Crib Chatter

This 3-bedroom at 1510 W. Cortez in the Noble Square neighborhood in West Town came on the market in March 2023. The listing says this is in Wicker Park. Normally I go with what the listing agent says, but we have chattered about this building before and it was always Noble Square. The building was […]

This 3-bedroom penthouse in 1 E. Schiller in the Gold Coast came on the market in June 2022. One East was built in 1961 and has 77 units and attached garage parking. It has door staff. The listing for this penthouse says the current owner has done “extensive remodeling to make the unit move-in ready.” […]

This 3-bedroom duplex-up penthouse in Admiral’s Pointe at 645 N. Kingsbury in River North came on the market last October 2022. Admiral’s Pointe was built in 2002 and has 171 units and attached garage parking. The building has door staff and an exercise room. The corner unit has floor-to-ceiling windows and appears to be a […]

This 2-bedroom in 235 W. Van Buren in the Loop came on the market in February 2023. But it has been on the market before, including as far back as 2019, when we chattered about it. See our chatter here. Back in 2019, it was “Investor friendly” and there was “no rent cap.” No surprise, […]

This 2-bedroom in 3800 N. Lake Shore Drive in Lakeview came on the market in January 2023. Built in 1927, 3800 N. Lake Shore Drive has 91 units and valet leased garage parking. It has a semi-private elevator with only 2 units per floor. It has a landscaped yard with seating and grills, an exercise […]

This 4-bedroom duplex in the Carl Street Studios at 155 W. Burton Place in Old Town came on the market in February 2023 but had been on the market prior to the pandemic without ever selling. The Carl Street Studios were built in 1880 as an original Victorian home and was converted into 13 condos […]

This 2-bedroom penthouse at 933 W. Van Buren in the West Loop came on the market in March 2023. 933 W. Van Buren was built in 2003 and has 180 units and attached heated garage parking. It’s been over a decade since we’ve chattered on it. The building has a doorman, a roof deck with […]

This 2-bedroom in 545 W. Roscoe in East Lakeview came on the market in February 2023. Built in 1923, this courtyard building has 26 units. There’s no parking or elevator but the building has a common patio with furniture and a grill. This unit is the only unit on its floor and has 3 exposures […]

This 3-bedroom triplex in the Frank Fisher Residences at 1209 N. State Parkway in the Gold Coast came on the market in March 2023. Built in 1937-38, the Frank Fisher Residences were designed by Andrew Rebori and Edgar Miller with Miller putting in some of his special touches like the original art glass walls while […]

This 3-bedroom in The Eddystone at 421 W. Melrose in East Lakeview came on the market in August 2022. Built in 1928, The Eddystone was originally meant to be two buildings but the stock market crash and the Great Depression interrupted the developer’s plans. Instead, they only built one building. It has 2 units per […]