Crib Chatter

We last chattered about this unique 3-bedroom penthouse at 221 E. Walton in the Gold Coast in November 2011. See our November 2011 chatter here. Many of loved the unit with its 18 foot wall of windows overlooking Lake Michigan. But you felt that the layout limited the number of buyers and that it would […]

Talk about a microcosm of the market. This 2-bedroom townhouse at 820 N. Dearborn in the Gold Coast has gone from a foreclosure in 2009, to being rehabbed in 2010, to being rented out in 2011 and now it is listed for sale once again. We’ve actually chattered about it several times over the years- […]

With everyone on their last summer flings before the kids have to return to school, so no one is paying much attention to real estate, I thought we’d revisit some properties from the past. In case you were wondering, Billy Corgan’s 2-bedroom vintate unit in the historic Patterson-McCormick Mansion at 1500 N. Astor in the Gold […]

We’ve chattered about this 3-bedroom in the lowrise portion of the Benjamin Marshall building at 1550 N. State Parkway in the Gold Coast several times before. See our January 2012 chatter here. Back in January, after a short sale attempt which drove the listing price down to $625,000 didn’t work, the unit came back on […]

We chattered about this 1-bedroom which was then marketed as a 2-bedroom at 840 N. Lake Shore Drive in the Gold Coast several times. See our May 2012 chatter here. Originally listed just above $1 million, the 1800 square foot 1-bedroom was marketed as a “little piece of Paris.” It was then withdrawn from the […]

Vince Vaughn isn’t the only one moving out of The Palmolive at 159 E. Walton in the Gold Coast as this large 1-bedroom recently came on the market just about 6 months after it last sold. It is a rare 1-bedroom that faces north- so it’s NOT facing south and looking into the Westin Hotel […]

This 2-bedroom on the 91st floor of the John Hancock Center at 175 E. Delaware in the Gold Coast has been on the market since August 2011. In that time it has been reduced $205,000 and is now listed at $995,000. The south facing unit was a 3-bedroom but has been opened up to a […]

This bank owned 2-bedroom in 111 E. Chestnut in the Gold Coast came on the market in late May 2012. Nearly a month later, it is still available and has been reduced $26,925. It is one of the larger 2 bedroom floor plans at 1600 square feet. It has south, east and west views from […]

This large duplex up 1-bedroom in the historic Fisher Studio Houses at 1209 N. State Parkway in the Gold Coast just came on the market. Designed by Andrew Rebori and built in 1936, the building was sold as condos in 2000/2001. Most of the units are smaller duplex 1-bedrooms. The listing for this unit says […]

This 3-bedroom at 1000 N. Lake Shore Drive in the Gold Coast recently came on the market. It is bank owned. It has some unique features including a large terrace and a bathroom which appears to have a shower curtain as the only thing separating the bathtub from the bedroom. From the pictures, the kitchen appears intact […]