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Aqua at Lakeshore East


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anonymous

Resident 2011

12/10/2011

Great Building!

My husband and I moved into Aqua when it first opened in June 2009. We absolutely loved our time living here, which lasted from then through this past summer in 2011. I am really surprised people have negative things to say about management, because Debbie, the building manager, is the most professional and hard-working building manager I have ever encountered. She knew us on a first name basis, and she and her staff were always quick to respond to any problem. Any time we had a maintenance request they almost always responded that same day, even on Saturdays and Sundays. The building's gym is huge and unlike any other apartment gym I have ever seen. It is great to have in the building in Chicago, as I would never leave the building during a snowstorm to go and work out! There is also an indoor lap pool and jacuzzi, steam and sauna rooms, massage rooms, business center with computers, copier/scanner and fax machine (in the office) and several party rooms. The pool deck is the largest pool deck in Chicago, with a huge pool, cabanas, running track, jacuzzi, and amazing views. The actual apartments are not huge but very well laid out with large closets, a decent amount of storage (and you can rent a storage locker) and the kitchens are great! Every apartment has a different balcony except for the very few without balconies and superb views of the city. Ours faced Millennium Park and South Michigan Avenue. My only complaints are that the people slowly became less friendly in the building over time, and there are more students there than I would like. Some of them like to do things like copy an entire reader and proceed to break the copier, which is selfish and rude. The pool deck on busy weekends can be a bit of a d-bag party scene. And we moved before the hotel opened, so I cannot comment on how it is now that the Radisson Blu is open. Oh, and another great point is the direct access to the pedway! The front door staff are amazing, and I miss them to this day. I made a lot of friends as I would leave and enter the building several times a day. They always went out of their way to help out and are very kind.

Review 5 out of 10

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