Crib Chatter

This house at 1810 N. Orleans in Old Town’s historic landmark district came on the market in August 2016. It’s being marketed as a chance to build new. From the listing: One of the Last Opportunities to build your DREAM HOME in Old Town!!! The listing says the white and green house was built in 1886. […]

This 2-bedroom at 1414 N. Wells in Old Town just came on the market. It is a southeast corner unit with views of Wells and the skyline. The living room has two walls of windows, crown molding and dark stained oak floors. The kitchen has maple cabinets, granite counter tops, including on a large kitchen island, […]

This 3-bedroom rowhouse in the newly built Basecamp River North development at 459 W. Hobbie in Old Town just came on the market. It’s so new, I don’t yet have a picture of these rowhouses. I debated what neighborhood to put this in as the original advertising for this development WAS called “Basecamp River North” but […]

This 2-bedroom in Crilly Court at 1708 N. Wells in Old Town just came on the market. We’ve chattered about this complex many times since it was converted from apartments into condos right at the peak of the boom in 2007. Built in 1866, it has two fireplaces, crown molding and a deck off the […]

This 1-bedroom condo in 143 W. Burton in Old Town just came on the market. The building is art deco and has 6 units. Those are the original leaded glass windows. This is a Fannie Mae Homepath property. This unit is on the first floor and faces east. It has hardwood floors. There are no […]

This 2-bedroom at Kennelly Square at 1749 N. Wells in Old Town just came on the market. Kennelly Square was built in 1972 and has 22 floors. This unit is on the 13th floor and has direct views east of Lincoln Park and the Lake but the building fronts one of the main thoroughfares in the […]

This 3-bedroom duplex penthouse in The Venetian high rise at 230 W. Division in Old Town recently came on the market. It face north and east and appears to have 3 outdoor spaces: a wraparound balcony on the main floor, a balcony off the master bedroom and a rooftop deck accessed privately. (Although, I’m not totally […]

This 2-bedroom in 1500 N. LaSalle in Old Town came on the market in September 2015. But if it looks familiar, that’s because it last sold just a year ago, in October 2014. This 24-unit elevator building was constructed in 1892. It was designed by Edmund Krause (1859-1935) who designed 61 buildings in his lifetime. He specialized […]

This 3-bedroom in 1426 N. Orleans in Old Town came on the market in June 2015. The building was constructed in 2001 and has just 18 units and a parking garage. This penthouse unit has 10.5 foot ceilings. The master suite has custom California Closets. The kitchen has wood cabinets, stainless steel appliance and granite […]

This 2-bedroom at 1445 N. Wells in Old Town came on the market in May 2015. We chattered about it in May when it first came on the market as the sellers had priced it 18% higher than the June 2014 sale. See our May 2015 chatter here. We also chattered about this unit in […]