Crib Chatter

This 2-bedroom loft in the Chess Lofts at 320 East 21st in the South Loop just came on the market. The Chess Lofts is the old Chess Records Studio building and was converted into lofts at the end of the housing bubble, in 2008. For that reason, many of the units went unsold and/or many of […]

This 3-bedroom penthouse loft in the Regal Lofts at 1735 W. Diversey in Lincoln Park recently came on the market. If it looks familiar, that’s because we last chattered about it in 2008-2011 time period when it was a foreclosure, became bank owned, and then came back on the market again. You can see our 2008 […]

This 2-bedroom duplex up loft in the Lakeview Lofts at 3201 N. Seminary in Lakeview just came on the market. The Lakeview Lofts were converted into condos in 1992, making them among the older of the loft conversions. It has 20 units and parking (the listing doesn’t say it’s a garage, just that it’s “onsite.”) […]

This 2-bedroom corner loft in the Gotham Lofts at 420 S. Clinton on the Near West Side recently came on the market. The Gotham Lofts is an old GE brick factory that was converted into condos during the loft conversion craze of the late 1990s and early 2000s. The building has 188 units and both […]

This 3-bedroom duplex penthouse loft in the River Bank Lofts at 550 N. Kingsbury in River North came on the market in June 2018. The River Bank Lofts was an authentic loft conversion with walls of exposed brick and timber ceilings. The main floor has a library, the kitchen, dining and living rooms along with 2 […]

This 1-bedroom loft in the Prairie District Lofts at 1727 S. Indiana in the South Loop came on the market in March 2018. This building was converted into condos in 2008. It has authentic loft features like exposed brick and concrete ceilings along with large industrial windows. Due to the tall ceilings, this unit has […]

This 2-bedroom in the new construction loft building The Ronsley at 676 N. Kingsbury in River North just came on the market. This is an older picture, but the building has now finished construction. This building was a partial conversion of a brick industrial building alongside some new construction done by Project Interiors. It has […]

This 1-bedroom loft at 110 N. Peoria in the West Loop came on the market in March 2018. This is an industrial loft building with 25 units and a heated parking garage which was converted into lofts in the 1990s. This loft has 15 foot concrete ceilings and exposed brick walls. It has a unique […]

This 2-bedroom loft in the Donohue Building at 711 S. Dearborn in Printers Row just came on the market. This is a west facing brick and timber loft with a finished ceiling with large industrial windows. One bedroom has a window and the second one does not. Both are en suite with modern bathroom finishes. There’s […]

This 1-bedroom loft at the No. Ten Lofts at 1040 W. Adams in the West Loop just came on the market. Like other West Loop properties, it is strategically located near the newly opened McDonald’s corporate headquarters at 110 N. Carpenter. No. Ten Lofts was converted late in the prior real estate boom, with closings […]