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This 2-bedroom in 401 E. Ontario in Streeterville came on the market in November 2022. 401 E. Ontario was built in 1990 but was originally apartments. It was converted into condos in 1999. It has 394 units and attached parking. It is a full amenity building with doorstaff, an exercise room, an indoor pool and […]

This 4-bedroom in 3180 N. Lake Shore Drive in East Lakeview came on the market in November 2022. Built in 1958, the building has 174 units and an attached parking garage. The building has 2 decks, a party room, an exercise room, a library, doorstaff, bike storage and an engineer. The listing says it is […]

With mortgage rates surging this fall, it’s not a surprise that October sales fell sharply but median price rose to an all-time high for October. Reminder that the median price reflects the mix of what is selling. It was the lowest number of October sales since 2011. But also notice that 44% of the sales […]

This 2-bedroom mid-century townhouse at 3522 N. Pine Grove in East Lakeview came on the market in November 2022. Built in 1948, this complex has 16 townhouses. It is a fee simple complex with a home owners association. There’s no parking. The listing says this unit is a total gut and warns “so please don’t […]

This 3-bedroom at 322 W. Belden in East Lincoln Park came on the market in September 2022. Built in 1914, this pre-war building has 12 units and a central courtyard with 2 seating areas and a grill. There is no parking or doorstaff but there is private storage in the lower level and a bike […]

This 3-bedroom in 550 N. St Clair in Streeterville came on the market in August 2022. Built in 2008, just as the Great Recession and housing bust hit, 550 N. St Clair is a modern building with floor-to-ceiling windows and exposed concrete ceilings with 111 units and a parking garage. It has doorstaff, an indoor […]

This 2-bedroom in The Palmolive at 159 E. Walton in the Gold Coast came on the market in June 2021. The Palmolive was built in 1929 and has 99 units. This art-deco building used to be a commercial building and was first the home of Colgate-Palmolive-Peet and then was the former home of Playboy and […]

This 3-bedroom duplex up in Ivy Lane at 2843 N. Lincoln in Lakeview came on the market in September 2022. Built in 1996, Ivy Lane has 23 units surrounding a central courtyard and underground garage parking. This listing says the unit has new mechanicals, hardwood floors, recessed lighting, “some” new windows, crown molding and composite […]

This 2-bedroom duplex up at 40 W. Schiller in the Gold Coast came on the market in September 2022. 40 W. Schiller was designed in 1923 by Andrew Rebori and has 19 units. It has a shared, central courtyard which the listing calls the “most coveted private garden” in the city. The building has no […]

This 4-bedroom duplex up penthouse at 2910 N. Sheffield in Lakeview came on the market in October 2022. (I thought I took a new picture of this building when it was completed, but perhaps I have not.) This building was built just as the housing bust was ending, in 2012. It was among the first […]