Crib Chatter

This 2-bedroom in the Warehouse Lofts at 312 N. May in the West Loop just came on the market. This building was part of the Loftminium conversion of loft rental apartments into condos in 2000-2001 in the West and South Loops. The building has 66 lofts but no parking. This loft has soaring timber ceilings […]

This 3-bedroom duplex up in The Portals at 443 W. Grant in East Lincoln Park just came on the market. This complex was built in 1971 and has 50 duplex up units in 4 story buildings. One unit is on the first and second floor with an outdoor terrace and a second unit is on […]

This vintage 3-bedroom in 3300 N. Lake Shore Drive in Lakeview just came on the market. The building was constructed in 1920 and has 84 units but no parking garage. Its age makes it a “pre-war” building. The unit has some of its vintage features intact including a barrel ceiling in the entry foyer and […]

This 2-bedroom in Altgeld Court at 1300 W. Altgeld in Lincoln Park recently came on the market. This complex was built in 1991 and has 44 units. The units are all loft-style duplexes. There aren’t any interior pictures with this listing. It’s being sold “as-is.” From the listing: Property is occupied and occupants are not […]

This 4-bedroom townhouse at 1000 N. State in the Gold Coast came on the market in June 2016. It’s located at the prime corner of Oak and State but you might not have ever noticed this group of 15 townhouses because it’s built on top of the parking garage, several stories above the street. Given […]

It’s time to go to the beach even though we haven’t had any winter. But who knew when I booked this trip 6 months ago? If anyone else is going to be in Aruba, I’ll see you by the pool and that lovely beach. As always, please talk among yourselves. There’s a lot going on […]

  This 3-bedroom duplex in the Silver Tower at 303 W. Ohio in River North just came on the market. But most of you will probably remember it from last year when we chattered about it in April 2016. Back then, it was listed for about double what they had paid for the unit just […]

This full-floor 3-bedroom at 45 E. Cedar in the Gold Coast recently came on the market. This building was constructed in 1996 and has 4 units and parking. The listing says the unit has been featured in Better Homes & Gardens magazine. There’s 10 foot ceilings, crown moldings and built-ins. The unit has marble floors […]

This 3 bedroom townhouse at 1159 N. Cambridge in South Old Town came on the market in October 2016, was withdrawn, and recently was listed again. Is this area South Old Town? Old Cabrini Green? North River North? It is two stories and has a private yard and 1 car garage parking. I’m assuming this is […]