Crib Chatter

Sorry, but some family things have come up this week and there’s no way for me to get to Crib Chatter. Therefore, I’m taking the week off. I’ll leave you with some of the inventory numbers from the GreenZone. Chicago inventory remains among the lowest of any major city. Lincoln Park: 1989 Lakeview: 192 Bucktown: […]

This 1-bedroom in the Mews at 1368 E. 57th in Hyde Park came on the market in April 2024 and just recently went contingent. Normally, I don’t post on contingent properties, but this building is so special, I wanted to feature it. The Mews was built in 1914 and has 24 units. Designed by Robert […]

This 2-bedroom duplex loft in The Donohue at 711 S. Dearborn in Printers Row came on the market in May 2024. Built in 1886, The Donohue is an authentic brick and timber loft building that has 98 units. One part of the building has timber ceilings and the other has concrete. It has an elevator […]

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 […]