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Lake Street Lofts


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anonymous

Resident 2006 - 2007

6/20/2008

Check out Lakestreetlookout on Youtube before deciding about this place

This was my first place my wife and I moved to in Chicago. The apartments are okay,the loft feel is nice, but you will hear your upstairs neighbors. There are no amenities in the building except for a rooftop deck and grill which is nice. The downside is that the building is located near Reserve and Chromium/Shadow nightclubs and IT IS LOCATED RIGHT NEXT TO THE L TRAIN! Do yourself a favor and check out the postings from Lakestreetlookout on YouTube and decide for yourself. While the restaurants and bars on Randolph are nice, there are a lot of street fights and even some shootings resulting in homicides due to these clubs. I moved out of there last summer and just stumbled upon these postings today which prompted me to write this review. Had I seen these videos before I moved, I would not have moved into this building. Also, the building manager, Mark, is a weird guy. He will do nice things for the building residents, like a $15 gift card during the holidays and a complimentary bottle of white zinfendal when you move in. He will also creep out any female in the building, is a stickler for ridiculous rules and is not available should there be an emergency after hours. Also, any of the reviews on here that sound too good to be true are because he writes them! I read one where it said the location was great because you could walk to the butcher for a Christmas ham? Who the hell would write that? I think he spends at least 40% of his day reading and writing reviews on these sites.
    Manager

    6/20/2008

    Lake Street Lofts
    While I regret you did not enjoy your time at Lake Street Lofts, the libelous slander and mis-statement of the facts are a major issue here. First of all, Reserve and Chromium are closed, and have been for some time. We invested a lot of time and money (first supporting the cause of having Chromium's late hour license petition denied, second, the license complaints that led to the eventual closing of this establishment) to help rid the neighborhood of such nuisances, and yes, those clips on the web were very true. I know who recorded them, and saw this well before it became publicized, and were already working for having this establishment closed down. But your distortion of shootings and homicides in the area is false, making this sound like it happened on an hourly basis. Check the Police records. This is one of the safest districts in all of the city. Blame bureaucracy for them being open as long as they were, not us. Besides, a moratorium has been passed prohibiting any new exclusive night clubs from opening in this area. Second, accusing me of writing reviews is nonsense, everything posted here, be it positive or negative, is actual testimonial. Third, I do not make rules, I enforce what is mandated by the building ownership and the management company. Are you upset because you were caught having bulk deliveries through the main entrance, and utilizing improper moving procedures? Why did you fail to mention that your actions led to damage to the entrance lock? This led to several residents not being able to gain access to the building for about an hour. I would think your lack of regard for such a reasonable policy is more questionable. These policies, afterall, were clearly stated in your lease. Then you bring up the train. You both viewed the loft you rented, why make an issue of it now? You make it sound like we put it there after you moved in. More slander in your other remarks: This is a building that is largely populated by female residents, has been at maximum occupancy, and experienced record renewal percentages since 2007. Why are they staying? If we are so bad and non-responsive, we should be half-empty right now. If you did not like it here, fine. I will never say we are flawless, we do have our share of mishaps and issues, and work dilligently to correct them. But if you cannot even tell the entire truth about your experience here, be it good or bad, how can anyone take your attempts to slander our building and myself with any credibility?

    Review 18 out of 53

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