Crib Chatter

The Illinois Association of Realtors is out with the April sales data. It remains at multi-year lows. Sales were at their lowest since April 2020 when the COVID pandemic spooked home buyers and sales ground to a halt. From the IAR: The city of Chicago saw a 37.6 percent year-over-year home sales decrease in April […]

This 2-bedroom in Ritchie Tower at 1310 N. Ritchie Court in the Gold Coast came on the market in May 2023. Ritchie Tower was built in 1963 and has 100 units with an attached parking garage. It has 24/7 door staff, an exercise room, onsite management, an outdoor pool, and a landscaped terrace with grills […]

This 3-bedroom coach house at 1450 N. Dearborn in the Gold Coast came on the market in May 2023. Built in 1890, it has 6 units and some garage parking. The coach house sits behind the vintage building in the picture above. It has 3 levels of “single family living.” The first floor has the […]

This 2-bedroom corner penthouse in Washington Square at 1301 W. Washington in the West Loop came on the market in May 2023. Washington Square was built in 1998 and has 45 units and attached heated garage parking. It does not have door staff or other amenities. There is extra storage. This corner duplex penthouse has […]

This 2-bedroom in The Pinnacle at 21 E. Huron in the Cathedral District in River North came on the market in May 2023. Built in 2004, The Pinnacle was designed by Lucien LaGrange and has 213 units and attached garage parking. This is a full amenity building with 24 hour door staff, on-site management, indoor […]

This 1-bedroom loft in the Huron Street Lofts at 225 W. Huron in River North came on the market in May 2023. Built in 1890, Huron Street Lofts has 100 units and was converted into condos during the housing boom, in 2007. There’s no parking with the building. It has door staff, an exercise room […]

This 3-bedroom corner unit in The Vetro at 611 S. Wells in the South Loop came on the market in April 2023. The Vetro was built in 2008 and has 232 units and attached garage parking. It has 24 hour door staff, an exercise room, a spa, a sauna, a party room and a sundeck. […]

This 2-bedroom loft in The Hedman Lofts at 1158 W. Armitage in Lincoln Park came on the market in September 2022 but it has been on, and off, the market since then. The Hedman Lofts is a boutique loft building that was converted into 14 loft-like units in 1997. It has an elevator, a shared […]

This 2-bedroom duplex penthouse loft in the Peoria Street Lofts at 110 N. Peoria in the West Loop came on the market in May 2023. Built in 1907, this building was converted into 25 loft condominiums in the 1990s. It has an elevator and garage parking. There’s no doorman or amenities. This unit is the […]

This 3-bedroom in the Water Tower Residences at 180 E. Pearson in the Gold Coast came on the market in May 2023. Water Tower Residences were built in 1974 and has 260 units. It has a Ritz Carlton Hotel in the building and residents get all the amenities of the hotel, along with staff services […]