111 Point Achieves 65 Percent Leased Milestone in 100 Days

111 Point Achieves 65 Percent Leased Milestone in 100 Days

Boutique River North Office-to-Apartment Conversion Welcomed First Residents in May

 

CHICAGO, ILL. (July 21, 2026) – 111 Point, an office-to-apartment conversion, announces it has surpassed the 65 percent leased milestone, with 100 of its 153 luxury apartment residences now leased since pre-leasing kicked off in April and the property first welcomed residents in May. 

 

Designed by Pappageorge Haymes Partners and developed by Path Construction and WindWave Real Estate, with Path also serving as the project’s general contractor, 111 Point transformed a former office building—previously occupied by Salesforce and WeWork—into modern luxury residences across floors 5 through 10.

 

“We have been thrilled with the market’s response to 111 Point,” said Jon Cordell, Managing Partner at WindWave Real Estate. “This adaptive reuse development seamlessly blends modern design with urban convenience, offering residents condo-quality finishes, an exceptional location, and a thoughtfully curated amenity package.”

 

“Creating a sanctuary in the heart of River North was our primary focus,” said Ric Krause, CEO/President at Path Construction. “Given the strong leasing momentum we’ve seen, we’re proud to bring these new residences to one of Chicago’s most vibrant neighborhoods.”

 

The team behind 111 Point also includes Cushman & Wakefield, which provides property management services, and Luxury Living, which leads the property’s leasing and marketing efforts.

 

“Since pre-leasing began in April, we’ve seen strong demand from renters seeking new-construction opportunities in River North,” said Amy Galvin, CEO of Luxury Living. “With limited new apartment deliveries in River North over the past few years, renters have been eager for a new-construction option that combines modern design, an outstanding location, and a highly curated resident experience.”

 

Located at 111 W. Illinois St., each unit features 10- to 11-foot ceilings, expansive windows, generous walk-in closets, in-unit laundry, and large kitchens.

111 Point’s curated collection of amenities is designed to support wellness, productivity, and connection. The 10th floor features a state-of-the-art fitness center with cardio and strength-training equipment, an all-season outdoor wellness terrace complete with a sauna and hot tub, coworking spaces, and a resident lounge.

 

To learn more about 111 Point or schedule a tour, visit 111point.com.

WindWave Real Estate

WindWave Real Estate invests, develops and provides advice for multifamily, office, and targeted sector projects to create outsized returns for our partners, our occupants and the planet. With a track record of delivering over $1.2B of investment profit in high-return, sustainable, community-impacting projects, we have deep experience enabling us to create a custom Business Plan with a tailored team for each WindWave Project to excel in any market condition. We are stewards of Real Property serving institutional investors, accredited investors and lenders.

Path Construction

Founded in 2008, Path Construction is a national general contractor delivering ground-up construction, renovations, construction management, design/BIM services, and self-perform capabilities. With offices across the country, Path serves public and private clients across markets including multi-family, hospitality, education, healthcare, industrial, retail, data center, civil infrastructure, and public facilities. Additionally, Path develops real estate and provides development services under the entity Converge RE Ventures.

To learn more about Path Construction, visit pathcc.com.

Luxury Living 

Founded in 2007, Luxury Living is a vertically integrated, Chicago-based residential real estate company offering boutique brokerage services balanced with best-in-class multifamily consulting, marketing, leasing, and development. The real estate firm aligns renter insights, performance marketing, and development goals to deliver unbeatable results. 

To learn more about Luxury Living, visit luxurylivingchicago.com.

Luxury Living Chicago Realty Named A Finalist in Two Categories for PR Daily’s 2021 Content Marketing Awards

For the third consecutive year, Luxury Living Chicago has been named a finalist in PR Daily’s Content Marketing Awards, this year placing in two categories. The first category, Content Marketing for the Purpose of Lead Generation, we highlighted our “Consistency as a Key Strategy for Inbound Content Marketing.” and is the third consecutive year we placed as a finalist. The second category we were nominated for is PR Daily’s Thought Leadership Campaign, where we discussed “Providing Clarity in Uncertain Times”.

 

Submission requirements for PR Daily’s Content Marketing Awards included details about our goals, strategy and tactics, execution, and evaluation in terms of success, results or ROI. A summary of what we included in our submission is as follows.

 

Lead Generation – Consistency as a Key Strategy for Inbound Content Marketing

 

Consistent content creation is an essential part of our inbound marketing strategy to build lead generation, which is rooted in three key principles: attracting, engaging, and delighting customers. Along with other success metrics, excellence in these key areas accounts for a significant increase in new leads.

