Monday, November 19, 2012

Chicago Condo Buildings. Dog Allowances and Requirements

Condo Buildings in Chicago with Dog Allowances and Requirements





 

If you're in the market for a Chicago home, chances are that dog-lovers are on the hunt for a building that accommodates and welcomes furry friends.
 I've also noted any restrictions or fees associated with these pet-friendly buildings, creating a comprehensive list you won't find anywhere else. Please note: Because building requirements are always changing, it is important to still check with a management company to ensure your pet can be accommodated in the building. You can also email rgoldstein@rubloff.com and I will find any additional information not listed here.
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Chicago's Loop

Location Pet Limit Weight Limit Fees
711 S Dearborn No limit No limit $150 security deposit
130 N Garland 2 dogs/unit 35 lbs./dog -
1160 S Michigan 2 dogs/unit No limit -
625 W Jackson 2 dogs/unit No limit -
60 E Monroe 2 dogs/unit No limit -
65 E Monroe 2 dogs/unit No limit -
6 N Michigan No limit No limit -
310 S Michigan 2 dogs/unit No limit -
8 E Randolph 2 dogs/unit No limit $25/dog annually
520 S State 2 dogs/unit No limit -
212 W Washington 2 dogs/unit 50 lbs. combined $100/dog annually
737 W Washington 2 dogs/unit No limit $35/dog


Chicago's New East Side

Location Pet Limit Weight Limit Fees
225 N Columbus 2 dogs/unit No limit -
195 N Harbor 2 dogs/unit No limit -
240 E Randolph 2 dogs/unit 150 lbs. combined -
400 E Randolph 2 dogs/unit 45 lbs. combined -
201 W Shore 2 dogs/unit No limit -
420 E Waterside 2 dogs/unit No limit -
450 E Waterside 2 dogs/unit No limit -


Chicago's Near North

Location Pet Limit Weight Limit Fees
165 N Canal 2 dogs/unit No limit $100/dog annually
333 N Canal 2 dogs/unit 90 lbs. combined -
839 N Dearborn 1 dog/unit 50 lbs. -
635 N Dearborn 2 dogs/unit 25 lbs. each -
435 W Erie 2 dogs/unit No limit $100/2nd dog
375 W Erie 2 dogs/unit No limit $100/each
360 W Illinois 1 dog/unit No limit $150 at move-in (refundable)
600 N Kingsbury 2 dogs/unit 40 lbs. each -
645 N Kingsbury No limit No limit -
33 W Ontario 1 dog/unit 35 lbs. $100/annually
400 W Ontario 2 dogs/unit No limit $75/dog annually
630 N State 2 dogs/unit 25 lbs. each -
500 W Superior 2 dogs/unit No limit $200/dog


Chicago's Cathedral District

Location Pet Limit Weight Limit Fees
111 E Chestnut 1 dog/unit 30 lbs. $100 fee
10 E Delaware 2 dogs/unit No limit -
132 E Delaware 2 dogs/unit No limit -
55 E Erie 2 dogs/unit No limit -
21 E Huron 2 dogs/unit No limit -
30 E Huron 2 dogs/unit No limit -
100 E Huron 2 dogs/unit No limit -
161 E Chicago 2 dogs/unit 30 lbs. combined -
800 E Michigan 2 dogs/unit No limit -
950 Michigan 1 dog/unit 30 lbs./vet-verified -
25 E Superior 2 dogs/unit No limit -
77 E Walton No limit No limit -


Chicago's East Lake Shore Drive

Location Pet Limit Weight Limit Fees
179 East Lake Shore Case-by-case basis Board approval needed -
199 East Lake Shore 1 dog/unit No limit -
209 East Lake Shore 1 medium/2 small Mgmt. approval needed -
219 East Lake Shore 1 dog/unit No limit -
229 East Lake Shore 1 dog/unit No limit -


