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This 2-bedroom duplex penthouse in Admiral’s Pointe at 645 N. Kingsbury in River North came on the market in August 2016. The listing says the unit has been renovated. It has floor-to-ceiling windows with the main living areas and two bedrooms on the main floor. The kitchen has modern white and wood cabinets, Silestone countertops and stainless […]

This 2-bedroom single family home at 2058 N. Leavitt in Bucktown just came on the market. But some of you remembered it from 2012 (thanks to MatthewLesko), when it was last featured here on Cribchatter. Back in 2012, it was a 3-bedroom but it’s now listed as a 2-bedroom, with a third bedroom in the basement. It was […]

This 2-bedroom in the Metropolitan Tower at 310 S. Michigan across from Millennium Park in the Loop came on the market in June 2016. It’s on the 23rd floor, which is an amenities floor with a building terrace and grills. The listing says there are only 3 units on this floor and this one has a […]

Listings for the new luxury high rise being marketed as the “Code of Luxury” at 808 N. Wells in the Gold Coast just came on the market. I consider this Gold Coast as it is north of Chicago Avenue. The building is from Smithfield, the developer of 30 W. Oak, the highly successful modern boutique high rise […]

This 4-bedroom half-floor unit in the Playboy Mansion at 1340 N. State Parkway in the Gold Coast came on the market in early November 2015. It was publicized all over the media because units rarely come on the market in this famed mansion. According to Wikipedia, the 70-room French brick and limestone mansion was built in […]

This 2-bedroom duplex in the Beacon Lofts at 203 S. Sangamon in the West Loop came on the market in May 2016. This loft has 18 foot ceilings and faces south. While it has the tall ceilings and exposed duct work,  it doesn’t have exposed brick, beams or other factory type features. But it does have […]

This 2-bedroom at 1016 W. Madison in the West Loop came on the market in May 2016. This 8-unit elevator building with just 2 units per floor was converted into condominiums in 1998 but it’s not a loft. It’s one of the rare, older boutique buildings in this neighborhood. This unit has 14-foot ceilings and, […]

This 1-bedroom in the Printers Row Lofts at 732 S. Financial in the Printers Row neighborhood of the South Loop came on the market in July 2016. Built in 1906, the building was among the first converted to loft apartments in this neighborhood. It was converted in 1996. But all of those original apartment buildings were then […]

This 2-bedroom townhouse in Dearborn Park II at 1254 S. Federal in the South Loop came on the market in early July 2016. This complex was built in 1990 and because of its age, comes complete with large trees and lush greenery. In fact, if you didn’t know better, you might not believe you were […]

This 2-bedroom in the Filmworks Lofts at 1322 S. Wabash in the South Loop just came on the market. If it seems familiar to some of you, that’s because this “ONCE IN A LIFETIME LIVE/WORK OPPORTUNITY” was last on the market just 20 months, in 2014. It’s on the first floor of this building but […]