Crib Chatter

We’ve chattered off and on about various units in this 4-unit greystone at 562 W. Arlington in East Lincoln Park over the years. See our chatter on Unit #2 in 2009 here. The 2-bedroom top floor penthouse recently returned to the market. It has been listed on and off beginning in 2009. This building was […]

We last chattered about this 4-bedroom single family home at 2722 N. Wilton in Lincoln Park in August 2011. See our prior chatter here. At that time it was one of the few Lincoln Park single family homes to be on the market for $500,000 or less. The catch? The brown, purple, red line El […]

This 2-bedroom farmhouse at 2734 N. Marshfield in Lincoln Park came on the market in September 2013. See our prior chatter here. If you recall, the farmhouse was built in 1870 but has been transformed into a contemporary loft-like space inside with a floating staircase. It has floor to ceiling windows in the back of […]

We’ve chattered about this full floor 5-bedroom at 2344 N. Lincoln Park West several times over the last 2 years. See our May 2013 chatter here. It’s still available and has returned to the market. Built in 1916, it commands the entire floor of a 6-unit building with 4 exposures, including Lincoln Park and the […]

We last chattered about this vintage 3-bedroom at 2337 N. Commonwealth in East Lincoln Park in April 2013. See our prior chatter here. If you recall, this is a top floor unit in an elevator building. It has the original hardwood floors and plaster moldings. The kitchen has cherry cabinets and stainless steel appliances with […]

This 3-bedroom single family house at 2652 N. Seminary in Lincoln Park just came on the market. Built in 1891, it is a Victorian on the outside but a contemporary home on the inside. It is also on an extra long 24×131 lot with a 2 1/2 car garage. The master suite takes up the […]

We’ve chattered about this building at 2518-2540 N. Lincoln in Lincoln Park before. Many of you who have traveled on the Red, Brown or Purple line also would recognize the back of the building- because it’s the building with the infamous roof top tennis courts (that I’ve never seen anyone EVER playing tennis on.) Crain’s […]

The apartment rental market in the GreenZone in Chicago was red hot in 2013. Occupancy rates in Class A buildings were above 95% for the first three quarters and only started weakening, but only slightly, in the fourth quarter. But thousands of new luxury rental apartments are slated to come on the market in 2014, […]

This 2-bedroom at 600 W. Drummond in Lincoln Park has been on the market since October 2013. This complex was built in 2003. At 1274 square feet, it has hardwood floors in the living/dining room. The kitchen has maple cabinets, granite counter tops and stainless steel appliances. It has the features buyers look for including […]

This 2-bedroom in 628 W. Wrightwood in Lincoln Park came on the market in September 2013. This is an elevator 5-story building so you don’t have to worry about carrying groceries or kids up a bunch of stairs. At 1400 square feet, it has hardwood floors and crown molding. The kitchen has granite counter tops […]