of Metropolitan Tower
Equity's sales team at Metropolitan Tower, 310 S Michigan Ave, was one of the success stories of 1Q 2010, having sold 23 of the tower's newly renovate [...]
The air up there: Park views from a Columbian penthouse deck
From the intersection of Michigan Avenue and Roosevelt Road, nothing blocks your view down the length of Grant Park. Climb up 41 stories, and you ca [...]
Downtown condo sales: who was busy in the first quarter of 2010?
More than 55 percent of downtown Chicago's new condo and townhome developments reported an increase in the number of units sold from the fourth quar [...]
Quick hits: Park 1000 site to be auctioned; new condos planned for Diversey Parkway
Rick Levin & Associates will oversee a court-ordered auction of a 251' x 134' parcel at 1000 S Michigan Ave in the South Loop, where developers [...]
Crain's: Lender takes over Lexington Park Condominiums
Lexington Park Condominiums, 2138 S Indiana Ave, is now "the city’s biggest condo tower to be taken over by its lender in the current housing crisis," [...]
The South Loop's $10,000 rental
If the $10,000-a-month price tag for a South Loop rental left you gobsmacked, you're not alone. I see those rates in the Gold Coast and in high-prof [...]
Glut check: South Loop, by the numbers
See that? That's the 60605 ZIP code, a region stretching from the Museum Campus to the Chicago River and from Van Buren to 16th Street, with an occa [...]
Need some space? Parking up for auction at three CMK towers
Looking for a place to park in River North or the South Loop? Millennium Properties on Saturday, May 22 (that's tomorrow!) will auction off 25 garage [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Putting Chess Lofts back in play
Weichert, Realtors - Frankel & Giles appears to have launched a new marketing campaign for Chess Lofts, the adapted Chess Records studio and warehou [...]
Touring two-bedrooms at Astoria Tower
Weichert, Realtors - Frankel & Giles held a "grand re-opening" at Astoria Tower on Saturday, and Joe Zekas was there to check things out. He tracked [...]
What's next for Franklin Point?
Crain's and the Sun-Times have both reported in recent days on Russland Capital Group's decision to sell off its six-acre share of Franklin Point, f [...]
Inside Astoria Tower's private spa
The full name of the new high-rise at 8 E 9th St in the South Loop is the Astoria Tower Residences & Spa. We've seen shown you a few of those reside [...]
Prairie Pointe's auction, sale by sale
As promised, I've put together a spreadsheet outlining every sale from Sunday's auction of (most of) Prairie Pointe's last 13 condos. Scroll down to t [...]
Prairie Pointe: Observations on an auction
I just got home from the Hilton Chicago, site of this afternoon's auction of 13 Prairie Pointe condos. I'll have a full spreadsheet of data to share t [...]
Afternoon views from Prairie Pointe
Yesterday I trucked down to Prairie Pointe, 1600 S Prairie Ave, for one of Inland Real Estate's pre-auction open houses. On Sunday, March 14, Inlan [...]