Crib Chatter

This 2-bedroom in City View Tower at 720 W. Randolph in the West Loop recently came on the market. It is in a very strategic location for those who are foodies. Not only are all the hot restaurants of Randolph Street just a few steps away but the intriguing French Market at the Ogilvie Train […]

This 4-bedroom single family home at 1524 W. Oakdale in Lakeview came on the market last week. I’ve been told that it had several offers within the first 24 hours. I’ve also heard that demand to see it was so strong that there was simply an open house on Sunday for all interested parties and […]

This 2-bedroom duplex loft at 540 N. Lake Shore Drive in Streeterville just came on the market. If it looks familiar to some of you, that’s because we last chattered about it in September 2009. (The picture above is from the old 2009 listing.) See our prior chatter, and more pictures, here. Back then, it was […]

We last chattered about this top floor 3-bedroom at 920 W. Barry in Lakeview in April of 2012. See our prior chatter here. At that time, it had been on and off the market for 4 years and I asked if it would finally sell in 2012. The answer was “no.” But with the market […]

This 3-bedroom authentic loft in the Number 10 Lofts at 1040 W. Adams in the West Loop just came on the market. This building was converted into condo lofts at the height of the boom in 2006. It has authentic features that loft buyers look for including a lot of exposed brick and 12 foot […]

This 3-bedroom at 508 W. Melrose in East Lakeview came on the market in early February 2013. Some long time readers might recognize this building as we chattered about it several times in 2008 when distress sales were happening in the building. Built in 2004, the units were originally sold at the height of the […]

We last chattered about this 3-bedroom unit in a vintage carriage house at 29 W. Chestnut in the Gold Coast all the way back in August 2008 (when Crib Chatter was first getting started!). See our 2008 chatter here. The triplex unit never sold and was on and off the market the last 5 years. The property […]

This 1-bedroom in 1300 N. Astor in the Gold Coast has been on and off the market since June of 2012. The unit has been reduced $10,000 since June to $190,000. The building was designed by Bertrand Goldberg in 1963. The unit has a south west corner view. From the pictures in the listing, it […]

We last chattered about this 2-bedroom duplex up at 39 E. Schiller in the Gold Coast in April 2010. See our prior chatter here. Back then, it was listed as a short sale for $550,000. The building was built in 1980 and many of you thought the unit looked like something out of suburbia. It […]

Some of you might remember this 3-bedroom coach house at 1845 N. Halsted in Lincoln Park from when it was on the market in 2010 and 2011. It’s actually a unique property which is more like a vintage townhouse than your typical coach house. The coach house is in the back of the property but […]