Chicago Apartment News

The Chicago apartment market is robust, especially around some of the city's premier downtown neighborhoods like River North, the Gold Coast, and the West Loop. If you're looking for information about apartments for rent in Chicago, you've come to the right place. Featured below is up-to-the-minute news and local tidbits about everything related to apartments and rentals in Chicago.

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Best Amenities Chicago New Construction Apartments

Some of Chicago’s best apartment buildings have it all, including some newer construction buildings that also boast some of the city’s best residential amenities.

Imprint Chicago

The fabulous Imprint Chicago is a luxury apartment building in the city’s South Loop neighborhood. Situated inside an old printing house, the unique property includes access to such amenities as a rooftop terrace with a yoga platform, plus some grilling stations, a fire pit, and a private dog run. You’ll also find a full fitness center with Peloton bikes, some co-working space, a demonstration kitchen, and attached garage parking, as well as bicycle storage.

Wolf Point East

Wolf Point East overlooks a four-acre riverfront park in the meeting spot of Fulton Market,

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Big Deahl Phase 2 Chicago Phase two of Big Deahl is now closer to completion. The four-building development sits in Chicago’s Lincoln Park.

Phase one consisted of a three-story climbing gym called Movement Lincoln Park. That was finished last year. Phase two consists of a new urban park, as well as three more buildings, the tallest of which is 27-stories high.

The residential tower at 1475 N Kingsbury Street is one of the newest high-rises to come to Clybourn Corridor. The first floor of the building will be reserved as retail space, while more than 300 apartments will be housed on its upper floors.

At the top of the residential tower, you’ll find an amenity deck with a fire pit and seating, a hot tub, and a swimming pool. You’ll also soon find some cabanas and a lawn area,

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Uptown WeWork Development ChicagoFollowing a successful shakeup of the office market with its coworking space, WeWork is now ready to turn the tables on the residential market in Uptown. WeWork’s next focus involves taking on multifamily apartment buildings.

The company recently worked out a deal with a Chicago developer to operate a two-story coworking space in the developer’s multifamily project on North Broadway. WeWork will be running the coworking space for those living in the Bridgeview Bank building.

The former office building is currently in the process of being turned into apartments. The location marks WeWork’s 12th space in Chicago.

In all, there will be 60 private offices to utilize, more than 170 desks and some kitchen space. Some of the space will be reserved for those who

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Rising Rent Prices in ChicagoThinking about buying but worried about rising mortgage rates? Well, rents are also on the rise in Chicago, where some landlords have recently hiked rates of up to 20-percent. At a time when tenants are finding apartments harder to come by and even less affordable, landlords are using higher rents to help compensate for some of their lost revenue from the pandemic. Some are also trying to combat their own higher repair and operating costs, due to rising inflation.  

That has some residents turning to tenant rights organizations, which are calling for better rent control. On the flip side, others argue rent control isn’t the answer because it will drive out some landlords and lead to a greater number of poorly maintained properties.

Right now, many

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New Streeterville Apartment DevelopmentA Chicago-based development group is eyeing a 21-story apartment tower just one block east of the Magnificent Mile, a project that could be the first new construction apartments Streeterville has seen in five years.

According to Crain’s, Chicago-based Marek Development is partnering with Chicago-based architecture firm NORR to bring 248 apartments to the northeast corner of East Grand Avenue and North St. Clair Street, and the building would also include 41,000 square feet of office space, 8,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space, and parking for 100 cars.

Believe it or not, downtown apartment construction has been on the upswing over the past year as rents and occupancies have recovered fro pandemic-induced declines.

Despite Streeterville being a

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West Loop New Construction Apartments Chicago’s West Loop neighborhood is on track to add more than 9,000 new apartments. If all goes as planned, reports suggest it could mean more new apartments in the West Loop than the combined total of all of the city’s other downtown neighborhoods.

Apartment development has really taken off in the Fulton Market District in recent years. There are currently about 19 multi-family developments either in the planning stage or already under construction in the district.

New residential development is perhaps the latest phase for Fulton Market, which has recently welcomed in a number of major companies and corporate headquarters. One of the latest apartment projects, meanwhile, is a 30-story building located at 160 N Morgan Street.

The developer behind it is

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Apartment Development Planned For StreetervilleA new apartment tower could be coming to Streeterville. The planned high-rise sits just one block east of the Magnificent Mile on a corner lot that’s currently occupied by a parking garage.

Mavrek Development is joining with GW Properties and Luxury Living Chicago Realty to build the 21-story apartment building at the corner of North St Clair Street and East Grand Avenue. Chicago architecture firm NORR will be designing the tower, which will eventually include 248 apartments, thousands of square feet of ground floor retail space and tens of thousands of square feet of office space.

Around half of the rental apartments will be studios, while the rest will come in one- and two-bedroom layouts. A majority of the apartments will have the advantage of private

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New West Loop DevelopmentHundreds of new apartments could be coming to the West Loop. Two local developers have proposed a new 36-story apartment building, which could mean 362 more apartments for the area. 

The site sits on South Green Street, close to the Jane Byrne Interchange. It’s currently home to low-rise buildings and a parking lot. 

If all goes through, the new apartment tower will be one of the tallest buildings in the neighborhood. The architect for the 404-foot building is locally based Goettsch Partners.

Plans call for the building to rise up from a three-story podium, which includes some parking spaces. One of the developers, Golub & Co, already has projects in the Loop, South Loop and Streeterville.

The other developer, GSP Development, has ties to Glen

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Fulton Market New Development Fulton Market could soon make way for a massive new apartment tower. If the plan goes through, it could become one of the largest residential complexes in Fulton Market.

The plan calls for a 32-story tower with 433 residential units on West Fulton Street. The developer behind the project is Fulton St Companies, which is working in conjunction with Chris Merrill, co-founder of Harrison Street Real Estate Capital.

The duo purchased the property at 1201-1215 West Fulton Street last fall for $20 million. Morris Adjmi Architects is the firm responsible for designing the new tower.

Fulton St Companies appears to be expanding from the West Loop, where the firm has seven properties with plans for six projects in all. Five of them are commercial developments, while

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Rent a luxury apartment in Chicago in 2022If you’re in the market to rent a luxury apartment in 2022, there are some fantastic options to choose from in Chicago.

Wolf Point East

The newly built Wolf Point East overlooks a riverfront park with some stunning apartments ranging from studio to three-bedroom penthouse layouts. The luxury apartments come with floor-to-ceiling windows, wide-plank flooring, and plenty of other high-end additions. The stylish building adds in an indoor/outdoor pool, a full-floor fitness club, a dog run, and more.

Parkline

Parkline is a luxury apartment building with floor-to-ceiling windows, private terraces and wide plank flooring throughout the homes. The units also come with spa-like baths, gourmet kitchens and plenty of desirable features. Because there

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