Crib Chatter

This 2-bedroom in the Plaza 440 at 440 N. Wabash in River North just came on the market. It’s on a low floor so there are no views but the listing says it was just remodeled. It has hardwood floors throughout and LED lighting. The kitchen has white cabinets, quartz counter tops, a blacksplash and […]

This 3-bedroom in 1414 N. Wells in Old Town recently came on the market. This building was constructed in 1995. It has 51 units and a heated parking garage but it is not a full service building. There’s no doorman. This is a penthouse unit with south facing windows. It has been renovated in the […]

This 1-bedroom loft in the Newport Lofts at 1122 W. Newport in Southport recently came on the market. Newport Lofts is an industrial building with 23 units, a parking garage, and exterior parking which was converted into condos in 1989. This top floor corner unit has 2 walls of windows, a wood burning fireplace, exposed […]

This 3-bedroom in 9 W. Walton in the Gold Coast just came on the market. If you recall, this is a luxury new construction luxury building with 66 units. It’s the building in which Citadel CEO Ken Griffith recently bought several units, including the penthouse. The building has been popular with buyers and is basically sold out. […]

This 1-bedroom duplex up in the Ontario Street Lofts at 411 W. Ontario in River North just came on the market. If this loft looks familiar, that’s because we chattered about it in October 2015 when the listing called it a “White Palace” because the interiors were mostly completely white except for the timber ceilings […]

This 3-bedroom in the Pencil Factory Lofts at 1800 W. Roscoe in Roscoe Village just came on the market. Recently, we had been chattering about the West Lakeview and Roscoe Village neighborhoods and how they went from middle class to luxury since the 1990s. On the Roscoe Village Neighborhood web site, it lists the conversion […]

This 4-bedroom townhouse at 1909 W. Grace in North Center recently came on the market. At 2400 square feet, it’s an end unit with no neighbors to the west. That means it has 3 walls of windows whereas most townhouses have only two. The first floor has a bedroom and the listing says, the living […]

This 2-bedroom in the Concord Flats at 2144 W. Concord in Bucktown recently came on the market. This building was built in 1912 and has 8 units. It’s a “G” unit, which means it’s a garden unit, but the listing says it’s “only” 3 steps down. It has south and west exposures. There’s hardwood floors […]

This 2-bedroom duplex in a converted church at 3101 N. Seminary in Lakeview came on the market in July 2016. It has been on and off the market since then. This is a penthouse unit in the church steeple with 20 foot high cathedral vaulted ceilings. It has exposed beams and brick along with unique […]

This 3-bedroom townhouse at 820 W. Wolfram in Lakeview just came on the market. If it looks familiar, that’s because we chattered about it in 2014 when it came on the market after a complete renovation. You can see that chatter here. If you recall, this 6-unit complex was built in 1979. This unit is […]