Crib Chatter

This 3-bedroom in Benjamin Marshall’s elegant 1550 N. State Parkway in the Gold Coast came on the market in August 2015. Built in 1911, the 10-story limestone clad building has 33 units which were originally apartments. It was converted into condos in 1977. There’s no parking with the building, but parking is available next door […]

This 2-bedroom top floor loft at 1737 N. Paulina in Bucktown just came on the market. It has the loft features buyers look for including timber ceilings and exposed beams and brick and large industrial windows. Because it’s the top floor unit, it has a skylight in the kitchen for extra light. The kitchen has […]

This 34th floor 1-bedroom in Helmut Jahn’s modern 600 N. Fairbanks in Streeterville recently came on the market. The listing says it’s the largest 1-bedroom floor plan and that it’s on the highest floor in the building. Consistent with the modern aesthetic of the building, there are exposed concrete ceilings and beams. The south facing unit […]

This 1-bedroom on the 64th floor of Aqua at 225 N. Columbus in Lakeshore East came on the market in May 2015. It is a south facing unit with 687 square feet. The kitchen has luxury cabinets by Snaidero, stainless steel appliances and quartz counter tops. The unit has floor to ceiling windows, central air […]

This 2-bedroom at 1445 N. Wells in Old Town came on the market in May 2015. We chattered about it in May when it first came on the market as the sellers had priced it 18% higher than the June 2014 sale. See our May 2015 chatter here. We also chattered about this unit in […]

This 2-bedroom triplex at 834 W. Wolfram in Lakeview came on the market in February 2015. It is part of 2-unit condo association with this unit being the front part of an old Victorian house (which is on the left in the picture above). We actually chattered about the back unit which was almost like […]

This 4-bedroom contemporary single family home at 4511 N. Wolcott in Lincoln Square just came on the market. If it looks familiar it’s because we chattered about it in February 2013 when it was first on the market as a new construction house. We debated the noise level of having the El right behind the […]

This 1-bedroom 3-story townhouse in Dearborn Park II at 1242 S. Federal in the South Loop just came on the market (the picture above is actually of another corner unit- and NOT the property.) This Dearborn Park II complex was built in 1993 and has 50 red brick townhouses. Because of its age, the trees […]

This 26 foot covered boat slip in River City Marina at 800 S. Wells in the South Loop came on the market in June 2015. According to the listing, this is a rare opportunity to get a covered slip. River City Marina is bubbled to prevent freezing meaning you can keep your boat there year […]

This 2-bedroom loft in the Park 1500 Lofts at 1500 W. Monroe in the West Loop came on the market in August 2015. It has all the features loft lovers look for including 14-foot high timber ceilings, industrial windows, and exposed brick. It has a split floor plan and the bedrooms even have full size […]