 

The Luxury Living Chicago Realty site was built to be a resource for anyone looking for an apartment in downtown Chicago. Every week at least three new blog posts are published and shared throughout marketing channels that link back to the website.

 

Every month our team reviews a list of SERP opportunities, meets with our sales teams to discuss commonly asked questions, and analyzes the top performing content driving traffic to our website.By the end of the award timeframe, the LLCR site ranked  in the top 2 Google search results for 288 queries, a number that has continued to increase month over month since the website’s creation in 2016.  

 

Thought Leadership Campaign – Providing Clarity in Uncertain Times

 

As part of our submission for the Thought Leadership Campaign, Luxury Living Chicago Realty made numerous updates to the LuxuryChicagoApartments.com website that enabled us to address COVID-19 concerns and strategically shift to virtual leasing.

 

Thought leadership was deployed to generate bylined articles and secure media interviews about how LLCR was continuing to operate safely during the pandemic and to share best practices and key learnings with the real estate industry. From Chicago Agent Magazine to Bisnow to The Real Deal’s, CEO Aaron Galvin worked closely with Chicago’s real estate media and multifamily trade publications to share important data and metrics about Chicago’s luxury apartment market as well as best practices related to marketing and leasing apartments during a pandemic.

 

Galvin published multiple articles featuring real-time insight and learnings via the Forbes Real Estate Council and Inman.com. In April, How To Lease An Apartment Sight Unseen and How To Improve Remote Leasing Efforts With Video ran with the goal of sharing strategies that had been working for the company. In May, he shared additional insight in the article How To Convert Apartment Website Traffic To Leases, followed by his July submission Apartment Leasing Has Changed For The Better: How To Succeed With Multiple Leasing Options.

 

On March 3, 2021, Aaron Galvin hosted the Chicago Luxury Apartment Market Update. Months in the making, the goal of the virtual event was to share company data and key learnings from the past year. The event featured a keynote from Galvin, a market report from the company’s Director of Leasing strategy, a candid interview between a luxury renter that moved during the pandemic and her leasing agent and culminated to a panel discussion with some of the biggest names in Chicago real estate. The panel discussion was moderated by Galvin and featured key figures from Hines, Fifield and Related. The virtual event was attended by 300+ industry peers from developers to property managers to investors.

 

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Being recognized as an organization that is included with a group of notable names in business is both an accomplishment and an honor. All winners for PR Daily’s Content Marketing Awards will be announced in January 2022.

 

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Luxury Apartment Building Panorama in Chicago’s Lakeview Neighborhood Hits 100% Leased

Luxury Living Chicago Realty achieves leasing milestone for the 140-unit luxury apartment building 

 

Luxury Living Chicago Realty (LLCR) announces Panorama, a new BlitzLake development in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood, has hit the 100% leased milestone. The 140-unit luxury apartment building began leasing in January of this year.

 

“We began pre-leasing Panorama in mid-January and are excited to announce that this is one of the fastest lease-ups we have ever completed,” said Aaron Galvin, CEO & Founder of Luxury Living Chicago Realty, the exclusive marketing and leasing provider for Panorama. “This property delivered at the perfect time, offering renters an upscale yet attainable option in Lakeview.”

 

Conveniently located at the northwest corner of Clark and School streets, the development offers luxury units ranging from studios to two-bedrooms, new retail space, and parking for 22 vehicles. Created by noted architecture firm bKL Architects, Panorama features a masonry exterior with large, deep-set windows and the interior features premium finishes and amenities such as salt quartz countertops, Moen and Kohler chrome fixtures, nine-foot exposed concrete ceilings, and smart phone controlled door locks.

 

Panorama was designed to embody the spirit of community and convenience under one roof with additional community amenities including an on-site dog spa, Amazon hub package lockers, and lounges designed to meet work-from-home or private study needs. 

 

The penthouse level is home to a state-of-the-art fitness center with private training, on-demand fitness, an expansive yoga room, and PELOTON and Technogym fitness equipment, a theater room, and a chef’s kitchen as well as a rooftop terrace with sweeping views that inspired the building’s name. 

 

“When we set out to develop Panorama, the goal was to provide an alternative to the vintage walk-ups and aging high rises prevalent in the area,” said David Blitz, CEO of BlitzLake. “We are very proud of this asset and the market’s reaction to it.”

 

Panorama is well located for transit, including the Brown and Red Lines, as well as bus and bike routes to downtown. Bordering the Wrigleyville, Southport Corridor, and Boystown neighborhoods, residents are close to conveniences such as restaurants, farmer’s markets, lakefront parks, and shopping. With a 96 Walk Score, this area of Lakeview has become a destination for both locals and transplants to the city.

  

Learn more about the apartments at www.panoramachicago.com.