Crib Chatter

The IAR is out with March data. The Chicago market still remains unbalanced. Inventory is at another low going back to 2008. As a result, sales fell again. The city of Chicago saw an 18.9 percent year-over-year home sales decrease in March 2024 with 1,790 sales, down from 2,208 the year before. The median price […]

This 3-bedroom in Park Place Tower at 655 W. Irving Park in Lakeview came on the market in April 2024. Built in 1973, Park Place Tower is one of the tallest buildings on the north side of the city. It has 901 units and garage parking. The parking looks to be a mixture of owned […]

This 2-bedroom vintage row home at 1873 N. Leavitt in Bucktown came on the market in April 2024. I don’t have a picture of this group of row homes but I wanted to talk about this one nevertheless. Built in 1888 on a 16×124 lot, it has a 1.5 car garage and yard. This is […]

This 2-bedroom at 2128 N. Hudson in Lincoln Park came on the market in April 2024. Built in 1932, this association consists of two vintage buildings side-by-side which has 32 units in total. There’s no doorman or other amenities but it does have outdoor parking behind the buildings. It was converted into condos during the […]

This 2-bedroom penthouse in 3055 N. Seminary in Lakeview came on the market in April 2024. The listing says this building was built in 1922, but we’ve chattered about it before and those listings said it was constructed in 1910. It has 16 units and, per other chatters, some outdoor parking. This top floor unit […]

This 1-bedroom penthouse loft in the Huron Street Lofts at 225 W. Huron in the gallery district in River North came on the market in April 2024. The top picture is the current picture of the building taken this year. The bottom picture was taken over a decade ago. Strangely, I am standing in nearly […]

This top floor 2-bedroom at 447 W. Fullerton Parkway in Lincoln Park came on the market in April 2024. Built in 1900, the building has 8 units. This listing says it has one parking space included, but in an older crib on this building, it says there isn’t parking at all. Some of these vintage […]

This 3-bedroom in 400 E. Ohio in Streeterville came on the market in April 2024. Built in 1982, 400 E. Ohio has 181 units and attached self-parking heated garage with car wash station, where there is also free guest parking. There are just 4 units per floor. It’s a full amenity building with valet / […]

This 3-bedroom townhouse in Dearborn Park at 978 S. Park Terrace in the South Loop came on the market in February 2024. The picture above represents a unit in this complex but not necessarily THIS unit. These townhomes were built in 1980. There are 144 units and parking (is it outdoor?). This unit is two […]

This 3-bedroom duplex down at 1351 N. Damen in Wicker Park came on the market in April 2024. Built in 1885, this building was “gutted to the studs” in 2019 by ZS Development. It has 3-units, garage parking and a side yard. We chattered about this building when it was first being gutted back in […]