Crib Chatter

This 3-bedroom at 200 N. Dearborn in the Theater District in the Loop recently came on the market. Built in 1989 as apartments, it has 308 units and a parking garage. This building was owned by American Invsco and was one of the last apartment buildings converted into condos before the bust. This unit is two […]

This 2-bedroom on the 22nd floor at 235 W. Van Buren in the Loop just came on the market. Built in 2009 just as the housing bust was hitting, this is an enormous building with 714 units and a parking garage. This unit has exposed concrete walls and a 10 foot ceiling. The kitchen is open […]

This 2-bedroom in the Heritage at 130 N. Garland across from Millennium Park in the Loop just came on the market. But some of you who have been looking in the Loop might recognize it as it was on the market in the spring. Apparently, it was bank owned and for sale via auction. It […]

This 4-bedroom penthouse in the Metropolitan Tower at 310 S. Michigan across from Millennium Park in the Loop just came on the market. It has unique features including extensive crown molding and 5 fireplaces. The 4180 square foot unit has a library with wood paneling and a boxed ceiling. All 4 bathrooms are marble and en suite. […]

This 2-bedroom in the Metropolitan Tower at 310 S. Michigan across from Millennium Park in the Loop came on the market in June 2016. It’s on the 23rd floor, which is an amenities floor with a building terrace and grills. The listing says there are only 3 units on this floor and this one has a […]

This 4-bedroom 2-story penthouse at 8 W. Monroe in the Loop came on the market in May 2016. It appears to be a loft on the main level, with high ceilings. The building is a former office building that was converted during the housing boom last decade. It has north, south and east facing views. […]

This 3-bedroom in the Manhattan Building at 431 S. Dearborn in the Loop came on the market in June 2015. The Manhattan Building was built in 1891. It was converted to condos in the late 1990s. It’s a doorman building. This unit is 1 of only 4 top floor units. It has south and west […]

This 2-bedroom loft in the Haberdasher Lofts at 728 W. Jackson just came on the market. Haberdasher is a full service building with 220 units and a parking garage. Half the building has timber lofts and half is concrete. This loft is on the timber side of the building and has exposed brick and the large industrial windows […]

This 2-bedroom in The Metropolis at 8 W. Monroe in the Loop came on the market in September 2015. The building was converted into lofts and soft lofts in 2006. There are 170 units. We last chattered about this building back in the early days of the bust when there were short sales and auctions […]

This 3-bedroom in the Metropolitan Tower at 310 S. Michigan in the Loop came on the market in July 2014. While it is not a penthouse unit, it still has some unique features starting with 14-foot vaulted ceilings in the living and dining room. It has a custom Christopher Peacock kitchen with white cabinets, white […]