Crib Chatter

This 4 bedroom unit at 474 N. Lake Shore Drive in Streeterville has 3 exposures: west, east and south so you have city and lake views. It also has a prime 800-square foot private terrace with a built-in grill, hot tub and Trex decking. Only units on the 16th floor have outdoor space in the […]

Not all parts of Streeterville are Navy Pier and the AMC River East movie theater as is evidenced by this 1919 2-bedroom vintage co-op at 223 E. Delaware. Just steps from Michigan Avenue, this mid-rise building has just 10 units. It also has deeded parking included, which is rare for some of the vintage buildings in […]

Crain’s is reporting that the Anglo Irish Bank has filed a $77 million foreclosure suit against the Chicago Spire developer Shelbourne Development which all but ends any hope that the Spire will ever be built as the tallest residential building in the world. Construction was halted 2 years ago at the site so it’s not […]

No, the Avenue East development at 160 E. Illinois in Streeterville has not yet sold out. We’ve chattered about this building numerous times over the last 3 years as it started closings in 2007 just as the housing market started to weaken. It is located right next to the Mag Mile. Several larger 2-bedroom units […]

Aqua, at 225 N. Columbus in Streeterville, has won numerous design awards for its exterior. The building consists of a hotel on the bottom floors (has yet to open), apartments in the middle of the building and 264 condos on the upper floors. The building, at 82 stories, is among the tallest in the city. It […]

We chattered about this higher floor 2-bedroom unit at the modern high rise at 600 N. Fairbanks in Streeterville back in March 2009. See our March 2009 chatter here. At the time, the unit was looking to be sold for the THIRD time in just the prior 2 years.  The original owner bought it in December 2007. The […]

This 3-bedroom townhouse at 424 E. North Water, in the East Water Place development, in Streeterville is located between the Chicago River and the Ogden Slip. With water taxis departing nearby on the Ogden Slip or on Michigan Avenue, a commuter could take to the water for the trip to the office. Most people don’t […]

This large 1-bedroom condo at 530 N. Lake Shore Drive in Streeterville has been listed on and off since November 2009. It is now priced $55,600 under the 2004 purchase price. 530 N. Lake Shore Drive was completed in 2003/2004. The unit is a large one bedroom at 1050 square feet and has 1.5 baths. It has […]

We last chattered about this 1-bedroom unit in the Fairbanks at City Front Plaza at 240 E. Illinois in Streeterville in August 2008 when it appeared to be the first unit to have a lis pendens filed against it. See our August 2008 chatter here. Back in August 2008, we were still chattering about flips […]

We last chattered about this studio loft at 540 N. Lake Shore Drive a year ago, in April 2009. See our prior chatter here. In our prior chatters, the listing had said that it had sold in only one day in 2005. That was then and this is now. This time around, the loft has been […]