Crib Chatter

This 3-bedroom penthouse in Contemporaine at 201 W. Grand in River North just returned to the market. Built in 2004, Contemporaine has just 28 units and a parking garage. It has won numerous architecture awards for modern architecture and is featured on architecture tours. This top floor unit’s claim to fame is a rare 3,000 […]

This 2 bedroom in Jefferson Tower at 330 N. Jefferson in the Kinzie Station neighborhood on the Near West Side just came on the market. Built in 2000, it has 187 units and a parking garage. It’s a full amenity building with a doorman and exercise room. This unit has unobstructed north and west views. […]

This vintage 3-bedroom at 612 W. Surf in East Lakeview just came on the market. The listing doesn’t say when the building was constructed and neither does any of our old chatter on this building. It has 8 units and outdoor parking behind the building. I don’t believe there’s an elevator in this building. This […]

This 2-bedroom loft in the Singer Building at 120 S. State in the Loop just came on the market. The building was constructed in 1926 and has just 10 units. It’s zoned live/work and has 2 common parking spaces behind the building for shared use. The listing says the owners have a deeded valet garage […]

This 4-bedroom vintage home at 38 E. Schiller in the Gold Coast came on the market in August 2019. It looks old, but according to the listing, only the 1887 façade is original. The rest of the house is a new steel beam construction home rebuilt from the foundation in 2001. It’s on a smaller […]

This 6-bedroom single family house at 4301 N. Greenview in the Graceland West neighborhood in Lakeview came on the market in May 2019. Built in 2009, the 7000 square foot house is on an extra large 41.5 x 120 corner lot. It has a 2.5 car heated garage which is attached to the house through […]

This 3-bedroom vintage single family house at 1338 W. Grace in the Southport neighborhood of Lakeview came on the market on February 19, 2020. It was under contract within 5 days- by February 24. Built in 1891 on a non-standard 58×40 lot, it has a front porch and a side driveway that fits 3-cars. The […]

This 3-bedroom townhouse at 1633 W. Belle Plaine in the Graceland West neighborhood of Lakeview came on the market in January 2020. Built in 1973, this complex has 10 2-story townhouses with a central courtyard and outdoor parking on the side alley. The listing says this townhouse has a new roof and all windows were […]

This 3-bedroom loft in the Michigan Avenue Lofts at 910 S. Michigan in the South Loop recently came on the market. This building was constructed in 1910 and has 267 units and parking. It has a doorman and exercise room and sits directly across from Grant Park. This loft has the high ceilings and large […]

This 2 bedroom loft at 1318 W. George in West Lakeview came on the market in July 2019. I don’t know when the building was constructed but it was converted into lofts into 7 lofts and attached heated garage parking in 1996. It has an elevator and a shared patio. This loft is a duplex […]