
High-rise living in Chicago Crain's suggests an upcoming "glut" in downtown apartments.
Source: www.chicagobusiness.com
(Crain’s) — After taking two steps forward, downtown apartment landlords took one step back in the third quarter. Demand for apartments remains surprisingly strong, but competition for tenants is heating up amid a swelling supply of new units. That’s one reason rents and occupancies at...

High-rise living in Chicago Join me for a walk around the penthouse terraces at Astoria Tower and check out the views.
Source: www.youtube.com
Last Rhusday was windy and crisp, but the sun was shining and the air was clear, so I headed up to the top of Astoria Tower to check out the views. The verdict" some of the best the South Loop has to offer. Note: this is a sponsored video.

High-rise living in Chicago Trump hotel units face foreclosure, per Crain's Chicago Business.
Source: www.chicagorealestatedaily.com
(Crain’s) — Donald Trump’s ritzy new downtown hotel is attracting guests no property owner wants to see: foreclosure lawyers.

High-rise living in Chicago Join Chicago Magazine's Dennis Rodkin for a look at the views from a Lake View high-rise.
Source: www.youtube.com
This three-bedroom condo, with large terraces on its north and south sides, occupies the 16th-floor of a 17-story Lake View building that offers unimpeded panoramic views in most directions. As you will see in the video, the south terrace, with views of Wrigley Field and the Chicago skyline... ...

High-rise living in Chicago Take a walk around the largest unit available at Lake Poitn Tower - 3 2-bedroom units combined, with sweeping wraparound windows.
Source: www.youtube.com
Join us for a tour of a 4 bedroom, 3 bath home. At 4,500 square feet and $1,895,000, it's the largest and highest-priced home currently for sale at Lake Point Tower in Chicago. The basics, however, don't clue you in to the spectacular wraparound views from the sprawling living areas of this unit. .....

High-rise living in Chicago The first part of an owner-assisted tour of a spacious, visually open combo unit at Lake Point Tower.
Source: www.youtube.com
The owner assists us in touring an 1,800 square feet, priced at $899,000. Joe, the owner, describes the extremely open feeling he sought and achieved in this unit as he shows us around and talks about living at Chicgo's Lake Point Tower. ...

High-rise living in Chicago Forty-three units sold at the Michigan Avenue Tower II auction today. Details at the link.
Source: yochicago.com
Forty-three homes at Michigan Avenue Tower II sold for a total $11.2 million during an auction held on November 15, 2009.

High-rise living in Chicago Watch the first part of a 3-part video on the building of Lake Point Tower. It's narrated by architect George Schipporeit, who recently attended the building's 40th anniversary party.
Source: www.youtube.com
This is a three-part video of a 1969 film on the construction of Chicago's Lake Point Tower. It's narrated by architect George Schipporeit himself. The video is dark, grainy and distorted, but a fascinating story of the building's construction challenges and methods.

High-rise living in Chicago In this video the architects and developers of River North's new Parc Huron high-rise talk about the design of the building.
Source: www.youtube.com
Joe Askins of YoChicago.com interviews some of the developers and architects who designed the new Parc Huron high-rise in Chicago's River North neighborhood following the tower's topping-off ceremony in late October 2009.

High-rise living in Chicago Installment sales contracts at 565 Quincy in the West Loop. Better, they say, than a "rent-to-own program."
Source: yochicago.com
Jon McCulloch of Belgravia Group offers more information on 565 Quincy’s new rent-to-own program.

High-rise living in Chicago Visit one of Lincoln Park's grand vintage co-ops.
Source: www.youtube.com
Saying "they don't build them like this any more" is an old cliché, but one with a solid kernel of truth. The gracious room sizes, separation of formal and informal spaces and sheer livability you find in grand vintage co-ops are not often matched in newer construction. ...

High-rise living in Chicago Home buyers talk about Aqua.
Source: www.youtube.com
Hundreds of new homeowners at Aqua, a Lakeshore East high-rise, attended th Aqua Celebration Event today to tour their new environment. I interviewed people at random to get their take on whether their new home matched their expectations.

High-rise living in Chicago Join us for a tour of the 6th floor at Trio's tower.
Source: yochicago.com
Matt Ohlsen of Jameson guides Joe Askins through some models in the new Trio high-rise at 670 W Wayman St in Chicago’s Fulton River District.

High-rise living in Chicago Jenny Ames talks about what's hot - and what's not - in the Gold Coast and Streeterville.
Source: www.youtube.com
Jenny Ames of Coldwell Banker talks to YoChicago.com about the residential real estate market in two of downtown Chicago's most desirable locations: the Gold Coast and Streeterville.

High-rise living in Chicago Join me for a look at a duplex unit with a two-story south-facing wall of windows.
Source: www.youtube.com
Join Steven Maher of Maher Partners for an overview of The Superior at LaSalle, a boutique high-rise in the heart of the River North Gallery District. This 54-unit development is nearing a sellout but still offers 1- and 2-story units with 15-foot window walls and dramatic city views.



























