Crib Chatter

Bought in November 2009 for 45% off the 2007 purchase price, this 2-bedroom townhouse at 820 N. Dearborn in the Gold Coast came back on the market in June 2010 completely renovated. See our prior chatter here. Since then, it has remained on the market and has been reduced just $20,000. The kitchen has been renovated […]

Thanks to the tipster who directed me to this 6-bedroom vintage mansion at 1538 N. Dearborn Parkway in the Gold Coast. On the market since August 2008, it has been reduced $990,000 in that time. According to the listing, the 6000 square foot house had a “historically correct” complete renovation. Built on a 25×125 lot, […]

Crain’s reported last week that the 8-bedroom vintage mansion and coach house at 1432 N. State Parkway in the Gold Coast has finally found a buyer. We last chattered about the house in September 2010. See our prior chatter here. Developer Steven Fifield is moving back to Chicago, agreeing to pay $5 million for a […]

This 2-bedroom unit in the Drake Tower Apartments at 179 E. Lake Shore Drive in the Gold Coast has been on the market since June 2010. It has been reduced $76,000 in that time. The Drake Tower was designed by Marshall & Fox and finished just before the Great Depression in 1929. It has 68 […]

This 3 bedroom unit at 1030 N. State in the Gold Coast could be your home in the sky. At 2500 square feet, it has 2 balconies and lake and city views. The unit also has upgrades you don’t often see such as solid cherry doors and marble and hardwood floors with inlay. The kitchen […]

This 3-bedroom bank owned unit at 1400 N. Lake Shore Drive in the Gold Coast recently went under contract after being reduced $60,000 by the bank since October 2010. It is also currently listed 62% under the 2008 purchase price. One of the rare 3-bedroom units in the building, it had been completely gutted and […]

We last chattered about this 2-bedroom bank owned unit in The Palmolive at 159 E. Walton in the Gold Coast in January 2011. See our prior chatter here. On the market since December 2010, it had been reduced $45,000 before going under contract. The unit recently sold for about 35% under the 2006 purchase price. […]

This 3-bedroom unit at 1300 N. Lake Shore Drive in the Gold Coast has been on and off the market since March 2008. In that time, the price has been reduced $455,000. It is currently listed $215,000 under the 2006 purchase price. The building was built in 1963 and has dead on lake and city […]

This 3-bedroom in The Regent, a smaller mid-rise building at 190 E. Walton in the Gold Coast, has been on the market since October 2010 and has been reduced once. It is bank owned. The 3000 square foot unit has hardwood floors throughout and custom built-ins. The kitchen has granite counter tops and a stainless steel […]

We’ve chattered about this large vintage 1-bedroom at 1450 N. Dearborn in the Gold Coast several times before. See our April 2010 chatter here. In our last chatter, most of you who commented thought it was still overpriced. Since that time, it has been reduced another $39,100. According to the latest listing, it has also been featured […]