Crib Chatter

This 1-bedroom loft in the Newport Lofts at 1122 W. Newport in Southport recently came on the market. Newport Lofts is an industrial building with 23 units, a parking garage, and exterior parking which was converted into condos in 1989. This top floor corner unit has 2 walls of windows, a wood burning fireplace, exposed […]

This 3-bedroom in the Pencil Factory Lofts at 1800 W. Roscoe in Roscoe Village just came on the market. Recently, we had been chattering about the West Lakeview and Roscoe Village neighborhoods and how they went from middle class to luxury since the 1990s. On the Roscoe Village Neighborhood web site, it lists the conversion […]

This 2-bedroom loft in the Cosmopolitan Lofts at 1133 S. Wabash in the South Loop just came on the market. This industrial building was constructed in 1908 and now has 49 lofts and an indoor parking garage. The listing calls this duplex loft a “one-of-a-kind.” It has many authentic loft features including exposed brick walls, […]

This 5-bedroom loft in the Donohue Lofts at 711 S. Dearborn in Printers Row just came on the market. The Donohue Lofts are authentic brick and timber lofts that were built in 1886. The Donohue was one of the first buildings converted to residential condos in Printers Row in the 1980s. The listing says this […]

This 2-bedroom duplex loft at 1000 W. Diversey Parkway in Lakeview recently came on the market. This is one of the penthouse units, but it doesn’t have outdoor space. It does have 17 foot ceilings with exposed brick and ductwork. Because of the tall ceilings, a second story was added with a spiral AND a […]

This 3-bedroom top floor loft in 154 W. Hubbard in River North came on the market in February 2018. Some of you may remember it from our 2015 chatter. Back then, it was under contract within a week even though it was listed for 22% more than the seller had paid just 22 months earlier. […]

This 3-bedroom triplex loft in the Donohue Lofts at 711 S. Dearborn in Printers Row just came on the market. The Donohue Lofts were one of the first loft conversions in the Printers Row neighborhood. It consists of two buildings, one with concrete ceilings and this one, at 711 S. Dearborn, which has timber ceilings […]

This 2-bedroom corner loft in the Capitol Hill Lofts at 625 W. Jackson in the West Loop just came on the market. The Capitol Hill Lofts have 90 units and a parking garage along with an exercise room. This is a corner brick and timber loft with a balcony. Both bedrooms have windows, which is […]

This 2-bedroom corner duplex loft in 400 W. Ontario in River North recently came on the market. This building has an old industrial building at the base and a modern high rise built next to it. This unit, on the 7th floor, is one of the units in the original base of the building so […]

This 2-bedroom loft in 3133 N. Lakewood in Lakeview just came on the market. This building was converted into condos in 2008-2009. It has 25 units with bike storage, an elevator and some have garage parking. It’s a loft-like building as it has exposed brick and air ducts but the ceilings are finished with drywall. This […]