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This 3-bedroom at 322 W. Belden in East Lincoln Park came on the market in September 2022. Built in 1914, this pre-war building has 12 units and a central courtyard with 2 seating areas and a grill. There is no parking or doorstaff but there is private storage in the lower level and a bike […]

This 3-bedroom in 550 N. St Clair in Streeterville came on the market in August 2022. Built in 2008, just as the Great Recession and housing bust hit, 550 N. St Clair is a modern building with floor-to-ceiling windows and exposed concrete ceilings with 111 units and a parking garage. It has doorstaff, an indoor […]

This 2-bedroom in The Palmolive at 159 E. Walton in the Gold Coast came on the market in June 2021. The Palmolive was built in 1929 and has 99 units. This art-deco building used to be a commercial building and was first the home of Colgate-Palmolive-Peet and then was the former home of Playboy and […]

This 3-bedroom duplex up in Ivy Lane at 2843 N. Lincoln in Lakeview came on the market in September 2022. Built in 1996, Ivy Lane has 23 units surrounding a central courtyard and underground garage parking. This listing says the unit has new mechanicals, hardwood floors, recessed lighting, “some” new windows, crown molding and composite […]

This 4-bedroom duplex up penthouse at 2910 N. Sheffield in Lakeview came on the market in October 2022. (I thought I took a new picture of this building when it was completed, but perhaps I have not.) This building was built just as the housing bust was ending, in 2012. It was among the first […]

This 3-bedroom in The Peerless at 3026 N. Lincoln in Lakeview came on the market in November 2022. Built in 2017, The Peerless has 9 units. It’s a brick and steel elevator building with poured concrete between the floors. It has heated attached garage parking. This unit has 4″ white oak hardwood floors throughout and […]

This 2-bedroom in The Metro at 1200 W. Monroe in the West Loop came on the market in November 2022. Built in 2003, The Metro has 136 units and heated garage parking. It has doorstaff and a gym in the building. This unit has been updated with the listing stating: “Current owners were not intending […]

This 2-bedroom duplex in the Olympia Centre at 161 E. Chicago in Streeterville came on the market in October 2022. Built in 1985, Olympia Centre has 292 units and an attached rental parking garage. It has a marble and granite exterior. It’s a full amenity building with an on-site engineer, door staff, and concierge which […]

This 4-bedroom duplex down at 1255 W. Addison in Southport came on the market in September 2022. Built in 1905, this building was converted into 3 condos during the housing boom years, in 2006. It has 3-car parking and multiple decks. This is the first floor duplex down unit. Most of the vintage features have […]

This 2-bedroom penthouse in 460 W. Deming in East Lincoln Park came on the market in October 2022. I still can’t find when this building was built, but 460 W. Deming was “gut renovated” in 2007 into 6 condos and has a newly renovated lobby. There is gated deeded parking behind the building. This unit […]