Crib Chatter

This 2-bedroom in 565 Quincy at 565 W. Quincy in the West Loop recently came on the market. It is listed $86,500 under the 2009 purchase price. It’s also a short sale. This building was new construction at the height of the Great Recession in 2008/2009 (so it was actually built AFTER the height of […]

This 1-bedroom loft at the China Club Lofts at 616 W. Fulton in the West Loop just came on the market. You don’t see these finishes every day. It has been rebuilt with a new modern kitchen and bath with luxury finishes such as Poliform, Boffi and Subzero. The loft has 14 foot timber ceilings […]

We last chattered about this corner 2-bedroom loft in The Edge at 210 S. Des Plaines in the West Loop in August 2011. See our prior chatter here. At that time, we wondered if the seller would be able to command over $400,000 for this former developer’s model. It’s 10 months later and the loft is […]

If you thought short sales and REOs were reserved mainly for homeowners who bought at the peak of the housing bubble, think again. This 1-bedroom in the Lofthaus at 321 S. Sangamon in the West Loop just came on the market. It is a short sale and is now listed 44% under the September 2009 […]

  This 1-bedroom loft in the China Club Lofts at 616 W. Fulton in the West Loop recently came on the market. It has authentic loft features including 16-foot high timber ceilings and exposed brick. The large windows are south facing with an attached balcony. The kitchen has maple cabinets, granite counter tops and black […]

This 2-bedroom corner loft in the Westgate Lofts at 331 S. Peoria in the West Loop has been on the market since August 2011. It is a brick and timber loft with high ceilings but it also has the privacy of 2 fully enclosed bedrooms. The listing says both bathrooms have been redone. The second […]

We haven’t chattered about The Emerald, the 2-building newer construction mid-rise at 123 and 125 S. Green in the Greektown neighborhood of the West Loop in awhile. This 2-bedroom corner unit recently came back on the market as a short sale. It had previously been listed in 2008 and 2010. It is now listed for […]

In June 2009, we chattered about the massive developer price cuts in the new construction building R+D659 at 659 W. Randolph in the West Loop. Someone who went to the sales center the weekend after the price cuts were announced called it a “madhouse” and they apparently had 35 contracts the first weekend. See our […]

This 2-bedroom brick and timber loft in the Arthouse Lofts at 14 N. Sangamon in the West Loop has been on the market since September 2011. The Arthouse Lofts were converted in 1999, making them among the original condo loft conversions in the neighborhood. This top floor unit has 14 foot timber ceilings and exposed […]

We last chattered about this 2-bedroom bank owned unit at 1228 W. Monroe in August 2011. See our prior chatter here. At that time, it was listed at $239,900 with the parking included. That was $81,000 under the 2006 purchase price. The unit recently sold for just $192,000. If you recall, the unit was just 1008 […]