Crib Chatter

This 2-bedroom in the Fulton House at 345 N. Canal on the Near West Side recently sold. Built in 1903, Fulton House was original an old cold storage warehouse. It was converted to apartments in the 1970s by star architect Harry Weese and then was converted into condos in the 1990s. There are 104 units. […]

This 3-bedroom penthouse loft in the Metalworks Condominiums at 2804 N. Lakewood in West Lakeview came on the market in October 2023. A prior chatter said this building was built in 1945. It has 19 loft units and attached garage parking. I don’t believe there are any amenities. This loft is an authentic open space, […]

This 1-bedroom loft in Morgan Town Lofts at 22 N. Morgan in the West Loop came on the market in September 2023. Morgan Town Lofts have 26 units around a central courtyard. The listing says it was built in 1942, but that’s the first time I’ve seen a date on this brick building. It doesn’t […]

This 3-bedroom penthouse in Gateway Lofts at 1738 W. Belmont in Roscoe Village came on the market in September 2023. Built in 2001, Gateway Lofts is a boutique elevator building with 14 units and attached heated garage parking. It does have some amenities, including an exercise room and club room with a ping pong table […]

This 2-bedroom in the Michigan Avenue Lofts at 910 S. Michigan in the South Loop came on the market in July 2023. Built in 1911, it was converted to loft condos in 2001 during the loft boom. It has 262 units and attached garage parking. The building has 24/7 door staff and an exercise room. […]

This 1-bedroom duplex up Sandburg Village Artist Loft at 1535 N. Sandburg Terrace in the Gold Coast came on the market in September 2023. I have two pictures of these artist lofts in two different locations. I’m not sure if the picture above is the correct group but they all look similar. I knew we […]

This 3-bedroom duplex-up penthouse loft in the Churchill Row at 2111 W. Churchill in the Bucktown came on the market in June 2023. Churchill Row is a former cabinet factory which was converted into 39 loft condominiums in 2002. It has attached garage parking but no other amenities. When it was first converted, the big […]

This 2-bedroom authentic loft in the Anchor Lofts at 215 W. Illinois in River North originally came on the market in February 2020. It has been on and off the market. We last chattered about it in February 2022. You can see our rather infamous chatter here. Built in 1923, the Anchor Lofts has 17 lofts and […]

This 3-bedroom loft penthouse at 3133 W. Lakewood in Lakeview came on the market in July 2023. This brick loft building was converted into condos in 2008. There are 25 units. It’s an elevator building and has bike storage and garage parking for some of the units. If this unit looks familiar that’s because we […]

This 2-bedroom penthouse triplex loft in Market Square Lofts at 161 W. Harrison in Printer’s Row came on the market in May 2023. I don’t have a picture of this building but it’s the short brick building next to the Vetro in the picture above. Built in 1905 as the Patton Building, the 12 story […]