Chicago's up-and-coming neighborhood — Grant Park, the Museum Campus, and the lakefront are all close. The neighborhood has been improving steadily but still has some rough edges.
What's Happening Here
The 78 is the biggest development story in Chicago right now — a 62-acre mixed-use project at Roosevelt and Clark that will eventually add 10,000 residents, a new CTA station, and a major research and tech campus (Illinois Institute of Technology is anchoring it). It's still early, but the trajectory is clear: the southern edge of the South Loop is going to look completely different in 10 years. Buildings on the south end of the neighborhood (1400 Wabash, Arrive South Loop) are closest to the upside. The Museum Campus and lakefront aren't going anywhere — those are permanent anchors.
Buildings in South Loop
NEMA Chicago
1210 S Indiana Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Chicago's flashiest rental — two tiers, one building, and an amenity package that genuinely has no equal.
Park Michigan
130 N Garland Ct, Chicago, IL 60602
Millennium Park in your backyard, at a price that won't make you cry.
1000M
1000 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Helmut Jahn's final Chicago masterpiece — now a rental tower, and it earns the superlative.
1345 S Wabash
1345 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
South Loop's best value rental — good location, decent amenities, fair price.
The Beacon
1400 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
South Loop's newest and best — the neighborhood is finally catching up to the building.
Sentral Michigan Avenue
808 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Formerly Essex on the Park — Oxford Capital's South Loop tower with an infinity pool and Grant Park views.
1111 S Wabash
1111 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
South Loop's most underrated condo — 34 floors, spacious units, and a rooftop with one of the best July 4th views in the city.
Astoria Tower
8 E 9th St, Chicago, IL 60605
Originally condos, now Crescent Heights rentals — 30 floors of South Loop value with two rooftop decks.
1000 South Clark
1000 S Clark St, Chicago, IL 60605
JDL's South Loop flagship — 43,000 sq ft of amenities, steps from the proposed Chicago Fire stadium and the future Near South Side sports district.
The Grand Central
221 W Harrison St, Chicago, IL 60607
CMK's twin-tower South Loop statement — 346 units across two 14-story buildings with a resort-style amenity deck and strong Printer's Row location.
Arrive Michigan Avenue
1326 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Entry-level luxury done right — breathtaking lake views, a rooftop sky lounge, and a community that actually feels like one.
Coeval
51 E 14th St, Chicago, IL 60605
Boutique South Loop near Museum Campus — the residential half of a two-building development.
Sonder South Wabash
1419 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Furnished short-term rentals in the South Loop — a hotel disguised as an apartment building.
1400 Wabash
1400 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
One of the South Loop's newest towers — brand-new construction with modern finishes throughout.
1401 S State
1401 S State St, Chicago, IL 60605
Loft-style South Loop with rooftop garden — a 2008 building that's aged gracefully.
Eleven40
1140 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
LEED Silver South Loop with a music jam room — CA Ventures does it right.
1001 S State
1001 S State St, Chicago, IL 60605
SCB-designed South Loop tower with rooftop pool, spa, and one of the best amenity packages in the neighborhood.
Roosevelt Collection Lofts
1135 S Delano Ct E, Chicago, IL 60605
Live above the Roosevelt Collection — the South Loop's most unusual live-above-retail situation.
820 Michigan
820 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Chicago's only high-rise designed by an African American architect — now apartments, still iconic.
Arrive South Loop
1935 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60616
Boutique South Loop with rooftop pool — a low-rise courtyard building that punches above its weight.