Crib Chatter

This 3-bedroom in Newberry Plaza at 1030 N. State in the Gold Coast came on the market in September 2023. Built in 1974, Newberry Plaza has 559 units and attached garage rental parking. It’s a full amenity building with 24-hour door staff, an exercise room, an outdoor pool, and on-site maintenance and management. This unit […]

This 2-bedroom triplex loft at 1140 W. Cornelia in Lakeview came on the market in October 2023. Built in 1930, this building has 5 units and attached garage parking. This unit has a private entry and is almost like a maisonette. It faces south and the first floor has tall ceilings, exposed brick walls, timber […]

This 3-bedroom in The Caravel at 635 N. Dearborn in River North came on the market in October 2023 but it has been on, and off, the market since 2018. The Caravel was built in 2003 and has 126 units and an attached parking garage. The building has full time door staff and an exercise […]

This 2-bedroom in the Fulton House at 345 N. Canal on the Near West Side recently sold. Built in 1903, Fulton House was original an old cold storage warehouse. It was converted to apartments in the 1970s by star architect Harry Weese and then was converted into condos in the 1990s. There are 104 units. […]

This 2-bedroom in The New York Private Residences at 3660 N. Lake Shore Drive in East Lakeview came on the market in October 2023. Built in 1987, the New York Private Residences was originally an apartment building. It has 594 units and attached garage parking. It was converted into condos in 2000. It’s a full amenity […]

This 3-bedroom in 416 W. Deming in East Lincoln Park came on the market in October 2023. (It consists of 2 buildings 416 and 422.) This building is a Booth Hansen designed complex with 13 units and garage parking. It has fob access and an elevator. There are no amenities. This is a full-floor home […]

This 3-bedroom in 415 W. Aldine in East Lakeview came on the market in October 2023. Built in 1926, 415 W. Aldine has 60 units and some parking which is leased through a lottery. It has a party room, children’s playroom, bike room, library, live-in engineer and coin laundry. The building also has a landscaped […]

This top floor 2-bedroom at 2452 N. Racine in Lincoln Park came on the market in September 2023. (I don’t have a picture of this building so we will make do with the Zoo.) Built in 1910, this building has 6 units and parking behind the building, including some garage parking. There is a turfed […]

This 2-bedroom in the Green Brier at 559 W. Surf in East Lakeview came on the market in October 2023. Built in 1903, the building has 78 units and parking. Some listings say it is indoor and others say it is outdoors. In prior chatters, the building had a doorman but it isn’t listed in […]

This 4-bedroom in the John Hancock at 175 E. Delaware in the Gold Coast came on the market in June 2023 but it was recently re-listed. And yes, I’m still calling 175 E. Delaware the John Hancock until a new company puts its name on the building. The Hancock was built in 1969 and has […]