Archive for the 'Gold Coast' Category
The new construction high rise at 2 W. Delaware, Walton on the Park, in the Gold Coast just cut prices. The 201 unit building recently started closings. In September, Crain’s reported that nearly 100 units were still unsold and that plans for a second tower were scrapped. It also reported that the developers had gotten a loan extension to […]
November 4th, 2010 | Posted in Gold Coast | 28 Comments
We last chattered about this 8-bedroom vintage mansion at 25 E. Banks in the Gold Coast in September 2010. See our prior chatter here. At that time, the house had just been reduced $2.55 million after being on the market nearly 3 and 1/2 years and was well off its $13.5 million original list price. […]
October 29th, 2010 | Posted in Gold Coast, Single family homes | 56 Comments
This 1-bedroom unit in the high rise at 1212 N. LaSalle in the Gold Coast is listed as a short sale. It is currently priced just $3,000 above the 1999 purchase price. Built in 1989, this is one of the larger one bedroom units in the building at 850 square feet. It has carpet and what […]
October 28th, 2010 | Posted in Gold Coast, Short Sales | 64 Comments
Crib Chatter has been around long enough that some properties that were first featured here in 2007/2008 are coming back on the market. Such is the case with this 1-bedroom unit at 1039 N. LaSalle in the Gold Coast. It had been featured on Crib Chatter in February 2008 and sold that June. The property […]
October 15th, 2010 | Posted in Gold Coast | 18 Comments
This 1910 Georgian mansion at 53 E. Division in the Gold Coast has recently been restored. It has all the upscale finishes you would expect in the Gold Coast including extensive moldings, French chevron floors and a Boffi kitchen. There is a 2-car garage on a 22×86.6 lot (although the public listing also says its […]
September 14th, 2010 | Posted in Gold Coast, Single family homes | 41 Comments
We last chattered about this vintage Victorian Gold Coast mansion at 1432 N. State Parkway in October 2008. See our prior chatter and pictures here. Built in 1883, it is on a 50×132 lot with a side drive and a coach house- which has 3 bedrooms and 1 bath. The house has 7600 square feet and […]
September 9th, 2010 | Posted in Gold Coast, Single family homes | 24 Comments
At one time, this vintage single family home at 25 E. Banks in the Gold Coast was the most expensive house for sale in Chicago. We have chattered about this house several times, including in November 2007 after it had its first price reduction. See our November 2007 chatter here. It has been on the […]
September 7th, 2010 | Posted in Gold Coast, Single family homes | 60 Comments
Crain’s is reporting that there will be no second tower built at Walton on the Park, the new high rise development at 2 W. Delaware, in the Gold Coast. You’ll recall, in mid-August, we chattered about the flips popping up in this building. See our prior chatter here. In a sign that the new-condo market […]
September 2nd, 2010 | Posted in Gold Coast, Market Conditions | 16 Comments
We first chattered about this 1015 square foot 1 bedroom unit at the new construction luxury highrise 10 E. Delaware in the Gold Coast when it first came on the market as a flip in February 2010. See February 2010 chatter here. Back then, we were chattering about it being an $850k 1-bedroom. Now it is […]
August 20th, 2010 | Posted in Gold Coast | 62 Comments
This 2-bedroom unit in the new construction high rise Walton the Park, at 2 W. Delaware, in the Gold Coast recently came on the market just 3 days after its previous closing. It is a larger corner 2-bedroom unit with a 7×7 den and floor to ceiling windows. The kitchen has stainless steel Viking appliances […]
August 18th, 2010 | Posted in Flips, Gold Coast | 57 Comments