This 1-bedroom in the Ontario Place Private Residences at 10 E. Ontario in River North recently came on the market. It’s a bank owned unit. The building was converted into condos at the height of the housing bubble in 2006/2007. Foreclosures have been plaguing it for years and it looks like that will continue in […]
This 2-bedroom in Wells Street Tower at 701 S. Wells in the South Loop came on the market in June 2012. At 1261 square feet, it appears to be a standard 2-bedroom newer construction unit but what sets it apart is a huge wrap-around patio measuring 1500 square feet. It has a North-East exposure. It […]
This large 1-bedroom at 73 E. Elm in the Gold Coast came on the market in June 2012. This isn’t a run of the mill white box 1-bedroom unit. This pre-war apartment has a barrel vaulted entry which leads to a 12×5 gallery. The living room has a fireplace with small bookcases built-in on either side. […]
We last chattered about this 3-bedroom vintage unit at 322 W. Belden in East Lincoln Park in July 2012. See our prior chatter here. The unit does not have a parking space. We debated whether deeded parking mattered or not. The consensus was that it did. Most of the chatterati also thought that the price […]
This newer construction 3-bedroom single family home at 5719 N. New Hampshire in Old Norwood Park has been on the market since June 2012. Built in 2007 on an oversized lot measuring 50×161, it has some unique features such as a heated 3-car garage and heated sidewalks. It even has a full sized elevator. The […]
We last chattered about this true penthouse at 6 N. Michigan across from Millennium Park in the loop in October 2012. See our prior chatter here. Originally listed at $7 million back in 2010, it had been reduced to $3 million. Many of you still felt it was too expensive given its location and that it had […]
We last chattered about the Horton Mansion at 10200 S. Longwood Drive in Beverly in July 2012. See our prior chatter here. The house is known as the Horton Mansion because, according to Curbed Chicago, it was built for Horace Horton, the founder of Chicago Bridge & Iron, in 1890. If you recall it sits on […]
Some of you have been commenting that it’s not the inventory that is bad it is that buyers are being too picky. We last chattered about this 3-bedroom duplex at 2131 N. Clark in East Lincoln Park just before Thanksgiving. See our prior chatter here. I thought that it might go quickly given its location […]