Category Archives: Gold Coast

The Neighborhood Files: Lincoln Park

Chicago is, perhaps more than most cities, a city of neighborhoods. From the broad boulevards of Lincoln Park to the arty avenues of Pilsen, each and every neighborhood in this city possesses its own distinct energy and unique charm. And each neighborhood is worth learning a little more about. So, every other week, we’ll be featuring another neighborhood on this section of the blog, and we’ll interview someone living in that neighborhood—Someone capable of giving us the inside scoop on their ‘hood!
This week CondoDomain sat down with Jenny Gelda and …

by Lindsey Anderson on August 19, 2011

Own a condo in the Chicago’s Playboy Mansion

It’s been a big year for Playboy in Chicago. First, NBC and Eddie Cibiran moved to the Windy City to film their dramatic interpretation of the beginning of the Playboy Club. Now a piece of that history is for sale in the original Playboy Mansion located in Chicago’s luxurious Gold Coast.
Hugh Hefner’s original mansion was sold in 1989 to the Chicago Art Institute, who then later sold it to a developer. The Playboy Mansion, once 70 rooms, now houses single-floor residences, including the one currently on the market for $6.7 …

by Liz SanFilippo on August 5, 2011

Chicago’s Five Favorite Architectural Triumphs (Part One)

Chicago is certainly a city of beautiful buildings. Steely skyscrapers dominate the skyline of the Loop. Elegant apartment buildings are scattered throughout neighborhoods like Lincoln Park and the Gold Coast. Edgy, arty lofts can be found in neighborhoods like Bucktown and Wicker Park. And many of Chicago’s museums and administrative buildings double as awe inspiring works of architecture.
There is so much great architecture in Chicago, in fact, that it can sometimes be hard to appreciate all of the architectural beauty of the buildings in Chicago.
For that reason, we’ve decided to …

by Lindsey Anderson on August 3, 2011

10 East Delaware: Going, Going…Gone!

Condo Loft 10 East Delaware Chicago

For the builders and brokers of the new luxury residences at 10 East Delaware in Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood, the housing crisis is a thing of the past. And for their buyers, the time to buy is now. In 2011 alone, nearly 25% of the 121 luxury units have sold. And just 15% of the total available units remain available for purchase. If you’ve been looking for a hot property in downtown Chicago, you’re running out of time. It just doesn’t get any hotter than 10 East Delaware.
Priced between $499k …

by Kipp Blackburn on July 26, 2011

Celebrity real estate: Live near or buy your favorite star’s home

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Chicago may be known as the Second City, but with the plethora of celebrity real estate, it’s becoming a city full of homes belonging to A-listers. While some of your favorite stars are looking to sell, others are planning on moving in. All live in wonderful neighborhoods that all have something different to offer in and around the Windy City.
Smashing Pumpkin’s lead guitarist Billy Corgan is looking to sell his Gold Coast condo, and has even dropped the asking price from an initial $5.5 million to just $2.85 million. That …

by Liz SanFilippo on July 14, 2011

Renting Rules the Roost

There was a time when it was considered—in certain circles—slightly embarrassing to rent, rather than own, a condo or apartment. Wealthy urbanites prided themselves on their ability to scrounge together the money required for a large down payment on a home upfront, and they would have balked at the idea of renting a similarly luxe housing unit.

But that time has come and gone. In today’s real estate market, renting is king. And those same wealthy urbanites—the ones who would have balked at renting a condo on the Gold Coast five …

by Lindsey Anderson on June 3, 2011
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