Crib Chatter

This 2-bedroom in 1400 Museum Park at 100 E. 14th Street in the South Loop came on the market in March 2019. Built in 2008, at the height of the housing bubble, 1400 Museum Park has 260 units and a parking garage. It’s a full service building with a doorman and pool. We chattered about […]

This 2-bedroom corner loft in the 15th Street Lofts at 1503 S. State in the South Loop just came on the market. (Yes, the picture is from 10 years ago and I need a new one.) This building was constructed in 1895 and converted into loft condos at the height of the boom in 2006. […]

This top floor 2-bedroom at 917 W. Webster in Lincoln Park just came on the market. This is a six unit vintage building with garage parking. If it looks familiar, that’s because we’ve actually chattered about this building, and even this very unit, several times before back in 2012. Back then, which was at the […]

Other than at the luxury price point such as the Tribune Tower, there hasn’t been much condo construction downtown since the financial crisis. Instead, developers have been building dozens of new high rises with thousands of apartments. According to Crain’s Alby Gallun, 6 apartment buildings have reached new all-time highs rents per square footage, at […]

This 2-bedroom duplex loft in Trevi Square at 1439 S. Michigan in the South Loop came on the market in April 2019. Trevi Square was converted into lofts back in 1995-1996. I found this Chicago Tribune article from 1995 discussing all the recent conversions of commercial/historic buildings into residential spaces that year. Hospital to homes. […]

This 3-bedroom duplex in The Pierre at 2100 N. Lincoln Park West in Lincoln Park just came on the market. The Pierre was built in 1919 and has 102 units and valet parking. It’s a full amenity building with a doorman, an outdoor heated pool, racquetball/basketball courts, and a sundeck with grills. This unit has […]

This 3-bedroom townhouse at 524 W. Grant in East Lincoln Park just came on the market. We’ve chattered about this building in the past. Built in 1881, it has 3 fee-simple townhomes. This is the front unit which has a first floor terrace, the second floor front porch and a deck off the third floor. […]

This 3-bedroom in Cathedral Place at 3101 N. Seminary in Lakeview came on the market in July 2019. This church was constructed in 1880 and now has 5 condo units and garage parking. It was converted into condos in 2001-2002. This unit has 10 foot ceilings and several authentic church windows. At 2500 square feet, […]

This 3-bedroom triplex loft in the Headley School Lofts came on the market in February 2018. The Headley School Lofts is a conversion of an old public school. It has 12 lofts and attached heated garage. The building has an elevator and a common roof deck. The building was converted early in the loft craze, […]

This 5-bedroom historic home at 1328 N. State Parkway in the Gold Coast was recently re-listed in October 2018. Built in 1938, the house, known as the Florsheim Mansion, was designed by Andrew Rebori and then added onto by Bertrand Goldberg in the 1950s. There are actually two separate townhouses with a courtyard and a […]