Crib Chatter

This 2-bedroom corner loft in the Capitol Hill Lofts at 625 W. Jackson in the West Loop just came on the market. The Capitol Hill Lofts have 90 units and a parking garage along with an exercise room. This is a corner brick and timber loft with a balcony. Both bedrooms have windows, which is […]

Are you a buyer? You have to move quick in this market. This 3-bedroom in a converted church at 1547 N. Leavitt in Wicker Park just came on the market and within 24 hours it was already contingent. Normally I don’t cover contingent properties, but we’ve chattered about this church unit twice before, including the […]

This 3-bedroom duplex down in 840 W. Wrightwood in Lincoln Park just came on the market. This building was constructed in 1894. It has 15 units and outdoor parking in the back. But it was made famous in the 2000 Ben Stiller movie “Meet the Fockers” when its façade appears as the home Ben Stiller’s […]

This 2-bedroom townhouse in the Landmark Village at 2825 N. Wolcott in Lakeview recently came on the market. Landmark Village is a gated townhouse community with 198 townhouses with attached garages. This townhouse has three floors. It has a 1-car garage and a family room on the main floor. The living room, dining room and […]

This 2-bedroom townhouse in Carmichael Place at 1038 W. Monroe in the West Loop came on the market in September 2017. Carmichael Place was built in 1999 and is a gated development of 36 units. Are these townhouses or duplex condos? I’ve seen them described as both over the years. This unit is a corner […]

This 2-bedroom duplex penthouse in The Churchill at 1255 N. State Parkway in the Gold Coast recently came on the market. This unit has many of the vintage features you would expect in this building including French doors, built-ins and crown molding. This unit is unique in that it has 2 walls of windows as […]

This 2-bedroom penthouse duplex in the Mentor Building at 6 E. Monroe in the Loop recently came on the market. The Mentor Building was converted into condos in 2002-2003 and has 39 units but no parking. It’s across the street from the Palmer House Hotel. The living spaces along with the kitchen are on the main […]

This 3-bedroom single family home at 849 N. Francisco in the East Humboldt Park neighborhood of West Town just came on the market. I don’t have a picture of this house but I thought we should chatter about it. Built in 1885, on a standard 25×125 lot, it has a 2-car garage. This is a […]

This 2-bedroom corner duplex loft in 400 W. Ontario in River North recently came on the market. This building has an old industrial building at the base and a modern high rise built next to it. This unit, on the 7th floor, is one of the units in the original base of the building so […]

This 3-bedroom penthouse in the Royalton Towers at 1444 N. Orleans in Old Town just came on the market. Royalton Towers was built in 2003 and has 55 units and a parking garage. It was one of the first mid-rise buildings built in the gentrification period of this neighborhood over the last 20 years. This unit […]