The Saint Grand Welcomes First Residents

The Saint Grand, a co-development and joint venture between Mavrek Development, Double Eagle Development, Luxury Living, and GW Properties, began welcoming its first residents last month. The mixed-use development is located in the heart of Chicago’s Streeterville neighborhood. The Saint Grand includes 248 Class A luxury apartments at 218 E. Grand Ave, 45,000 square feet of offices at 535 N. St Clair, and 8,000 square feet of street-level retail at the corner of Grand Avenue and N. St. Clair.

 

“The Saint Grand’s apartments fuse vibrant Chicago living into sophisticated design, seamlessly integrated with the thriving Streeterville community,” said Aaron Galvin, Founder of Luxury Living. “After the first few weeks of leasing, we are thrilled by the initial traction.”

 

The Saint Grand’s apartments feature a mix of floorplans ranging from studios to 2 Bedrooms + Dens, emphasizing in-unit workspaces and private outdoor space to accommodate post-pandemic renter preferences. A suite of community amenities includes a state-of-the-art fitness center, co-working spaces with ten private study/work rooms, upscale lounges, and a rooftop pool deck scheduled to open in May.

 

“The Saint Grand offers highly requested amenities, including in-unit workspaces to accommodate work-from-home and private outdoor space,” said Galvin. Using real-time rental trends to inform this property’s architecture, design, and operations has been incredibly helpful. Initial feedback is proving our development thesis resonates with renters.”

 

In addition to the multifamily offering, the property includes The Offices at The Saint Grand, 45,000 square feet of flagship Class A office space located at 535 N. St Clair. The two full floors of office space also include private outdoor space, modern ventilation systems, and other intentional post-pandemic health safety elements. Office tenants will benefit from accessing and enjoying the apartment amenities.

 

“As one of the most active development groups in Chicago, we’re thrilled with the market’s reaction to The Saint Grand,” remarked Adam Friedberg, CEO at Mavrek. “In the coming weeks, we will be unveiling a lineup of exciting retail tenants poised to elevate the neighborhood’s vibrancy and enrich the experiences of both residents and office tenants.”

 

Double Eagle President Andrew Juiris added, “The Saint Grand is already exceeding expectations. We couldn’t be happier with the level of luxury and quality the property offers residents, shoppers, and employers.”

 

Along with the development team, The Saint Grand is the result of collaboration among industry leaders NORR (architecture), Lendlease (construction), Harken Interiors (interior design), and Cushman and Wakefield, who will oversee residential and commercial property management.

 

Learn more about the apartments at LiveSaintGrand.com.

 

Inquire about the Offices at The Saint Grand at WorkSaintGrand.com.

 

 

Luxury Living Chicago Realty Recognized for Excellence With Three 2022 CAMME Awards from the Chicagoland Apartment Association

At this year’s annual CAMME Awards, hosted by the Chicagoland Apartment Association (CAA) on April 29, 2022, Luxury Living Chicago Realty was recognized with three CAMME Awards for excellence in the Chicagoland rental housing industry. Learn more about each award below.

 

2022 CAMME Award Wins

 

 

Associate Website

Our Objective

Our brokerage-focused website – www.luxurychicagoapartments.com – was built to be a consistent resource for Chicagoland luxury renters. With the goal of informing our clients, we produce guides, checklists, blog posts and more to empower renters to learn about Chicago’s luxury apartment market, local nuances and more.

Our Target Market

Our target audiences are renters relocating to Chicago, renters living in downtown Chicago looking for guidance in their apartment search, homeowners looking for a pied-a-terre or downsize, and past clients. Our team has helped thousands of luxury renters find a place to call home. 

The Result
Our easy-to-navigate website filled with resources, blog posts, beautiful and comprehensive apartment inventory, LuxuryChicagoApartments.com has generated nearly 5,000 leads (4,976) from January 1, 2020-December 31, 2021. With 2021 seeing a 20% growth in leads compared to 2020.

 

Property Website

Logan Apts. is a Class A multifamily development in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood. The neighborhood has seen many changes in recent years as chef-driven restaurants, new housing and retail conveniences have moved into the area. Logan itself was built on the site of a demolished Discount Mall on an undeveloped stretch of Milwaukee Avenue.

When our teams began working on branding & marketing, we selected “Logan” as a name to humanize the project and center it on building relationships with the Logan Square neighborhood. Our communications strategy leveraged this connection, using the website as an instrumental tool for keeping the community informed.

We knew the project was going to be transformational for Logan Square, so we set out to build a website that both established the Logan brand and drove leads all while showcasing the positive impact of Logan on the community.

We secured the URL LiveLoganChicago.com, which hosted the website designed and built by Luxury Living Chicago Realty. 

The Result

Following the launch of our website in January 2020, we saw early success by connecting with our email and retargeting lists built from the Logan Apts. landing page. In total, 1,697 submissions were generated by the landing page.

