Crib Chatter

This 3-bedroom in Lake Point Tower at 505 N. Lake Shore Drive in Streeterville came on the market in January 2025. Lake Point Tower was built in 1968 and is an iconic building in Chicago with its prominent position along the Lake front. It’s a full amenity building with 24/7 door staff and leased garage […]

This 2-bedroom in 825 W. Oakdale in Lakeview came on the market in January 2025. Built in 1920, this building has 10 units. It does not have parking but there is “short-term” parking behind the building and street parking. The building is in the Oakdale historic landmark district, which is famous for its terra cotta […]

This 1-bedroom in the Hemingway House at 1850 N. Clark in East Lincoln Park came on the market in September 2024. Built in 1969, Hemingway House has 280 units and attached leased parking. It has the amenities of many buildings built in the late 60s and early 70s including a party room, sundeck, exercise room, […]

This 4-bedroom penthouse loft at 1000 W. Washington in the West Loop came on the market in September 2024. 1000 W. Washington used to be called the Epicenter Lofts but no one is calling it that anymore when I search the listings so they might have gotten rid of that name. In old posts about […]

This 3-bedroom in 65 E. Goethe in the Gold Coast came on the market originally in May 2023 but it has been on and off the market during that time. It more recently came back on the market in October 2024. 65 E. Goethe was designed by Lucien LaGrange and built in 2001. Yes, it’s […]

This 2-bedroom in Bucktown Commons at 2045 W. Concord Place in Bucktown came on the market in January 2025. Built in 2002, Bucktown Commons has 30 units and attached heated parking. It’s an elevator building but it doesn’t have any amenities. The listing says this corner unit is the largest tier in the building at […]

This 3-bedroom in 345 W. Fullerton Parkway in Lincoln Park came on the market in January 2025. Built in 1972, these two buildings were designed by well-known Chicago modernist architect Harry Weese. Apparently his mother and sister lived in the west tower when it was apartments. The building was converted into 216 condos in 1990. […]

This 2-bedroom loft in River North Commons at 520 W. Huron in River North came on the market in January 2025. Built in 1912, River North Commons has 197 units and attached garage parking. It was converted into lofts in 2000. It has 24-hour doorstaff, on-site management, a bike room and an exercise room. This […]

This vintage 3-bedroom row house at 554 W. Fullerton Parkway in Lincoln Park came on the market in January 2025. If it looks familiar, that’s because we last chattered about it in 2023 and wondered if the 7% mortgage rates would impact the sale. See our 2023 chatter here. If you remember, it was built […]

This 2-bedroom corner loft in the Capitol Hill Lofts at 625 W. Jackson in West Loop Gate came on the market in December 2024. Built in 1918, it used to house several small manufacturing companies including a hat maker, a printer,  and Uneeda Vacuum Company. It was converted into 90 loft condos in 2000. It […]