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This 2-bedroom penthouse in 2846 N. Southport in West Lakeview came on the market in August 2024. Built in 2001, this elevator building has 6 units and heated attached garage parking. There are no amenities and no door staff. The unit has 10.5 foot ceilings and hardwood floors throughout, including in the bedrooms. There are […]

This 3-bedroom penthouse in Ritchie Tower at 1310 N. Ritchie Court in the Gold Coast came on the market in June 2024. Ritchie Tower was built in 1963 and has 99 units with an attached parking garage. It has 24/7 door staff, an exercise room, onsite management, an outdoor pool, and a landscaped terrace with […]

This 4-bedroom vintage row house at 558 W. Fullerton Parkway in Lincoln Park came on the market in July 2024. Built in 1889 on a 20×111 lot, this brick row house is in the Fullerton Parkway historic district. The listing says it was “completely rebuilt and finished in 2024” with meticulous design, exquisite finishes and […]

This 2-bedroom in the Parkshore Co-op at 1755 E. 55th in Hyde Park came on the market in July 2024. Built in 1920, the Parkshore has 115 units in two addresses. It has a lot of the amenities of the big buildings of that time including a landscaped private garden and a hospitality suite. It […]

This 3-bedroom in The Carlyle at 1040 N. Lake Shore Drive in the Gold Coast came on the market in August 2024. The Carlyle was built in 1964 and has 128 units. There are just 2 units per floor. It’s a full service building overlooking the Lake with doormen, an exercise room, a top floor […]

This 2-bedroom in the Lincoln Lofts at 3151 N. Lincoln in Lakeview came on the market in August 2024. The Lincoln Lofts was built in 1936 and converted into 52 loft condos in 1996. It has attached garage parking and an elevator. There is no door staff or other amenities other than extra storage. This […]

This 4-bedroom vintage row house at 474 W. Deming in East Lincoln Park came on the market in July 2024. If this row house looks familiar, that’s because we’ve chattered about it twice before, when it was on the market in 2012 and, the last sale, in 2019. The row house had difficulty selling in […]

This 2-bedroom in 617 W. Addison in East Lakeview came on the market in July 2024. Built in 1916, this courtyard building has 27 units. We know from prior listings that a few units have garage parking behind the building. There is laundry in the basement, extra storage and a bike room. It is a […]

This 2-bedroom at 1122 W. Armitage in Lincoln Park came on the market in July 2024. If this building looks familiar, that’s because we’ve chattered about it before. It was built in 1994 and has 8 units and attached garage parking. We actually chattered about this same unit in 2016. Back then, it was listed […]

This 2/1 at 3749 N. Pine Grove in East Lakeview came on the market on July 17, 2024. I don’t have a picture of this building. Built in 1905, it has 24 units and no parking. The units have separate storage. This top floor unit has some of its vintage features including a coffered ceiling, […]