Chicago's Gold Coast

Location Pet Limit Weight Limit Fees
1300 Astor 2 dogs/unit 25 lbs. -
1301 Astor 2 dogs/unit 1 > 25 lbs., 1 < 25 lbs. -
1335 Astor 2 dogs/unit 40 lbs. each -
1355 Astor 2 dogs/unit 40 lbs. each -
1430 Astor 2 dogs/unit No limit -
1500 Astor No limit 25 lbs. each -
1555 Astor 2 dogs/unit 40 lbs. each -
50 E Bellevue 1 dog/unit 45 lbs. -
20 E Cedar 2 dogs/unit No limit 2nd dog/board approval
21 W Chestbut 2 dogs/unit 25 lbs. each -
1035 N Dearborn 2 dogs/unit No limit -
1122 N Dearborn 2 dogs/unit 1 50 lbs. or 2 25 lbs. -
1155 N Dearborn 2 dogs/unit 60 lbs. combined $25/dog annually
1301 N Dearborn 2 dogs/unit 35 lbs. each -
40 E Delaware 2 dogs/unit 30 lbs. each -
57 E Delaware 2 dogs/unit 25 lbs. each $50/dog annually
71 E Division 2 dogs/unit 60 lbs. each -
1000 N Lake Shore 1 dog/unit 20 lbs. $25 annually
1000 N Lake Shore Plaza 1 dog/unit 25 lbs. -
1150 N Lake Shore 2 dogs/unit 60 lbs. combined vet-verified $50/dog annually
1200 N Lake Shore 2 dogs/unit No limit -
1212 N Lake Shore 2 dogs/unit No limit -
1242 N Lake Shore 1 dog or cat/unit No limit -
1300 N Lake Shore 2 dogs/unit 80 lbs. combined -
1430 N Lake shore 2 dogs/unit No limit -
1440 N Lake Shore 2 dogs/unit 50 lbs. each -
1500 N Lake Shore No limit No limit -
1550 n Lake Shore 2 or 3/unit 50 lbs. each -
1310 N Richie Ct 2 dogs/unit 25 lbs. each -
1000 N State Town H No limit No limit -
1 E Schiller No limit No limit -
1209 N State 2 dogs/unit No limit -
1400 N State 1 dog/unit 30 lbs. -
1410 N State 2 dogs/unit No limit -
1440 N State 2 dogs/unit 50 lbs. each -
1445 N State 2 dogs/unit No limit -
1516 N State No limit No limit -


Chicago's Streeterville

Location Pet Limit Weight Limit Fees
222 E Chestnut 1 dog/unit No limit -
260 E Chestnut 1 dog/unit 25 lbs. -
161 E Chicago 2 dogs/unit 30 lbs. combined -
200 E Delaware No limit No limit -
230 E Delaware 2 dogs/unit No limit -
505 N Lake Shore 1 dog/unit 30 lbs. -
530 N Lake Shore No limit 35 lbs. each -
680 N Lake Shore 2 dogs/unit 25 lbs. each -
800 N Michigan 2 dogs/unit No limit -
440 N McClurg 2 dogs/unit 25 lbs. each -
480 N McClurg 2 dogs/unit 25 lbs. each -
211 E Ohio 2 dogs/unit No limit $50/dog annually
400 E Ohio 2 dogs/unit No limit -
420 E Ohio 2 dogs/unit 40 lbs. each $500 one-time
401 E Ontario No limit no limit $50/dog annually
180 E Pearson 2 dogs/unit No limit -
250 E Pearson 2 dogs/unit No limit -
415 E North Water 2 dogs/unit No limit -


Chicago's Lincoln Park

Location Pet Limit Weight Limit Fees
2500 N Lakeview 2 dogs/unit 35 lbs. each -
2626 N Lakeview 1 dog/unit 30 lbs. -
2100 N Lincoln Pk West 1 dog/unit 35 lbs. -
2130 N Lincoln Pk West 2 dogs/unit No limit -
345 W Fullerton 1 dog/unit 25 lbs. -
616 W Fullerton 2 dogs/unit No limit $100/dog annually
Complements of my colleague@ Rubloff Sheldon Salnick


Chicago's Lakeview

Location Pet Limit Weight Limit Fees
3200 N Lake Shore 2 dogs/unit Must be carried by owner -
3300 N Lake Shore 2 dogs/unit No limit -
3660 N Lake Shore 2 dogs/unit 100 lbs. -
3740 N Lake Shore 2 dogs/unit No limit -

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

THE MARKET'S NEW BUYERS: PRIVATE EQUITY

Carpe Diem...Real Estate Update
THE MARKET'S NEW BUYERS: PRIVATE EQUITY
 


Blackstone Group LP has become the biggest U.S. investor in single-family rental homes by spending more than $1 billion since the start of 2012 to acquire more than 6,500 foreclosed houses in eight metropolitan areas, according to people briefed by Blackstone.

