Crib Chatter

This 3-flat at 2509 N. Halsted in Lincoln Park came on the market in November 2023. Built in 1886, this 3-flat is on a 25×125.75 lot and has a 2-car garage. If it looks familiar, that’s because we have chattered about it two other times before: in 2010 and 2018. In 2010, it was being […]

This 6-bedroom Italianate row house at 1928 N. Lincoln in East Lincoln Park came on the market in November 2022. We last chattered about it in November, when it was first listed as a single family home. You can see our chatter here. Built in 1875, the listing says it was built by Andrew McNally with […]

This multi-unit vintage property at 1708 N. Sedgwick in Old Town came on the market in August 2022. The main house was built in 1888 and the listing says it’s a Victorian. It’s on a bigger than average Chicago lot measuring 25×144. The coach house is above the 2-car garage and fronts on cute Fern […]

This vintage 2-flat building at 304 W. Concord Place in Old Town came on the market in April 2022 but was also listed in 2021. Built in 1881 on a smaller than standard Chicago lot of 24.1 x 94.22 lot, it still has room for 2-car parking. The listing says it is one lot with […]

This 4-unit vintage building at 2737 N. Hampden in East Lincoln Park came on the market in August 2018. Built in 1912, this brick building is on a larger than average 35×125 lot and has a 2-car garage plus one outdoor parking space. It has four units: Unit #1: 1 bedroom, 1 bath garden unit […]

This vintage 3-unit building at 2500 N. Mozart in Logan Square came on the market in August 2018. Built in 1904 on a standard 25×125 lot, the graystone has an owner’s unit in the front part of the home and two 1-bedroom units in the back. It also has a 2-car all brick garage accessed from the […]

This vintage 3-flat at 2117 W. Concord in Bucktown came on the market in May 2018. Built in 1885, the 3-flat has a brick and limestone exterior as it sits in a neighborhood with many historic mansions that were built for the wealthy. It is on a wider than standard Chicago lot, which the listing […]

This 2-bedroom penthouse unit in 405 N. Wabash just came on the market. If it looks familiar it’s because just sold 3 months ago, in September 2014. The new listing says that the “interior appointments” have been  “all refinished”. The unit now has ebony stained floors and new Bosch appliances in the kitchen. The listing […]

The apartment rental market in the GreenZone in Chicago was red hot in 2013. Occupancy rates in Class A buildings were above 95% for the first three quarters and only started weakening, but only slightly, in the fourth quarter. But thousands of new luxury rental apartments are slated to come on the market in 2014, […]

This vintage 3-flat at 518 W. Fullerton Parkway in Lincoln Park became available a few weeks ago. It is for sale by owner. Built in 1885, it has been in the same family for decades. It is an all brick building on an extra long 25×175 lot. It has a 2-car garage. The property has […]