This 3-bedroom duplex down in 840 W. Wrightwood in Lincoln Park just came on the market. This building was constructed in 1894. It has 15 units and outdoor parking in the back. But it was made famous in the 2000 Ben Stiller movie “Meet the Fockers” when its façade appears as the home Ben Stiller’s […]
This 2-bedroom townhouse in the Landmark Village at 2825 N. Wolcott in Lakeview recently came on the market. Landmark Village is a gated townhouse community with 198 townhouses with attached garages. This townhouse has three floors. It has a 1-car garage and a family room on the main floor. The living room, dining room and […]
This 2-bedroom townhouse in Carmichael Place at 1038 W. Monroe in the West Loop came on the market in September 2017. Carmichael Place was built in 1999 and is a gated development of 36 units. Are these townhouses or duplex condos? I’ve seen them described as both over the years. This unit is a corner […]
Remember all those apartments they’ve been building downtown? We’ve chattered several times about whether or not they could be absorbed, especially at the record high rents most of the buildings were commanding. Well, apparently, we were worried for no reason as much of the new inventory that came on the market last year, appears to […]
The Illinois Association of Realtors is out with the January home sales data. It was the largest home sales decline in 3 years. The city of Chicago saw year-over-year home sales decline 10.2 percent in January 2018 with 1,414 sales, compared to 1,574 in January 2017. The median price of a home in the city […]
This 2-bedroom duplex penthouse in The Churchill at 1255 N. State Parkway in the Gold Coast recently came on the market. This unit has many of the vintage features you would expect in this building including French doors, built-ins and crown molding. This unit is unique in that it has 2 walls of windows as […]
This 2-bedroom penthouse duplex in the Mentor Building at 6 E. Monroe in the Loop recently came on the market. The Mentor Building was converted into condos in 2002-2003 and has 39 units but no parking. It’s across the street from the Palmer House Hotel. The living spaces along with the kitchen are on the main […]
This 3-bedroom penthouse in the Royalton Towers at 1444 N. Orleans in Old Town just came on the market. Royalton Towers was built in 2003 and has 55 units and a parking garage. It was one of the first mid-rise buildings built in the gentrification period of this neighborhood over the last 20 years. This unit […]