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This 2-bedroom in The Palmolive at 159 E. Walton in the Gold Coast came on the market in June 2021. The Palmolive was built in 1929 and has 99 units. This art-deco building used to be a commercial building and was first the home of Colgate-Palmolive-Peet and then was the former home of Playboy and […]

This 3-bedroom duplex up in Ivy Lane at 2843 N. Lincoln in Lakeview came on the market in September 2022. Built in 1996, Ivy Lane has 23 units surrounding a central courtyard and underground garage parking. This listing says the unit has new mechanicals, hardwood floors, recessed lighting, “some” new windows, crown molding and composite […]

This 2-bedroom duplex up at 40 W. Schiller in the Gold Coast came on the market in September 2022. 40 W. Schiller was designed in 1923 by Andrew Rebori and has 19 units. It has a shared, central courtyard which the listing calls the “most coveted private garden” in the city. The building has no […]

This 4-bedroom duplex up penthouse at 2910 N. Sheffield in Lakeview came on the market in October 2022. (I thought I took a new picture of this building when it was completed, but perhaps I have not.) This building was built just as the housing bust was ending, in 2012. It was among the first […]

This 3-bedroom in The Peerless at 3026 N. Lincoln in Lakeview came on the market in November 2022. Built in 2017, The Peerless has 9 units. It’s a brick and steel elevator building with poured concrete between the floors. It has heated attached garage parking. This unit has 4″ white oak hardwood floors throughout and […]

This 4-bedroom single family home in BaseCamp SFH at 3646 N. Kenneth in Irving Park came on the market in November 2022. (Sorry, I don’t have a picture of this house but I DO have a picture of the Lincoln Park waterfall.) If you recall, BaseCamp SFH was a development of 48 single family homes […]

This 2-bedroom in The Metro at 1200 W. Monroe in the West Loop came on the market in November 2022. Built in 2003, The Metro has 136 units and heated garage parking. It has doorstaff and a gym in the building. This unit has been updated with the listing stating: “Current owners were not intending […]

This 3-bedroom vintage cottage at 1338 W. Grace in Southport came on the market in November 2022. Built in 1891, the house is on a smaller than standard lot measuring 58×40. It has no back alley but instead, has a side driveway which is accessed from the street. If this house looks familiar, that’s because […]

This 4-bedroom Italianate row house at 1928 N. Lincoln in East Lincoln Park came on the market in November 2022. Built in 1875, the listing says it was built by Andrew McNally with large blocks of Joliet limestone. The prior listing from last year says that they used limestone because of the Great Chicago Fire […]

This 2-bedroom duplex in the Olympia Centre at 161 E. Chicago in Streeterville came on the market in October 2022. Built in 1985, Olympia Centre has 292 units and an attached rental parking garage. It has a marble and granite exterior. It’s a full amenity building with an on-site engineer, door staff, and concierge which […]