Tag: South Loop
Rental snapshot: How much for a 2,000 square-foot home in the downtown market?
The number of downtown homes listed as rentals on the MLS fell again between Dec. 18 and 25, according to our weekly tally. A total of 1,760 condos we [...]
List vs. sale: charting trends in three Chicago neighborhoods
Redfin can crunch a lot of data for users based on ZIP code or neighborhood. This morning I looked up the site's pages for three areas -- 60611 (Stree [...]
Yo's year: South Loop on the auction block
Individual posts on Roosevelt Collection, Pure, and The Silver District pulled in lots of page views this year, but one story really set the tone for [...]
Last Motor Row Lofts cut by 27 percent
Sheldon Good & Company has reduced the remaining units at Motor Row Lofts, 2303 S Michigan Ave, by 27 percent off their original list prices and [...]
Look out, South Loop — your Kerasotes theater has arrived
After reading Sloopin's latest Roosevelt Collection update yesterday, I felt it was time to ride down to pay another visit to the development at 150 [...]
New West trims prices at 1555 Wabash
This has been the year of price cuts for a lot of South Loop projects, and who doesn't want to be left out at this point? New West Realty, that's wh [...]
Closings begin at One Museum Park West
The Museum Park sales staff notified me this afternoon that a few homes closed last week at One Museum Park West, 1201 S Prairie Ave, and more will [...]
Floor plan focus: West-facing one-bedrooms at 1720 South Michigan ready for immediate occupancy
With 1720 South Michigan's magic number down into the single digits, buyers are running out of choices for brand new condos in the 33-story South Loop [...]
Want to take a dip? Few options available for renters in the winter
It's 2:30 in the afternoon and 9 degrees outside...time to practice that butterfly! Year-round swimming isn't a problem at a lot of condo high-rises, [...]
Yo's year: Roosevelt Collection revisited
December's a month meant for retrospectives and year-end lists, so over these final three weeks of 2009, I'll dig back through our archives to see w [...]
Loft living: Looking for downtown two-bedrooms in the high $300s
Daytime is playtime at the Yo office, so let's play pretend! Let's say I'm in the market for a two-bedroom / two-bath loft in a downtown neighborhood, [...]
Inside a corner condo at Astoria Tower
Last week Jim Psyhogios of Weichert, Realtors - Frankel & Giles took me through Astoria Tower's unit #1204, a two-bedroom / two-bath home located on [...]
FHA fast facts: South Loop approvals
One of the questions Realtors hear most frequently is, "Is this property FHA approved?" Yesterday I punched three ZIP codes into HUD's FHA search and [...]
New models open at Astoria Tower
Buyers can now get up close and personal with select units at Astoria Tower, the new high-rise at 8 E 9th St in the South Loop. The tower's Weichert [...]
Motor Row Lofts set to sell off inventory
So you've just pulled in $4.5 million at your condo auction -- now what? In most of the cases we've seen this year, developers quickly roll out a new [...]
Sales update: Post-auction prices arrive at Michigan Avenue Tower II
It's the Friday after the Michigan Avenue Tower II auction, which means it's time for the development's sales team to roll out a new pricing schedule [...]
Making the pitch for Terrazio
The Terrazio condos at 1935 S Wabash Ave will be ready for delivery late this year or early next year, putting them well behind the market in the ey [...]
A drive around Union Row's neighborhood
Visitors to the Union Row townhomes in the 500 and 600 blocks of West 16th Street often don't have a good perception of where they are in relation t [...]
Crunching numbers on the Michigan Avenue Tower II auction
Here are some offhand observations I made as I revisited the results of Michigan Avenue Tower II's auction yesterday afternoon.
• The 43 units auctio [...]
Touring Terrazio in the South Loop
Sedgwick Properties' Terrazio, 1935 S Wabash Ave, had almost fallen off my radar until a couple weeks ago, when I received word of a grand opening p [...]