Crib Chatter

This 2-bedroom corner loft in the 15th Street Lofts at 1503 S. State in the South Loop just came on the market. (Yes, the picture is from 10 years ago and I need a new one.) This building was constructed in 1895 and converted into loft condos at the height of the boom in 2006. […]

This 2-bedroom duplex loft in Trevi Square at 1439 S. Michigan in the South Loop came on the market in April 2019. Trevi Square was converted into lofts back in 1995-1996. I found this Chicago Tribune article from 1995 discussing all the recent conversions of commercial/historic buildings into residential spaces that year. Hospital to homes. […]

This 2-bedroom in 1400 Museum Park at 100 E. 14th Street in the South Loop recently came on the market. Built in 2008, at the height of the housing bubble, 1400 Museum Park has 260 units and a parking garage. It’s a full service building with a doorman and pool. The listing for this 31st […]

This 1-bedroom in Burnham Park Plaza at 40 E. 9th Street in the South Loop just came on the market. Burnham Park Plaza was converted back in 2000 and has 290 units and parking. It’s a full amenity building with a doorman. This unit has some unique features including angle and curved walls and exposed brick. […]

This 3-bedroom single family home in Dearborn Park II at 44 W. 14th in the South Loop came on the market in July 2018. (The picture above is of several houses in the same subdivision but not necessarily the named property.) Built in 1995, there are smaller and larger single family homes in this subdivision. […]

This 2-bedroom loft in the Chess Lofts at 320 East 21st in the South Loop just came on the market. The Chess Lofts is the old Chess Records Studio building and was converted into lofts at the end of the housing bubble, in 2008. For that reason, many of the units went unsold and/or many of […]

This 3-bedroom townhouse in the Kensington Park II  at 1712 S. Indiana came on the market in May 2018. We’ve actually chattered about this townhouse before, in 2011, when the prior owners were quoted in Money Magazine in an article about the “turnaround” in the housing market nationwide. They sold for just $15,000 off their […]

This 3-bedroom duplex in Dearborn Tower at 1530 S. State in the South Loop came on the market in April 2018. On the 18th and 19th floor, it has 18 foot ceilings with floor to ceiling windows and 3 exposures, including the city skyline. It has some unique interior features including different flooring than your standard […]

This 1-bedroom loft in the Prairie District Lofts at 1727 S. Indiana in the South Loop came on the market in March 2018. This building was converted into condos in 2008. It has authentic loft features like exposed brick and concrete ceilings along with large industrial windows. Due to the tall ceilings, this unit has […]

Can you keep track of all the huge development announcements? The latest is currently being called “The 78” after the 78th community the developer believes they will create (Chicago has 77 community designations) on a 62-acre piece of property in the South Loop along the Chicago River. This is yet another location that was pitched to […]