Crib Chatter

This 4-bedroom in The 555 Collection at 559 W. Armitage in Lincoln Park came on the market in March 2021. Built in 2020-2021,  The 555 Collection is a new 4-unit red brick building with grid windows, iron details and cornice in a “nod to Chicago’s Industrial Revolution.” It has garage parking. This unit is one […]

This 3-bedroom in The Columbian at 1160 S. Michigan in the Loop came on the market in September 2020. Built in 2007, at the height of the housing bubble, The Columbian has 221 units and attached garage parking. It has a doorman and an exercise room. This is a 9th floor unit which faces east, […]

This 2-bedroom penthouse duplex at 1800 W. Grace in North Center came on the market in March 2021. Built in 2013, 1800 W. Grace has 91 units and heated garage parking. (Sorry for the older picture. I DO have an updated one somewhere but I couldn’t locate it.) The listing says this unit is a […]

This 5-bedroom penthouse at 506 W. Oakdale in East Lakeview came on the market in August 2020. There’s no date on when this building was built (1880s?). It has 4 units and garage parking and was converted to condos in 2003. This penthouse unit is on the market for the first time since it’s original […]

This 2-bedroom in Avenue East at 160 E. Illinois in Streeterville came on the market in January 2021. Built in 2007, at the height of the of the housing boom, Avenue East is 130 units and has an attached garage. The building has a doorman, an exercise room and a party room. It sits just […]

This 2-bedroom loft at Fairbanks at Cityfront Plaza at 240 E. Illinois in Streeterville originally came on the market in June 2019. Built in 2008, Fairbanks at Cityfront Plaza has 281 units, including some in the “loft” portion of the building which is the base of the building. It has an attached parking garage. It’s […]

This 4-bedroom full floor condo at 545 W. Stratford Place in East Lakeview came on the market in October 2020. Built in 1913, 545 W. Stratford has 4 units with a shared yard and common storage. It’s a rare vintage boutique elevator building where the elevator opens directly into the foyer. This unit has 4 […]

This 4-bedroom Wabansia Row townhouse at 2342 W. Wabansia in Bucktown came on the market in July 2020. Wabansia Row was built in phases. This particular townhouse was built in 2002 in the first phase, but the second phase was built as late as 2010. There are 11 units in this phase along with attached garage parking. This […]

This 2-bedroom duplex up at 2052 W. North Avenue in Bucktown came on the market in April 2021. Built in 2004, the building has 8 units and parking. According to a chatter from 2010, this building used to have some covered, but also some uncovered, parking as well as 4 visitors parking spaces. The listing […]

This 3-bedroom top floor greystone unit at 729 W. Roscoe in Lakeview came on the market in March 2021. I don’t know when the building was constructed as none of the listings states the year but it’s an older vintage greystone. The building has 4 units and secured assigned parking. The listing says the building […]