Tag: YoRents
Why they love where they live
Planned Property Management, one of our sponsors, has run contests for the best video set to the company's theme song and for the its official [...]
Water Tower two-bedroom rents for $3,900
David Nadler of City Ranch Real Estate is a staunch proponent of the notion that condo and townhome rentals are value-priced in comparison to rental a [...]
A video tour of the K2 construction site
K2 at K Station is a 496-unit 34-story apartment tower that's under construction in Chicago's Fulton River District.
McHugh Construction Projec [...]
Construction check – Optima Center in Streeterville
Optima Center, 200 E Illinois in Streeterville, has risen to two stories above the upper-level of Illinois Street. When complete the 325-unit buil [...]
Construction update – 500 North Lake Shore Drive
The 500-unit apartment tower under construction at 500 N Lake Shore Dr in Streeterville is more than halfway toward its 45-story height. In the pi [...]
Demolition update – Summit on Lake
Bits of the façade are nearly all that's left of the Mexican restaurant and rent-a-car outlet that formerly operated at 73 E Lake St in the Loop, [...]
The hard-to-miss signage for SoNo East
The honking RENT NOW! sign for SoNo East apartments, 840 W Blackhawk St, is atop SoNo West. It's hard to miss even from points that are miles away [...]
Construction checkup – 360 West Hubbard in River North
The 43-story tower at 360 West Hubbard is just coming out of the ground in River North. It won't be long before it obscures the south-facing views [...]
Construction checkup – The Coast at Lakeshore East
The Coast, 345 E Wacker Dr, is about two-thirds of the way toward its ultimate 49-story height. It appears to be on track to meet its targeted complet [...]
A K2 at K Station construction update
My recent schedule has kept me from spending as much time as I would have liked to at K2 at K Station, which is under construction in the Fulton R [...]
How to find an experienced, professional rental agent
Our recently-launched YoRents service connects renters directly with quality landlords.
Many renters, however, are daunted by the task of findi [...]
215 West apartments paying top dollar to rental services
Anticipating a slow Mother's Day, the 215 West apartment tower in the Loop sent an email blast on Saturday reminding rental services that it's pay [...]
MLS-listed inventory up again in north lakefront neighborhoods
For the second week in a row the number of MLS-listed homes, apartments and condos in 6 north lakefront ZIP codes reached a new high since we bega [...]
domu offers excellent info for landlords, basement-dwelling hermits
I'm not a fan of domu's rental search, despite its slick map-based interface and ease of use. I'd rather take a slower path to accurate, up-to-date in [...]
Kimball Station sold to Inland affiliate
It's been almost exactly three years since we received word that Kimball Station, a 59-unit condo development in Albany Park, had converted to ren [...]
77 West Huron offering a month’s free rent
When we looked in on 77 West Huron, back in March, the River North high-rise had 22 vacancies and was offering a $100 a month discount on 9 to 12- [...]
The view from a Lincoln Park roof deck
You don't need to be in a downtown high-rise to enjoy spectacular views of Chicago's skyline. You don't even need to be in a high-rise.
Th [...]
EnV digs even deeper for discounts
It seems like only yesterday that we were reporting steep price cuts on apartments at EnV in River North. It was, in fact, all of four days ago.
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Will NIMBYs howl at a packed Wolf Point meeting?
The latest email newsletter from 42nd Ward Ald. Brendan Reilly brings word of an upcoming public meeting to discuss plans for a proposed developme [...]
EnV apartments offers steep rent discounts
Discount is a dirty word in the world of new rental high-rises, where price-cutting takes the form of "free rent" specials limited to new renters. [...]