Crib Chatter

This 4-bedroom duplex penthouse at 3500 N. Lake Shore Drive in Lakeview just came on the market. This is one of the grand dames of vintage buildings on Lake Shore Drive. Built in 1926, it has 63 units but no parking. The listing says this penthouse has been remodeled. It calls it a “penthouse duplex […]

This 2-bedroom in 30 W. Oak in the Gold Coast recently came on the market. 30 W. Oak was built in 2006 and has 44 units and a parking garage. It was built as a luxury condo building and still has some of the most expensive units in the city. This corner unit has 11 […]

This 3-bedroom in The Belvedere at 270 E. Pearson in Streeterville came on the market in May 2018. The Belvedere was built in 2007 and has just 42 units. There are just 2 units per floor. It’s a full amenity building with a doorman, an exercise room and heated garage parking. This unit is on […]

This 2-bedroom in the Brixton Lofts at 106 N. Aberdeen in the West Loop came on the market in June 2018. The Brixton is a 31-unit brick industrial building with “loft-style” condos and garage parking. This 2-bedroom is a corner unit with exposed brick, exposed timber ceilings and ductwork. There are hardwood floors throughout. The […]

This 3-bedroom top floor unit at 807 W. Newport in Lakeview came on the market in August 2018. This building was constructed in 1902 and has 3 units. This unit has many of its vintage features including high ceilings and thick crown molding in the living room. Some of the woodwork trim is painted (gasp!) […]

This 3-bedroom at 644 W. Sheridan in East Lakeview came on the market in August 2018. Built in 1913, it has 7 units and attached garage parking. Look at those carvings on the front of the building. They don’t make anything like this anymore. The unit has some of its vintage features including crown moldings, […]

This 1-bedroom at 2660 N. Halsted in Lincoln Park recently came on the market. We’ve chattered about this complex in the past. Converted into condos in 2005, there are 6 residential units and 2 commercial units with parking. This unit is a duplex with vaulted timber ceilings and the bedroom on the second level. There are […]

This 3-bedroom at Erie Center Lofts in 435 W. Erie in River North came on the market in July 2018. Erie Center has a brick and timber loft building along with a next door high rise. It has 124 units and a heated parking garage. The listing says it was “renovated in 2017.” It has […]

The Abbott Estate at 4605 N. Hermitage in the Ravenswood neighborhood of Uptown came on the market in February 2016. If it looks familiar, it’s because we chattered about it in 2010 after it had been on the market during the Great Recession years in 2009 and 2010. You can see our chatter here (where […]

This 2-bedroom loft in the Chess Lofts at 320 East 21st in the South Loop just came on the market. The Chess Lofts is the old Chess Records Studio building and was converted into lofts at the end of the housing bubble, in 2008. For that reason, many of the units went unsold and/or many of […]