Crib Chatter

This 2-bedroom on the 68th floor of the John Hancock at 175 E. Delaware in the Gold Coast came on the market in June 2018. Yes, I’m still calling it the John Hancock until they announce the new name. Built in 1969, it has 703 units and rental parking. It’s a full service building with […]

This 4-bedroom townhouse in Sandburg Village at 1406 N. Sandburg Terrace in the Gold Coast came on the market in October 2018. The above picture is of some of the townhouses- but I’m not sure if it’s this specific block or not. It’s in a 12-unit association that shares a 150 foot private park. The […]

This 2-bedroom loft in the Epicenter Lofts at 1000 W. Washington in the West Loop came on the market in September 2018. (Yes, this is an awful picture and I need to get a new one. Sorry! It’s old.) The Epicenter is a brick industrial building constructed in 1882. It has 178 units, a doorman and a […]

This 3-bedroom single family home at 3408 N. Bosworth in Southport just came on the market. Long time readers, though, will recognize it because we chattered about it numerous times the last time it was on (and off) the market which was between 2010 and 2017. We last chattered about it in January 2017. You […]

The Illinois Association of Realtors was out with the October home sales data just before the Thanksgiving holiday. After a sharp downturn in September, the decline was more seasonal in October. The city of Chicago saw year-over-year home sales decrease 2.5 percent with 2,056 sales in October, compared to 2,109 a year ago. The median […]

This 2-bedroom top floor vintage unit at 1647 N. Sedgwick in Old Town came on the market in July 2018. We chattered about it then. You can read that chatter here. If it looks familiar to long time readers, that’s because we also chattered about it in both 2008 and 2014, when it previously sold. […]

This 3-bedroom in 320 W. Oakdale in East Lakeview recently came on the market. On the 19th floor of the 21-story Milton Schwartz mid-century modern high rise, in 2017 this unit was on the market for the first time in 61-years. It was supposedly the only duplex in the building which has 51 units and […]

This 6-bedroom new construction modern single family home at 1042 W. Wellington in Lakeview came on the market in April 2018. It is ready for occupancy and has been staged. Built on a 32×125 lot, it has a 3 car garage. The listing calls it a “full masonry” home with 2 huge roof decks, one […]

This 6-bedroom single family home at 3054 N. Southport in the Southport neighborhood of Lakeview came on the market in July 2018. Built in 2016 by MK Construction, the listing calls it a “modern farmhouse.” Built on a 26×125 lot, which is a foot wider than the standard 25×125 lot, the house is 21 feet […]

This 2-bedroom loft in the Peterson Lofts at 523 S. Plymouth in Printers Row recently came on the market. The Peterson Lofts were built in 1911 and converted into condominiums in 1995. The building has 49 units and some parking spaces in an indoor garage. It’s not a full service building. There’s no doorman, for […]