Crib Chatter

This 3-bedroom at 550 St Clair at 550 N. St. Clair in Streeterville just came on the market. Built in 2008, just as the Great Recession and housing bust hit, it’s a modern building with floor-to-ceiling windows and exposed concrete ceilings with 111 units and a parking garage. It also has an indoor pool and […]

This 4-bedroom duplex penthouse in The Montgomery at 500 W. Superior in River North came on the market in February 2019. The Montgomery was an office building that was converted into condos at the height of the boom in 2007. Built in 1972 as part of the corporate headquarters of Montgomery Ward, its architect was […]

This 3-bedroom loft at 1235 W. George in West Lakeview came on the market in June 2019. We’ve chattered about this complex in the past. It has 26 units and a heated garage and was converted in 1998. Other properties in this complex had multiple levels and were basically townhouse-like lofts. But this unit has […]

This 6-bedroom brick bungalow at 2225 W. Lunt in West Ridge just came on the market (sorry- no picture but given the tightness of the market I wanted to post on it). Built in 1923, it has 3620 square feet and a 3-car garage. The size of the lot isn’t listed. The listing says it’s […]

The Illinois Association of Realtors is out with the May sales and they fell again. The city of Chicago saw year-over-year home sales decrease 5.0 percent with 2,895 sales in May, compared to 3,047 a year ago. The median price of a home in the city of Chicago in May was $315,000 up 3.3 percent […]

This 3-bedroom cape cod single family home at 4838 N. Seeley in Lincoln Square just came on the market. If it looks familiar, that’s because we chattered about it back in 2011 when it was a “cottage.” 8 years ago, many of you thought it should be torn down and that no one would want […]

This 2-bedroom penthouse at 1437 W. Diversey in Lakeview came on the market in June 2019. Built in 2009, it has 5 units and garage parking. This single-floor unit is unique as it seems to take up the entire penthouse floor. It has floor-to-ceiling windows, with automatic window shades, along with contemporary finishes including a […]

This 3-bedroom penthouse at 2919 N. Burling in Lakeview came on the market in March 2018. If this building looks familiar, it’s because we chattered about it, and this very unit, back in 2015. You can see our chatter here. If you remember, it was built in 1998 and has 9 units. In 2015, I […]

Crain’s Dennis Rodkin got to tour the new 4-bedroom duplex penthouse apartment at Old Town Park at 1140 N. Wells in Old Town. This is the development at Wells and Division which will be 3 towers. The penthouse is in the first tower. It’s 32-stories with city views. The second tower will be just south […]

This new construction 3-bedroom condo at 4432 N. Western Avenue in Lincoln Square came on the market in May 2019. This building was constructed in 2019 and has 7 units. There appears to be 2 buildings side-by-side on Western Avenue with these same layouts. Both buildings overlook Wells Park. This is an elevator building with […]