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This 5-bedroom contemporary single family home at 54 E. Scott in the Gold Coast came on the market in April 2022. Built in 2010, it’s on a 45×145 lot and has a 5-car garage with a gated driveway. It has an elevator. The listing says it was the first LEED Gold certified home in Illinois. […]

This 3 bedroom in Park Plaza at 508 W. Melrose in East Lakeview came on the market in July 2022. Park Plaza was built in 2005 and has 22 units and garage parking. It’s an elevator building. This unit has an open living/dining room with hardwood floors and a fireplace. The kitchen is open to […]

This 3-bedroom duplex-up in 1320 N. State Parkway in the Gold Coast came on the market in July 2022. 1320 N. State Parkway was designed by Robert S. De Goyler in 1927. It has 40 units and a brick and limestone façade. There’s no parking with the building. It is a co-op building with a doorman, […]

This 2-bedroom duplex up loft in the Surrey Court Lofts at 1250 W. Fullerton in Lincoln Park came on the market in July 2022. Built in 1906, Surrey Court Lofts were converted into condos in 1987. It has 22 lofts, an elevator and outdoor parking. The listing says this loft has been “highly upgraded.” It […]

We’re finally seeing a cooling in the red hot Chicago housing market thanks to higher mortgage rates. From the Illinois Association of Realtors: The median price of a home in the city of Chicago in June 2022 was $367,000, a 4.7 percent increase from June 2021, when it was $350,500. In Chicago, home sales (single-family […]

This corner 3-bedroom loft in the Regal Lofts at 1735 W. Diversey in Lincoln Park came on the market in June 2022. I don’t know when this building was built, but Regal Lofts was converted into condos in 2000. There are 107 units with both indoor and outdoor parking. It’s an elevator building with no […]

This 2-bedroom in Fulton House at 345 N. Canal on the Near West Side came on the market in 2021 and was withdrawn and then was re-listed in May 2022. Built in 1903, Fulton House was originally an old cold storage warehouse. It was converted to apartments in the 1970s by Harry Weese and then […]

This 3-bedroom in Lake Point Tower at 505 N. Lake Shore Drive in Streeterville came on the market in March 2022. Built in 1968, Lake Point Tower is the only condo building east of Lake Shore Drive. It has 750 units and attached garage parking. It’s nearly a mini-city unto itself with the following amenities: […]

This 2-bedroom in 542 W. Brompton in East Lakeview came on the market in May 2022. Built in 1922, this courtyard complex has 61 units built from terra cotta, brick and limestone. The picture above is of 544-552, which is the building next door but they look identical on the exterior. The listing says the […]

This top floor 3-bedroom in the Kilmer House at 1555 N. Sandburg Terrace in the Gold Coast (or Old Town) came on the market in June 2022. Built in 1971, Kilmer House is part of Sandburg Village. It has 96 units and has a pool, sundeck, tennis courts and exercise room. The building has a […]