Crib Chatter

This 4 bedroom in Contemporaine at 201 W. Grand in River North came on the market in November 2024. Contemporaine was built in 2004 and has just 28 units. It has an attached parking garage but that is its only amenity. It does not have door staff. The building has won architecture awards and has […]

This 3-bedroom duplex penthouse in Grand Plaza at 545 N. Dearborn in River North came on the market in June 2024. Built in 2003, Grand Plaza has 283 units and attached garage rental parking. It’s a full amenity building with 24-hour door staff, on-site management, a party room, an exercise room, a basketball court and […]

This 3-bedroom penthouse in Park Place at 600 N. Kingsbury in River North came on the market in May 2024. But many of you might remember it from our last chatter in September 2019. It had recently been renovated at that time. You can see our chatter here. Park Place was built in 2002 and […]

This 2-bedroom in The Pinnacle at 21 E. Huron in River North came on the market in August 2024. Built in 2004, The Pinnacle was designed by Lucien Lagrange and has 213 units and attached garage parking. It has 24/7 door staff, an exercise room, sundeck, indoor pool and “state of the art” dog run. […]

This is the first time in a decade that a condo building is not under construction in downtown. We shouldn’t be surprised, then, that apartment to condo conversions are starting. The second one of the year was just announced last week and the sales center is about to open shortly. It is Chateau on Wells […]

This 2-bedroom in the Farallon at 600 N. Dearborn in River North came on the market in June 2023. (Yes, the frog lives on in my photo.) The Farallon was built in 2001 and has 162 units and attached garage parking. It has 24/7 door staff and an exercise room. This unit is a southeast […]

This 1-bedroom penthouse loft in the Huron Street Lofts at 225 W. Huron in the gallery district in River North came on the market in April 2024. The top picture is the current picture of the building taken this year. The bottom picture was taken over a decade ago. Strangely, I am standing in nearly […]

This 2-bedroom in Ontario Place at 10 E. Ontario in River North came on the market in June 2023. Built in 1983, Ontario Place was originally called the Private Residences at Ontario Place and was an apartment building. It was converted to condos in 2005, during the housing bubble. It has 467 units  and an […]

This 4-bedroom full floor unit at 400 W. Huron in River North came on the market in October 2023. Built in 2017, 400 W. Huron has 26 units and attached private garage parking. It has 24-hour door staff, an exercise room, bike storage and a dog run. This unit is “completely custom” with a private […]

This corner 2-bedroom in Huron Pointe at 421 W. Huron in River North came on the market in March 2024. Built in 2001, Huron Pointe has 99 units and attached garage parking. The building has door staff, an exercise room, a bike room, and a sundeck. The listing for this unit calls it “urban chic […]