We successfully reached our target personas, and the building was 90% leased by March 2021. From January 2020-March 2021, the majority of the executed leases were from residents that were already living in Logan Square or were relocating from out of state. The majority of residents are aged 25-35, 44.7% live alone and 35.9% are unmarried couples.

From January 2020–March 2021, LiveLoganChicago. com received 131,115 unique website sessions with an average session length of 0:47 seconds.

Logan’s website continues to be at the center of everything we create, and every campaign is set up to measure success or quickly adapt based on insights from our leasing data. 

 

Social Media Program

Wolf Point East is a 698-unit luxury apartment community located at the intersection of the three branches of the Chicago River. Our social media strategy began early on during construction and evolved to communicate progress, leasing milestones and resident activity. 

Running the luxury apartment building’s social media marketing, our content prioritizes Instagram and extends to Facebook, Google Business, and affiliate accounts through TikTok. This combination maximized exposure through impressions and reach to Wolf Point East’s target market of renters.

From September 1–December 31, 2021, our numbers continue to increase: 

  • Instagram posts, reels and stories reached 97,400 accounts with 1,803 accounts engaging with Wolf Point East’s content 
  • Wolf Point East’s Google My Business account had over 100,000 total views with 12,000 actions (website visits, request directions, call) and 86,200 total searches for the property 
  • Facebook had 114,700 total page reach with 2,800 of the reach being organic. There were 180 total reactions (likes, comments, and shares) 
  • From 24 posts, 48 stories, and 1 reel, Instagram reached 31,900 accounts and gained 144 new followers. The account also received engagement from 795 accounts 
  • Luxury Living Chicago Realty posted a tour of Wolf Point East’s penthouse on the company’s TikTok profile that generated 15,100 video views and 15,800 reach

 

For a complete list of 2022 CAMME Award winners, please visit www.cammeawards.com.

 

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Luxury Living Chicago Realty Announces First Development Project in JV Partnership with Mavrek Development and GW Properties

A co-development and joint venture between Mavrek DevelopmentGW Properties, and Luxury Living Chicago Realty announce plans for a mixed-use development in the heart of Chicago’s Streeterville neighborhood. Designed by NORR, the property includes 248 Class A luxury apartments, 40,000 square feet of office, and 8,000 square of street-level retail on the northeast corner of E Grand Avenue and N St Clair.

 

The apartments are located at 218 E. Grand Ave., steps from Michigan Avenue shopping, dining and entertainment and walking distance to Lake Michigan and the Northwestern Hospital campus.

 

“We are excited to continue to develop and invest in Chicago,” said Adam Friedberg, Partner at Mavrek Development. “We’ve assembled a best-in-class team, and we are thrilled to have secured the opportunity to add to Streeterville’s skyline and ecosystem. With a Whole Foods steps from the development site and easy access to Lake Shore Drive and Michigan Avenue, this is a prime location well suited for retail, office and multifamily.”

 

The development will feature a mix of floorplans ranging from studios to 2 Bedrooms with an emphasis on in-unit workspaces and private outdoor space to accommodate post-pandemic renter preferences. There will also be a suite of amenities, including an innovative package receiving service offering, state-of-the-art co-working lounge, specialized fitness center and outdoor pool and deck.

 

“We have seen a shift in renter demand asking for more 1 Bedroom + den spaces and paying premiums for units with private outdoor space,” said Aaron Galvin, CEO/Founder of Luxury Living Chicago Realty. “As a co-developer, we can use the rental trends we are seeing in the market to inform the architecture, design, and operations of this property. We have every confidence this property will be well received in the market.”

 

In addition to the multifamily offering, the property will include Class-A office space with a rare flagship opportunity located at 535 N. St Clair. This is the first Class-A office delivery in Streeterville in several years. The two full floors of office space also include private outdoor space, modern ventilation systems and other intentional post-pandemic health safety elements. Office tenants will be able to enjoy the apartment amenities as an added benefit.

 

“We’re seeing a flight to quality in the office market in Chicago,” stated Anthony Hrusovsky, Partner at Mavrek.  “Companies are using new space and residential level amenity offerings to attract their employees back to the office.

“535 St Clair will be the first of its kind in the Streeterville submarket, which we think will result in strong tenant demand,” added Shai Wolkowicki, Principal of GW Properties.

 

The property will replace a parking garage located at 535 N St Clair. Demolition is expected to start mid-summer with groundbreaking by the end of the year. The office will be ready for tenant build outs to start Q3 2023, with the residential delivering in early 2024.

 

“This development is the culmination of many hours of hard work and team collaboration,” said Peter Koch, Partner at Mavrek. “The project is slated to begin construction in the Fall, and we are eager to get going.”

 

Stay tuned for more news about this project and future LLCR developments.

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