Crib Chatter

This 2-bedroom on the 40th floor of Chicago Place at 100 E. Huron in River North came on the market in May 2022. Built in 1991, Chicago Place was one of the first luxury downtown buildings of the 1990s. It has 204 units and was built on top of what used to be a shopping […]

This 2-bedroom in the Tower Lofts at 1601 W. School in Lakeview came on the market in August 2022. Built in 1910, Tower Lofts is a former Weiboldt’s department store. It has 80 lofts and attached garage parking but no doorman. This is a corner loft which has 14 foot concrete ceilings, exposed brick and […]

This corner 1-bedroom on the 19th floor in 1 E. Scott in the Gold Coast came on the market in August 2022. 1 E. Scott was built in 1969 and has 240 units and attached leased garage parking. It has 24-hour door staff, storage lockers, a laundry room and a rooftop outdoor pool with city […]

This 2-bedroom townhouse at 1443 W. Wrightwood in Lincoln Park came on the market in August 2022. Built in 1987, the listing says there are 29 units but that can’t be right, can it? There are front, street facing units and units in the back with doors in the central courtyard. There is outdoor parking […]

This 2-bedroom in 1450 N. Dearborn Parkway in the Gold Coast came on the market in August 2022. Built in 1874, although the listing says 1890 but older listings I’ve covered have said it’s 1874, 1450 N. Dearborn has 6 units. There’s no parking with the building. This unit has 12 foot ceilings, crown moldings […]

The Illinois Association of Realtors is out with the July data. We knew it was going to eventually slow as the mortgage rates rose. But boy, did it slow in July. In Chicago, home sales (single-family and condominiums) in July 2022 totaled 2,426 homes sold, down 27.6 percent from July 2021 sales of 3,350 homes. […]

This corner 3-bedroom in 1250 S. Michigan in the South Loop came on the market in July 2022. Built in 2005, 1250 S. Michigan has 228 units and attached garage parking. The building has door staff, an outdoor pool, private park with landscaping, dog run and “newly renovated” gym. This southwest corner unit has been […]

This top floor 2-bedroom at 4728 N. Lincoln in Lincoln Square came on the market in August 2022. Built in 2001, this building has 4 units and garage parking. It doesn’t say it has an elevator so I’m assuming it’s stairs. The listing says this unit is “rarely available.” The main living space faces east, […]

This 2-bedroom duplex loft in the Prairie District Lofts at 1727 S. Indiana in the South Loop came on the market in August 2022. Built in 1905, the listing says Prairie District Lofts was a former Kodak factory. It has 116 units but no parking. Some units have transferable outdoor rental spaces in the lot […]

This 4-bedroom penthouse on the 92nd floor, the highest residential floor, in the John Hancock (yes, I’m still calling it that) at 175 E. Delaware in Streeterville came on the market in June 2022. Built in 1970, the Hancock, which doesn’t have a name anymore because no one has bought the naming rights, was built […]