Crib Chatter

This 3-bedroom duplex penthouse at Six North Michigan at 6 N. Michigan in the Loop came on the market in June 2024. Six North Michigan was built in 1923 and is the former Montgomery Ward headquarters. The listing says when it was built it was the tallest building in Chicago. The building was converted into […]

This 3-bedroom in The Montrevelle at 520 N. Halsted in River West came on the market in March 2024. The Montrevelle was built in 2005 and has 89 units. It’s an elevator building with an attached garage. It does not have door staff but does have an on-site engineer, professional management, a sun deck, party […]

This 3-bedroom in the Brownstone at 1440 N. State Parkway in the Gold Coast came on the market in October 2023. The Brownstone was built in 1974 and has 75 units. It has attached garage parking which is rental. The building has 24/7 door staff, on-site maintenance staff, an exercise room, party room and a […]

This 2-bedroom in Plaza 32 at 3232 N. Halsted in East Lakeview came on the market in May 2024. Built in 2000, Plaza 32 has 130 units and underground attached parking. Apparently, when it was first built in 2000, it was so popular there was a waiting list to buy a unit. It’s one of […]

This 4-bedroom vintage greystone at 456 W. Berry in East Lakeview came on the market in May 2024. Built in 1906, the house is on a bigger than standard lot measuring 35×178. It has a side drive that leads to a 2-car brick garage. The listing says the side drive can support guest parking. The […]

This 6-bedroom vintage greystone at 538 W. Deming Place in Lincoln Park came on the market in January 2024. Built in 1889, it is on an oversized Chicago lot measuring 27×190. It has a heated 2.5 car garage and both a true front, and back, yard. If it looks familiar, that is because we chattered […]

This 2-bedroom corner loft in the TRU Lofts at 2525 N. Sheffield in Lincoln Park came on the market in May 2024. I’m not sure when the TRU Lofts were built but it was converted into 28 lofts in 2007. It’s an elevator building with outdoor parking. The building has a bike room but no […]

This 1-bedroom in Tribune Tower Residences at 435 N. Michigan in Streeterville came on the market in May 2024. Tribune Tower was built in 1925 and was converted into condos in 2021. It has 162 units and attached garage parking. It’s a full amenity building with 24/7 door staff and 55,000 square feet of amenity […]

This 3-bedroom townhouse at 820 N. Dearborn in the Gold Coast came on the market in May 2024. I can’t find a date for when this complex was built but the first sale is listed as 1988. It has 4 units and a shared garage. This unit is the Dearborn facing corner unit directly over […]

This 3-bedroom full floor unit in a Victorian Brownstone at 2733 N. Hampden in East Lincoln Park came on the market in May 2024. Built in 1911, it has 4 units and outdoor parking behind the building. There’s also storage in the basement and it would seem washer/dryer there as well. This unit has many […]