Tag: West Loop
Chatting about Chicago real estate with Belgravia’s Buzz Ruttenberg
Chicago's Belgravia Group traces its lineage back more than 60 years, making it one of the longest-tenured and most successful real estate develop [...]
Online apartment availability check, Presidential Towers
As more of Chicago's large apartment complexes make their exact apartment availability info accessible online, it's becoming easier and easier to [...]
Tales from an apartment hunt – bathtub fungus and utility bills
If you have tales you'd like to share from your apartment hunt, add them in a comment or email yojoe at yochicago dot com.
Here's the sixth rep [...]
The Odyssey Lofts epic is nearing its end
We were saddened when Odyssey Lofts underwent a name change late in 2010. The original name called attention to its Greektown location and to the [...]
Listening to buyers results in a better home at CA23’s Phase II
"One of the things that Belgravia is really good at is listening," says Belgravia Group founder Buzz Ruttenberg.
Join Buzz and Michael Hampton [...]
Say goodbye to Randolph Place’s river views
According to a recent Sun-Times report, developer John O'Donnell plans to build a 40- to 50-story office tower on a West Loop site he recently acq [...]
From Yo’s archives – before the sun set on Sunrise’s Ponzi scheme
Five years ago our staff was breathlessly writing the following:
Community is key at Pure, a 13-story high-rise slated for construction at 24 S [...]
Are parts of the West Loop poised for housing price appreciation?
Price appreciation in Chicago real estate? In this market? Am I out of my mind to be talking about appreciation?
For more than a decade Chicago [...]
A West Loop Target update
I stopped by the corner of Aberdeen and Van Buren in the West Loop yesterday for a look at the state of the new Target store that's scheduled to o [...]
Phase II of CA23 poised to break ground in West Loop
The east view (above) from the fourth floor of the existing building at CA23, 23 N Aberdeen in the West Loop, is a good proxy for the view that bu [...]
Rent specials at West Loop’s Medical District Apartments
The Medical District Apartments complex at 901 S Ashland Ave is, in fact, directly across the street from the Medical District. More relevant to m [...]
MOD offers double commission to brokers
Brokers Special!!!!!! This Week Only!!!
That's the screaming headline in an email attachment offering brokers double the normal commission and [...]
The scene at a West Loop broker’s open house
Broker's open houses are one of the key ways in which real estate brokers learn about new offerings. The key ingredient to hosting a successful op [...]
Reduced prices, upgraded finishes at West Loop’s Van Buren Lofts
If you've been around downtown Chicago recently you've probably seen a black-and-white English bulldog barking about a "bloody great deal" and "de [...]
A bloody great view from a West Loop loft rooftop
A new developer has taken over the remaining units at Van Buren Lofts, 1224 W Van Buren in Chicago's West Loop, slashed prices and sharply upgrade [...]
A light-filled corner 2-bedroom loft in the West Loop
Chris Hancock has been selling lofts at Haberdasher Square in the West Loop for 15 years, and knows the building intimately.
According to Chris [...]
The rooftop views from Haberdasher Square Lofts
This is my second consecutive day of visits to mid-rise roof decks.
Today's foray was to Haberdasher Square Lofts, 728 W Jackson, where I shot [...]
Big open house turnout, 5 under contract at the West Loop’s CA23
Last week, CA23, a 3-building, 24-unit condominium community in the West Loop hosted a grand re-opening party, with a Mexican summer theme.
Our [...]
Great city views from this West Loop condo
If you’re looking for newer construction, in a vibrant neighborhood with great accessibility and amenities, you’ll do well in the avant-garde Emer [...]