Crib Chatter

The Wanda Vista hotel and condo tower in Lakeshore East has been approved and is moving forward. A sales center recently opened up downtown. This is not a small building. At 93-floors, it will be the third tallest in the city. The condo portion of the building will have 406 residences. The prices will range […]

This 6-bedroom Queen Anne row house at 2113 N. Clark in East Lincoln Park came on the market in early March 2016. It was built in 1891 by Joseph L. Silsbee, a well known Chicago architect who served as a mentor to many younger architects, including Frank Lloyd Wright. It has many of its vintage […]

This 2-bedroom duplex up loft at 1137 N. Wood in the East Village just came on the market. If it looks familiar that’s because we chattered about it twice last year. You can see our first chatter in July 2015, when it was priced at $500,000, here. That chatter kind of went off the rails […]

This 6-bedroom vintage Greystone at 538 W. Deming in Lincoln Park came on the market in February 2016. This home is smack in the middle of the Arlington-Deming Landmark District. Built in 1883 on an oversized 27×190 lot, when it was built this wasn’t even part of the city of Chicago. Instead, it was in […]

This 2-bedroom loft in the Lakeview Lofts at 3201 N. Seminary in Lakeview came on the market in February. It is a top floor unit with 18 foot timber ceilings and exposed brick walls. Both bedrooms are enclosed and have windows, which isn’t always the case for lofts. The kitchen has cherry cabinets, stainless steel appliances […]

This 2-bedroom in Kenmore Court at 5646 N. Kenmore in Edgewater came on the market in November 2015. The building is in the Bryn Mawr Historic District and was built in 1927. It has 28 units. It is a Fannie Mae HomePath property. It’s been under contract once but came back on the market. It has […]

This 2-bedroom duplex up loft in 11 N. Green in the West Loop just came on the market. It has 17 foot timber ceilings with exposed brick and a wall of glass block for extra light. The kitchen has white cabinets, granite counter tops and stainless steel appliances. The master bedroom is on the second […]

This 3-bedroom penthouse at 150 W. Superior in River North came on the market in March 2016. It’s a southeast corner unit with a private 300 square foot terrace with views of the downtown skyline. The unit has 12 foot ceilings and crown molding. The kitchen has luxury stainless steel appliances by Sub-Zero, Wolf, Viking […]

This 2-bedroom loft at 1750 N. Wolcott in Bucktown just came on the market. This building is right in the heart of the neighborhood and butts up against the 606- literally. This loft is a first floor unit with a wrap-around balcony, part of which runs up against the 606. It has timber ceilings and […]

This 5-bedroom single family home at 5528 W. Wilson in Portage Park came on the market in February 2016. A shout out to Icarus who took and sent me the picture of this property. (Nice job!) It was previously bank owned and has now been rehabbed. Built on an oversized 40×138 lot, it has a new open […]