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This 5-bedroom single family home at 1217 N. Cornelia in Southport came on the market in February 2017. Built in 1906 on a 30×125 lot, it was formerly a 2-flat that was completely renovated into a single family home, including with new water and sewer. It has the layout that buyers like, with 4 out […]

This 2-flat at 1205 W. Cornelia in Southport just came on the market. Built in 1914 on an oversized 30×126 lot, the brick building has a 2-car brick garage. There are 3 units in the building. Unit #1: 2 bedroom, 1 bath “owners unit” on the first floor Unit #2: 2 bedroom, 1 bath on the second […]

This 2-bedroom loft in the Meter Building at 835 N. Wood in the East Village neighborhood of West Town recently came on the market. It is a top floor authentic corner loft with exposed brick and timber ceilings along with large industrial windows and dark wood floors. It has a custom kitchen with modern cabinetry, concrete counter […]

This 1-bedroom in Lincoln Park Commons at 600 W. Drummond in Lincoln Park just came on the market. This complex was built in 2003 and has 57 units and a parking garage. It’s one of the rare, newer buildings in this Lincoln Park/Lakeview area that has the amenities that buyers look for including an exercise […]

We’ve chattered about the incredible asking prices on some condos in the red hot West Loop this year. Now, Crain’s is reporting that a new construction penthouse condo listed at $5.6 million has gone under contract in 900 W. Washington. It would be the most expensive condo ever sold in the neighborhood. By far. The […]

This 6-bedroom single family home at 1324 W. Webster in Lincoln Park came on the market in March 2017. Built in 2007, it sits on a 24×120 lot on the corner of Wayne and Webster and has a 2-car garage plus 2-car driveway parking. It has upgraded millwork and custom wall finishing. The listing calls […]

This 1-bedroom on the 58th floor in the John Hancock at 175 E. Delaware in the Gold Coast came on the market in December 2016. It’s 911 square feet and has south city views. The listing says it has been “completely rehabbed” but it also says that it was done in 2012 and in the […]

This 2-bedroom in the vintage mid-rise building at 164 W. Huron at the corner of Huron and Wells in River North just came on the market. But if it looks familiar, that’s because it sold as recently as August of last year. A year ago, however, it was simply a large 1325 square foot 1-bedroom […]

This 1-bedroom in 340 W. Diversey in East Lakeview came on the market in March 2017. Built in 1957, these two buildings were designed by Mies Van der Rohe. They have 330 units with an exercise room and a pool. There is leased parking in the building for $200 to $215 a month. This unit […]

This 2-bedroom loft in 1800 W. Grace in North Center recently came on the market. If it looks familiar, that’s because we last chattered about it just 2 years ago, in 2015, when it was last on the market. Back then, it was priced at nearly $1 million and would have been among the most expensive […]