This 4-bedroom single family home at 1300 W. Roscoe in Southport recently came on the market as a short sale. Two weeks later it was reduced $51,000 and is still available. The house has mahogany hardwood floors, a renovated kitchen with cherry cabinets, granite counter tops and stainless steel appliances. The listing says the master bedroom […]
This Beaux Arts building at 3314 N. Lake Shore Drive is unique on the Drive because it was built in 1916, not in the late 1920s like many nearby buildings, and it has attention to detail rarely seen since. It was the first shoreline high rise apartment building built north of North Avenue and it was built […]
This West Ukranian Village church at 2558 W. Cortez is being used as a single family home. Built in 1873, the red brick church has 4000 square feet. The listing says it has the original hardwood floors. It’s also on a double lot and has stainless steel appliances in the kitchen. I can’t tell if there’s […]
We’ve chattered about many church conversions over the past two years. This 3-bedroom duplex at 2411 W. Walton in West Town just came on the market. The church was converted into condos in 2008. This one has some authentic features including what looks to be a saved wood arched doorway. It also has exposed brick and […]
While some search for the elusive “affordable” single family home in Lincoln Park, there is lovely housing stock further north from which to choose such as this 4-bedroom home at 1830 W. Oakdale in North Center. The house has 3-bedrooms located on the top floor, with skylights, and one on the lower level, which is not considered a […]
We’ve chattered about 2625 N. Clark in Lincoln Park twice before. The first time was in March 2008 when short sales were beginning to pop up in the highrise conversion. The one bedrooms in short sale were listed in the mid to low-$200,000s back then. See the March 2008 chatter and pictures of the units […]
This 5-bedroom single family home at 830 W. Buena in Uptown is listed as a “contemporary estate.” It is on nearly 3 lots which measure 92x126x59x120. The house, designed in 1978 by architect Marcel Friedes is described as having “fortress-like construction.” The listing admits it needs updating, but the home has a unique 2-story central […]
Long before there was The Heritage, The Legacy or 340 On the Park there was 330 S. Michigan. Among the first buildings converted into residential use on Michigan Avenue, this building is often forgotten by those who want to live near Millennium Park and Grant Park. This 2-bedroom unit corner unit is priced under $300,000 (with […]
6030 N. Sheridan is a highrise with 262 units in the Edgewater neighborhood along the lakefront. At the height of the market, 1-bedrooms in the building were selling for up to $180,000. Now, with numerous of the units either in short sale and foreclosure, you can get one for 60% off that price. Current building stats […]
I’ve been getting a few inquiries about this new 9-unit building at 118 N. Halsted in the West Loop. Anyone who drives down Halsted can’t miss the building, as it’s the only new construction building between the restaurants of Randolph Street and the Dominick’s on Washington. There are several addresses associated with the building including 114 […]