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This 2-bedroom on the 47th floor in Harbor Point at 155 N. Harbor Drive in Lakeshore East first came on the market in March 2024. Built in 1974, Harbor Point is one of the oldest buildings in what is now the Lakeshore East community. It is famously on the Lake Shore Drive curve with views […]

This 3-bedroom duplex up at 3726 N. Southport in Southport came on the market in September 2024. (For some reason, I felt like I had a picture of this building but I cannot find it in my large photo collection.) Built in 2001, this building has 6 units and attached garage parking. I don’t believe […]

This 2-story penthouse at 2035 N. Orleans in Lincoln Park came on the market in July 2024. Built in 2017, this boutique building has 10 units and attached garage parking. There is no door staff or other amenities. This was the building where they kept the outer shell and built a modern building behind the […]

This 2-bedroom in The Pinnacle at 21 E. Huron in River North came on the market in August 2024. Built in 2004, The Pinnacle was designed by Lucien Lagrange and has 213 units and attached garage parking. It has 24/7 door staff, an exercise room, sundeck, indoor pool and “state of the art” dog run. […]

This 2-bedroom penthouse in 2846 N. Southport in West Lakeview came on the market in August 2024. Built in 2001, this elevator building has 6 units and heated attached garage parking. There are no amenities and no door staff. The unit has 10.5 foot ceilings and hardwood floors throughout, including in the bedrooms. There are […]

This 3-bedroom penthouse in Ritchie Tower at 1310 N. Ritchie Court in the Gold Coast came on the market in June 2024. Ritchie Tower was built in 1963 and has 99 units with an attached parking garage. It has 24/7 door staff, an exercise room, onsite management, an outdoor pool, and a landscaped terrace with […]

This 3-bedroom in The Carlyle at 1040 N. Lake Shore Drive in the Gold Coast came on the market in August 2024. The Carlyle was built in 1964 and has 128 units. There are just 2 units per floor. It’s a full service building overlooking the Lake with doormen, an exercise room, a top floor […]

This 2-bedroom at 1122 W. Armitage in Lincoln Park came on the market in July 2024. If this building looks familiar, that’s because we’ve chattered about it before. It was built in 1994 and has 8 units and attached garage parking. We actually chattered about this same unit in 2016. Back then, it was listed […]

This 2/1 at 3749 N. Pine Grove in East Lakeview came on the market on July 17, 2024. I don’t have a picture of this building. Built in 1905, it has 24 units and no parking. The units have separate storage. This top floor unit has some of its vintage features including a coffered ceiling, […]

This is the first time in a decade that a condo building is not under construction in downtown. We shouldn’t be surprised, then, that apartment to condo conversions are starting. The second one of the year was just announced last week and the sales center is about to open shortly. It is Chateau on Wells […]