This 3-bedroom penthouse at 1515 S. Prairie in the South Loop has been on and off the market for years but recently came back on the market in September 2015. This penthouse has east views of the Lake and Soldier Field. The unit has several features you rarely see in a downtown Chicago condo including 2 […]
The South Loop was the hottest neighborhood in Chicago, with one magazine even calling it the hottest neighborhood in the entire country, during Bubble 1.0. But the bust hit the area extra hard, with valuations plunging. Many of the new construction condo towers were turned into apartments in order to get the units off the […]
This 5-bedroom top floor vintage unit at 443 W. Aldine in East Lakeview recently came on the market. If it looks familiar, that’s because it was actually on the market for most of 2014 without selling. It is a full floor unit in a 4-unit elevator building that was renovated into luxury condos in 2010-2011. […]
This 2-bedroom duplex at 2343 N. Greenview in Lincoln Park came on the market in July 2015. The listing says it is an “architect designer rehab”. We last chattered about it in October and wondered why it wasn’t selling this fall as it was a remodeled property and those are in demand. See our chatter here. […]
A 3-bedroom penthouse in 340 On the Park at 340 E. Randolph in Lakeshore East just closed for $5.2 million. On the 62nd floor, it has 12 foot floor-to-ceiling windows with views of the Lake, Millennium Park, and the rest of the city. The views are pretty spectacular. The unit has 3 terraces and 2 […]
This 3-bedroom in 223 E. Delaware in Streeterville came on the market in May 2015. The building was constructed in 1919 and has just 10 units. This building is rare in this neighborhood because it actually has parking in the building. It’s outdoor parking, apparently, but it’s parking. This unit has many of its vintage features […]
This top floor vintage 2-bedroom at 1125 W. Belden in Lincoln Park originally came on the market in July 2015. The building was constructed in 1896 and has 12 units. The unit has many of its vintage features intact including wood window moldings and the original pocket doors. The listing says it has an “antique […]
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’s been 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 […]