Magazine archive: On the Market

The Legacy Tower Looks Like a Great Place to Live Downtown

The Legacy Tower Looks Like a Great Place to Live Downtown

There are 135 condos on the market in the new building, including a 10,000-square-foot penthouse on the 71st floor.

$10 Million Buys a Hell of a Lot in Lincoln Park

$10 Million Buys a Hell of a Lot in Lincoln Park

What does a mere $10 million buy in Lincoln Park? A whole lot—plus the lot next door. Let's take a peek inside a pretty nice 11,000-square-foot home.

In Independence Park, This Chicago Classic Needs A Dog

In Independence Park, This Chicago Classic Needs A Dog

List Price: $449,900
The Property: There’s a short street in Independence Park lined with bungalows, Victorians, and other classic Chicago homes. New on...

A Helmut Jahn Valentine to Chicago’s Nighttime Lights

A Helmut Jahn Valentine to Chicago’s Nighttime Lights

List Price: $1.575 million
The Property: You may recognize 600 North Fairbanks by its glassy curved corner or the cantilever on its north side that makes it...

Peddling a Pedal-Friendly Co-Op in Marshall Square

Peddling a Pedal-Friendly Co-Op in Marshall Square

List Price: See Price Points below
The Property: In a part of Little Village known as Marshall Square, a vintage, seven-unit greystone is cooperatively...

A Buyer’s Guide to Pullman

A Buyer’s Guide to Pullman

In the 1880s, the railroad-car magnate George Pullman built a factory and a company town for his employees on what’s now Chicago’s Far South Side. The industrial works have largely disappeared...

From Party Pad to Family Place, in Bucktown

From Party Pad to Family Place, in Bucktown

List Price: $1.999 million
The Property: Bucktown has matured nicely over the past decade, as has this neighborhood house—though en route from party...

In Wrightwood, Welcome to the 1990s

In Wrightwood, Welcome to the 1990s

List Price: $777,000
The Property: This house, in a part of Chicago called Wrightwood Neighbors, is a classic type of urban residence in its resemblance to...

Gertrude Lempp Kerbis’s Greenhouse Condos

Gertrude Lempp Kerbis’s Greenhouse Condos

List Price: $375,000
The Property: While working for two top Chicago architectural firms in the 1950s and ’60s, Gertrude Lempp Kerbis made contributions...

Both Sides of Lake View

Both Sides of Lake View

List Price: $3.45 million
The Property: Today’s property is a handsome brick home, once the coach house of a large estate, built in Lake View in 1913. And...