Crib Chatter

This 1-bedroom duplex up in the Ontario Street Lofts at 411 W. Ontario in River North just came on the market. If this loft looks familiar, that’s because we chattered about it in October 2015 when the listing called it a “White Palace” because the interiors were mostly completely white except for the timber ceilings […]

This 3-bedroom penthouse in 60 W. Erie in River North just came on the market. This is a boutique building that was designed by Lucien Lagrange and has only 24 units and garage parking. It was constructed in 2003-2004. This penthouse has unobstructed 240-degree city views from both a private top floor terrace and other balconies. The […]

This 2-bedroom penthouse in Contemporaine at 201 W. Grand in River North recently came on the market. Contemporaine is a 28 unit building and parking garage that was constructed in 2004. It won architectural awards and is often considered one of the top modern condo buildings downtown. This full floor unit has only had one owner. It […]

This 3-bedroom top floor loft in 154 W. Hubbard in River North came on the market in February 2018. Some of you may remember it from our 2015 chatter. Back then, it was under contract within a week even though it was listed for 22% more than the seller had paid just 22 months earlier. […]

This 2-bedroom corner duplex loft in 400 W. Ontario in River North recently came on the market. This building has an old industrial building at the base and a modern high rise built next to it. This unit, on the 7th floor, is one of the units in the original base of the building so […]

In December 2016 we chattered about whether or not you would be a buyer in Trump Tower Chicago with a President Trump in the White House. You can read that chatter here. With Trump now in the White House for about a year, Crain’s took a look at the number of sales, and average price […]

This 2-bedroom in Kingsbury on the Park at 653 N. Kingsbury in River North came on the market in August 2017. The building was designed by Lucien Lagrange in 2003 and has 130 units and a parking garage. This unit is a corner unit with north and east exposures from floor to ceiling windows. It […]

This 2-bedroom duplex loft in the Anchor Lofts at 215 W. Illinois in River North came on the market in July 2017. The Anchor Lofts were one of the first buildings converted into lofts in River North in the early 1990s. It has 18 units and garage parking. This loft has exposed brick walls and […]

This 1-bedroom in 100 E. Huron in River North just came on the market. The building was constructed in 1991 and has commercial space on the first 10 floors as well as a rental parking garage. The listing says this unit was “just renovated.” It has custom oak floors throughout and crown molding. The kitchen […]

This 2-bedroom corner unit in Chicago Place at 100 E. Huron in River North just came on the market. Chicago Place was built in 1991 and has 204 units, rental parking in the building and commercial space in the base that used to be a shopping mall. Thanks to the long-time reader who tipped me […]