The South Residences has 120 units, the Tower has 131 units, and the Lake, 264. This 2-bedroom penthouse in the Tower Residences at 680 N. Lake Shore Drive in Streeterville came on the market in July 2023. 680 N. Lake Shore Drive is a unique building. According to Wikipedia, it was completed in 1926. it…
Author Archives: Catie Barcy
May
31
2023
Shane Rachman, Colin Stok, and Chase McGuire of Peak Realty. Peak Realty, a full-scale real estate services company based in Chicago, has opened a new office in Denver and hit the ground running. With two lease-up projects in the historic Cheesman Park neighborhood, a 300-unit stabilized portfolio, and its first sales listing which closed May…
May
24
2023
The firm's managing partner shares his biggest lesson learned in the multifamily industry. Twenty-five years ago, Mike Zucker founded Peak Properties, a full-service management and investment firm in Chicago. From a one-man show operating in the basement of a building, the firm now manages 8,500 units in over 500 buildings throughout the Chicagoland area. Multifamily…
May
22
2023
Chicago-based brokerage Peak Realty will have some views of the geographic feature in its name from its new office in the Mile High. Peak, the housing brokerage firm that initially began as a leasing arm of Chicago’s Peak Properties, is expanding into Denver with its brokerage.
May
15
2023
Chicago-based Peak Realty is expanding its operation to Colorado. The brokerage announced Monday that it is opening a new full-scale brokerage focused on assisting investors, buyers and sellers in the Denver metropolitan area. “The reality is that in the real estate world you’re always thinking about entering new markets, as an operator or an investor.…
Mar
13
2023
This 4-bedroom duplex in the Carl Street Studios at 155 W. Burton Place in Old Town came on the market in February 2023 but had been on the market prior to the pandemic without ever selling. The Carl Street Studios were built in 1880 as an original Victorian home and was converted into 13 condos…
Mar
08
2023
Peak Realty is now representing 318 W Grand, an office to apartment conversion in Chicago’s River North neighborhood. The brokerage and leasing company is now marketing and leasing the 12-unit building for owner MCZ Development, and Peak Properties LLC is tapped to manage the property. “The lease up at 318 W Grand in River North…
Jan
27
2023
815 East Ellsworth Apartments, a 15-unit apartment property near Cherry Creek Mall, has sold to Ninth Square Real Estate Partners, a New York-based real estate investment company whose partners have over three decades of combined experience generating superior returns for their investors with a track record including $1.5 billion of value-add property investments and developments.…
Jan
17
2023
Peak Properties’ Mike Zucker is focusing on retaining both employees and residents this year. Twenty-five years ago, Mike Zucker started Peak Properties in the basement of an old building. Over the years, through hard work, determination and networking, he built a company with 150 employees and 8,000 units in Chicago. Peak, not to be confused…
Dec
27
2022
Peak Properties, LLC has been selected to manage a 29-unit apartment building in the heart of Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood at 915-25 W. Schubert Ave. De-converted from a condominium into rentals and renovated in 2016-17, the property consists of 23 studios and six one-bedroom units in the three-story red brick walkup building on a quiet…
