Crib Chatter doesn’t cover much of what is going on in the rental market, but you’d have to be dead not to notice apartment rental tower after apartment rental tower going up all over the GreenZone. In 2015, developers were on track to deliver a record 3100 new apartments downtown. But they aren’t stopping there. […]
This top floor 2-bedroom in the Film Exchange Lofts at 1307 S. Wabash in the South Loop came on the market in September 2015. It has west facing exposures with a balcony and vaulted ceilings Although it is a loft building, it doesn’t have any of the features of authentic lofts. There is no exposed […]
This 3-bedroom in 40 E. 9th in the South Loop came on the market in October 2015. The listing calls it “architecturally renovated” in the contemporary style. It has north and east exposures with 2 of the 3 bedrooms facing east with some lake views. It has a beamed ceiling and stained concrete floors along […]
This 3-bedroom penthouse at 1515 S. Prairie in the South Loop has been on and off the market for years but recently came back on the market in September 2015. This penthouse has east views of the Lake and Soldier Field. The unit has several features you rarely see in a downtown Chicago condo including 2 […]
The South Loop was the hottest neighborhood in Chicago, with one magazine even calling it the hottest neighborhood in the entire country, during Bubble 1.0. But the bust hit the area extra hard, with valuations plunging. Many of the new construction condo towers were turned into apartments in order to get the units off the […]
This 2-bedroom duplex loft at 1530 S. State in the South Loop just came on the market. It has a south exposure with a two story living room and exposed ductwork. The kitchen has painted maple cabinets, stainless steel appliances and granite counter tops. There is one bedroom on the main floor and the master […]