Crib Chatter

This 3-bedroom unit in Erie on the Park, at 510 W. Erie, in River North has been on and off the market since February 2009. It is priced just under $400,000- but if you include the parking the list price jumps to $434,000. Still, that is $28,500 under the 2003 purchase price. The corner unit […]

This 2-bedroom unit in the Two River Place high rise at 720 N. Larrabee in River North has been on the market since August. It is bank owned and is listed for $66,000 under the 2004 purchase price. It has all the bells and whistles of newer construction including central air, washer/dryer in the unit […]

This 4-bedroom newer construction row house at 431 W. Superior in River North came on the market as an “as-is” sale in August. It was recently reduced $275,000. From the pictures, the kitchen and baths are intact. The kitchen is described as a chef’s kitchen. There are 4 large terraces on a 27×110 lot. It […]

We’ve seen 2/2s under $280k in River North before (aka in The Sterling) but never with a deeded parking space such as this unit has at Kingsbury on the Park at 653 N. Kingsbury. It is bank owned and listed for $91,100 under the 2004 purchase price. The unit has the bells and whistles buyers look for […]

Crain’s reported yesterday on the recent sales at the new Ritz Carlton development at 644 N. Michigan in River North (or is this the Gold Coast? I’m calling it River North since it’s on the west side of Michigan Avenue.) You know the market is bad when it is “news” to report that the Ritz […]

This 2-bedroom unit in The Caravel, at 635 N. Dearborn in River North is listed for under $300,000. It is bank owned. We have chattered about several distressed properties in this building in the past. From the pictures, this unit appears to have the kitchen and baths intact. The kitchen has white appliances and granite […]

In September 2009, we chattered about the price cuts at the new construction high rise 757 N. Orleans in River North. See our September 2009 chatter here. A year later, there are still units for sale from the developer and an advertisement in the Sunday Tribune which says “dive in…to river north’s best financing.” But […]

We first chattered about this huge 2-bedroom unit at 60 W. Erie in River North in March 2008. See our March 2008 chatter here. Back in 2008, the listing said the overseas owner wanted out. The unit has been on and off the market since then but apparently, according to the listing, the overseas owner still wants out. […]

This 2-bedroom unit in the Lucien LaGrange designed high rise at 653 N. Kingsbury in River North has been on and off the market since January 2010. It is currently listed as a short sale and is priced $67,000 under the 2003 purchase price.  The Northeast corner unit has floor to ceiling windows and a balcony […]

We last chattered about this full-floor brick and timber loft at 208 W. Kinzie in River North in October 2009. See our prior chatter here. It is still available and has now been reduced $124,000. If you want to know what many lofts in River North looked like before developers got ahold of them, then […]