Crib Chatter

This 1-bedroom corner duplex loft in the Bicycle Station Lofts at 1632 S. Indiana in the South Loop just came on the market. It has 22-foot timber ceilings and exposed brick along with large industrial windows. The bedroom is on the second level. There is also a 10×8 den on the first level that is […]

This 1-bedroom loft at 1525 S. Michigan in the South Loop just came on the market. (For some reason, I don’t think I have a picture of this building in my archives. Sorry.) It is owned by HUD. It has exposed brick and what looks like timber ceilings with diagonal hardwood floors. The kitchen cabinets […]

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 2-bedroom on the 21st floor at 1101 S. State in the South Loop came on the market in September 2015. The building was built in 2004 and has 242 units, a doorman, and an outdoor pool. This corner unit has the very sunny south and west exposures. The listing says there are custom window […]

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 […]

This 4-bedroom townhouse at the Prairie Town Houses at 1438 S. Federal in the South Loop came on the market in September 2015. This is one of only 8 corner L-shaped units in this complex. I’m not sure if the picture above is of this exact unit, but it’s a corner unit and they look […]

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 in Wells Street Tower at 701 S. Wells in the South Loop came on the market in August 2015. It’s a north east corner unit but because of the north views you can also see to the west. In one of the pictures in the listing that shows the Sears Tower, you can […]