The firm also is finalizing a loan for at least $300 million from Deutsche Bank to support this business, these people said.

Numerous private-equity firms have crowded into the business, some as early as last year, looking for a way to bet on the recovery of the housing market. Blackstone's growing commitment to this strategy offers fresh evidence that the purchases of foreclosed homes, which began as a mom-and-pop pursuit, is gaining legitimacy among the biggest private-equity firms.

The demand from these firms and other investors could help strengthen the housing recovery, analysts say. Earlier this year, the Federal Reserve expressed support for the strategy as a way to clear the backlog of foreclosures that has weighed down the market.

People involved in the market estimate that private-equity firms and other investors have raised $6 billion to $8 billion to invest in the sector, as they try to take advantage of prices that have fallen nationwide on average by more than a third. That could buy 40,000 to 80,000 properties, according to a recent report from Keefe Bruyette & Woods.

Of course, success is by no means assured for private-equity firms, especially given their high targets for investment returns in general and their lack of experience with this type of real estate. Used to buying office buildings, shopping centers and other big properties, they may struggle to find economies of scale in managing thousands of individual homes in neighborhoods that were hard-hit by foreclosures, but are showing signs of price stabilization.

Skeptics also have pointed out that bulk sales of repossessed homes are rarer and smaller than many investors had hoped. In many markets, firms are battling small investors at foreclosure auctions on courthouse steps, buying properties one by one, a tedious process. There also is little precedent for selling thousands of homes en masse, something the firms will need to do to cash out.

Blackstone and other firms are expanding rapidly partly because the housing market is firming up. In some markets, home prices have risen to the point that firms might not be able to achieve their initial return objectives from renting them out.

"I believe the smart thing to do is to ramp up really quickly, because I think the dynamics are going to change dramatically in the next 12 months," said John Burns, an Irvine, Calif.-based housing consultant. "We're going to see a lot of price appreciation at the low end of the market, which means lower cash yields."

Among the private-equity firms crowding into the single-family home market are Colony Capital LLC, Oaktree Capital Group LLC, KKR & Co., GTIS Partners and Och-Ziff Capital Management LLC, which have invested less money and bought fewer homes. On Wednesday, Waypoint Real Estate Group LLC, a real-estate investment firm in the single-family rental market, said it had secured a $245 million loan from Citigroup Inc., to expand its portfolio of more than 2,400 homes.

"We're finally starting to see the private sector coming in and providing a solution. It was just equity and now it's debt. We're seeing meaningful price appreciation in a number of markets across the country," as investors buy up more homes, said Waypoint managing director Gary Beasley.

But Blackstone, one of the biggest buyout firms in the world, has been able to muscle its way to the front of the pack by taking advantage of the $13.3 billion property fund it closed last month, the largest of its kind ever raised, and has already spent about one-third of it, say people who have spoken with Blackstone. It has paid an average of about $140,000 for each home in Phoenix, southern and northern California, Atlanta, Miami, Tampa and Chicago. Like other investors in this market, the firm is planning to fix up the homes, rent them and eventually sell them after the market rebounds.

Blackstone has previously said it expects to achieve initial yields of 6% to 7% on the rental income. But the firm also will need rents and home values to rise if it is going to hit the double-digit returns that it typically promises its investors.

Private-equity firms also are looking to boost returns by putting leverage on their portfolios. Blackstone is close to finalizing a loan from Deutsche Bank AG for $300 million, an amount that could expand to as much as $600 million, the people said. The loan is the largest made to a private-equity fund for this strategy so far, executives at several firms say.

As private-equity firms enter the single-home market, they have partnered with local property companies to buy, lease and manage properties. Blackstone, for example, has partnered with Dallas-based Riverstone Residential Group and Tempe-based Treehouse Group to form a new company, called Invitation Homes, to manage its single-family rental business.

Friday, November 2, 2012

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