Crib Chatter

The Chicago Tribune listed several neighborhood home tours that take place in the fall that many of you may find of interest. The granddaddy of them all is the Annual Historic Pullman House Tour. This is the Pullman Foundation’s 35th year. Dates: October 11-12 Hours: 11 am to 5 pm Cost: $20 at the door, $17 […]

Wells Street Tower, at 701 S. Wells, in Printers Row was the first new building to be built in that part of the South Loop in over a decade when it closed in 2002. For awhile, it was the only new construction in the neighborhood. The building was not marketed as luxury but that doesn’t mean […]

It’s taken many years, but Library Tower at 520 S. State across from the Harold Washington Library in Printers Row is finally going to start closings this month. There are 184 units in the building. The first rentals and flips are appearing on Craigslist and the MLS. Unit #714, a one bedroom unit, just appeared on […]

Remember this spectacular timber and brick one bedroom loft at 531 S. Plymouth in Printers Row? It had a lot of price reductions. But it finally sold.  Unit #502: 1 bedroom, 1 bath,  1300 square feet, corner unit Sold in April 2003 for $279,000 Was listed in February 2008 for $364,900 (parking included) Reduced Was listed in March […]

732 S. Financial, Printers Row Lofts, is a 1906 building that was first converted into apartments in 1996 and then converted into loft condominiums in 2003-2004. The units are timber with lots of authentic brick. There actually is parking available with this building  (to purchase or to rent.)  And washer/dryers are allowed in the units. Some have interesting layouts, like this […]

I first chatttered about this brick loft in The Mergenthaler Lofts, at 531 S. Plymouth, in Printers Row in February 2008. It’s a 1300 square foot one bedroom, one bath authentic brick and timber loft with a parking space. I don’t think there’s a washer/dryer in the unit. I chattered about it again in March 2008 after […]

A reader, K, posted on Apr 19: “Looks like terrapin has told all of its owners that they are converting to rental…so they are giving everyone’s money back. I feel bad for the true long term owners who were going to keep their units for a long time and not flip. I guess it’s nice […]

Crain’s is reporting that a large parcel of land on the Chicago River in Printers Row that has sat empty for 37 years was finally bought by a smaller Chicago real estate developer for $40 million. The piece of land is just north of River City on Wells Street- or across the street from Wells Street Tower and […]

There may be $400,000 750 square foot one bedrooms for sale in the South Loop past Roosevelt Road, but closer to the loop you can still get a wide open loft for a lot less. The Pope Building at 633 S. Plymouth is one of the authentic loft buildings in Printer Row.  Only 12 stories, the building […]

There is a lot of new construction in Printers Row right now with The Vetro, Burnham Pointe, Library Towers and Printers Corner all starting occupancy now and in 2008.  There is something to be said for buying “new” with all the bells and whistles. But you can live next door to some of these buildings, say, […]