Crib Chatter

This 2-bedroom concrete loft at 130 S. Canal in the West Loop came on the market just 3 weeks ago. It is listed as a short sale for $22,100 under the 1999 purchase price. There are no interior pictures with the listing but a tipster told me that in the agent’s comments on the MLS it says […]

It’s been nearly 2 years since we chattered about the Chess Lofts, the 2007 loft conversion of the former recording studio and warehouse for Chess Records in the 1950s and 1960s, at 320 E. 21st Street in the South Loop. See our June 2008 chatter here. According to the Tribune, these are the currently building […]

Only long-time readers will remember this top floor 2-bedroom loft unit at 375 W. Erie in River North as we last chattered about it in July of 2008. See our prior chatter here. It has one of our favorite huge downtown terraces of all time (okay- so I’m a sucker for some good landscaping and 1000 […]

We’ve chattered about lofts in the Donohue, one of the first warehouse-to-loft conversions in the city, at 711 S. Dearborn in Printers Row numerous times. This 2-bedroom unit has been on the market since last June. It is now listed for $43,500 under the 2007 purchase price and $6,000 under the 2002 purchase price. Drywall […]

We last chattered about this 1-bedroom loft at 540 N. Lake Shore Drive in Streeterville in September 2009. See our prior chatter and pictures here. Since September, the unit was removed from the market after it rented but it has since come back on the market after the rental fell through. It has also been reduced […]

We first chattered about this 2-bedroom duplex loft in The Singer Lofts at 1019 W. Jackson in the West Loop exactly one year ago. See our January 2009 chatter and pictures here. The listing now says it is a short sale. The loft has a wide open living/dining/kitchen space with 17 foot high ceilings. The master suite […]

There are live/work lofts where maybe you have a home office and then there are live/work lofts like this one at 1124 N. Wood in West Town. At 4800 square feet, it has authentic brick and wide open spaces. It even has a pulley elevator. The listing says it is now zoned residential but the commercial element is […]

There’s nothing like an updated authentic loft such as this spacious 2-bedroom at 14 N. Peoria, the Hale Lofts, in the West Loop. At 1896 square feet, you won’t be wanting for space.  The loft has timber ceilings and hardwood floors. There’s no standard cherry cabinet kitchen here. The kitchen has unique laquered Kewaunee stainless steel cabinetry. Randi […]

We last chattered about this unique 2-bedroom penthouse loft at 758 N. Larrabee in March 2009. See our prior chatter here. It has now been reduced by $190,000 since it was originally listed in November 2008. It has 15-foot ceilings and a unique glass catwalk (be sure to check out the new pictures of the catwalk […]

This 3 bedroom brick loft at 1623 W. Ohio in West Town was renovated into a home in 2005 but not after it spent 129 years as a commercial space. Apparently it was once a street car repair shop. The home is almost 5,000 square feet and has 14 foot ceilings. The kitchen is decked […]