Crib Chatter

This 3-bedroom triplex penthouse in the historic Playboy Mansion at 1340 N. State Parkway in the Gold Coast came on the market in February 2025. The Playboy Mansion was built in 1903 and was previously owned by Hugh Hefner. Yes, Playboy bunnies actually lived on the top floor. In 1993, it was split into 7 […]

This 3-bedroom in the Pinnacle at 21 E. Huron in River North came on the market in March 2025. Built in 2004, the Pinnacle has 213 units and attached garage parking.  It has full service amenities including 24-hour door staff, indoor pool, a gym, a theater, party room, a dog run and a sundeck. The […]

This 3-bedroom loft at 1235 W. George in Central Lakeview came on the market in March 2025. By the time you are reading this, it may already be under contract as the listing states: “BEST AND FINAL OFFER DEADLINE MONDAY (03-24) AT 10:00 AM. PLEASE REACH OUT WITH QUESTIONS.” Built in 1996, 1235 W. George […]

Crain’s Dennis Rodkin reports on the “phantom” gold coast building at 1447 N. Dearborn Parkway, that has seemingly been mostly empty since as far back as 1990. We even chattered about the building ourselves in 2015 (although I used 1445 N. Dearborn as the address, instead of 1447.) Some of you posted the permits for […]

This 3-bedroom penthouse at 416 W. Deming in East Lincoln Park came on the market in July 2024. 416 W. Deming is a Booth Hanson designed building with 13 units stretching across several addresses. Built in 2014, it has garage parking and elevators. This top floor unit is all on one level except for the […]

This 2-bedroom duplex up penthouse in 201 E. Chestnut in Streeterville came on the market in February 2025. 201 E. Chestnut was built in 1969 and has 120 units. It’s a full service building with a doorman, an exercise room, a bike room and an indoor pool. There is valet rental parking available. If this […]

This 3-bedroom in the John Hancock at 175 E. Delaware in the Gold Coast came on the market in April 2024. Yes, I’m still calling it the Hancock even though the name has been removed. It will forever be named this, naming rights be damned. But it’s been years, and still no one dares to […]

This 3-bedroom at 3505 N. Janssen in the Southport neighborhood of Lakeview came on the market in March 2025. If this building looks familiar, that’s because we have chattered about it in the past but you have to go back to 2011. Built in 1921, it was fully rehabbed in 2007 during the housing bubble […]

This 2-bedroom duplex up penthouse at 549 W. Belden in Lincoln Park came on the market in February 2025. Built in 1894, 549 W. Belden has 20 units. There’s no parking and there is no elevator. It appears it may have been converted into condos in 1987. The listing says that no dogs are allowed. […]

This studio in the Vic Lofts at 3150 N. Sheffield in Lakeview came on the market in February 2025. The Vic Lofts was built in 1929 and converted into lofts in 2005, during the housing bubble. It has 54 units. There is no doorman. The building has a sundeck, bike room, and laundry room. This […]