Crib Chatter

We’ve chattered about this full floor 4-bedroom penthouse at 247 E. Chestnut several times over the last few years. See our November 2012 chatter here. It was  bank owned. The listing price has been all over the place from as high as almost a million dollars to as low as $500,000. It finally sold with […]

This 1-bedroom in the Parkview Condominiums at 505 N. McClurg in Streeterville just came on the market. It doesn’t get any more “middle of the city” than this. The corner unit has several city views including from its balcony. At 1053 square feet, this unit is oversized compared to most 1-bedrooms so there is room […]

This 1-bedroom in 600 N. Fairbanks in Streeterville just came on the market. It is not one of the large one bedrooms you will see in some buildings with 1.5 baths and a “den”. It is 821 square feet with just one bathroom. It has 10 foot concrete ceilings and floor to ceiling windows. The unit […]

We were chattering recently about the perceived lack of large “family” type condos in downtown high rises where you could raise a few kids and enjoy high rise amenities like pools and party rooms. A lot of new condo development still seems to be marketed to 20-somethings without kids who don’t need a lot of […]

This large 1-bedroom in the Mies Van der Rohe co-op at 860 N. Lake Shore Drive in Streeterville just came on the market. (Is this the right Mies building in the picture? I always get the two mixed up. It might be the condo building next door.) Built in 1951 with floor to ceiling windows, […]

This 3-bedroom penthouse in the Grand Ohio at 211 E. Ohio in Streeterville just came on the market. This penthouse has location, location, location. At 1700 square feet, it has some unique features that most other units in the building don’t have. Because it’s on the penthouse floor, it has 11 foot ceilings. It also […]

This 3-bedroom in Pearson on the Park at 222 E. Pearson in Streeterville just came on the market. I can’t tell if it is bank owned or not. It is being sold “as-is” BUT it looks like it was part of that $17 million bulk sale of foreclosed units that took place in 2009. This building was converted […]

This 2-bedroom at Lake Point Tower at 505 N. Lake Shore Drive in Streeterville recently came on the market. This is the building that many kids dream of living in someday as they drive past on their way to museums or Navy Pier. Built in 1968, the 720 unit building has unobstructed city, lake and […]

This 2-bedroom duplex loft at 540 N. Lake Shore Drive in Streeterville just came on the market. If it looks familiar to some of you, that’s because we last chattered about it in September 2009. (The picture above is from the old 2009 listing.) See our prior chatter, and more pictures, here. Back then, it was […]

This 1-bedroom on the 67th floor of Lake Point Tower at 505 N. Lake Shore Drive might not seem particularly interesting at first glance until you take a look at the pictures of the 12-car garage that comes with it. Yes- you read that right. A 12 car garage. The condo is 2537 square feet with […]