The Marquee Michigan Avenue

The very lucky residents of the Marquee Chicago condos will find themselves in an exclusive, posh neighborhood, close to everything. This is the ultimate in living environment, inside and out.

On the outside, residents can enjoy the Museum Campus, which is a huge lakefront park of nearly 60 acres. Tucked away in that glorious little wonderland is the Adler Planetarium and the Shedd Aquarium. All of this opened in the late 1900s, when developers gave the area a much-needed shot in the arm and turned it into a place where Chicago's people of privilege want to be.

Residents will also be mere minutes away from Millennium Park. Admission is free, even though the park boasts an incredible array of events to please any music, theater or dance lover—from the world music of the park's Music Without Borders series to the Grant Park Music Festival, which is billed as the nation's only remaining outdoor classical music series that is free.

The Art Institute of Chicago and its attending museum is also nearby. That means the residents of this area—your future neighbors—are the sort who enjoy the finer things in life. They understand the value of art, music and preserving the beauty of nature even in the heart of the big city.

Nearby attractions include O'Leary's Fire Truck Tours, Buckingham Fountain, Chinatown, the Prairie Avenue Historic District and the Art Institute of Chicago. There are also Chicago Trolley Tours during the summer. It is said to be quite entertaining. They offer a People and Places Tour, which involves the entire city; a Chicago Highlights Tour, which is a good price value and will show you some of Chicago's best attractions. There are also tours for school groups.

And those are just the daytime and family activities. The area has a great nightlife too, like sort-of Irish bar Kitty O'Shea's at the Hilton on S. Michigan, or Buddy Guy's Legends at 754 South Wabash Avenue, if you like wondering off the beaten path. There's also the Cotton Club, not even half a mile from The Field Museum in South Loop, and Arie Crown Theater, which has hosted such acts as Sheryl Crow, Smokey Robinson and Whitney Houston.

Sedgwick Properties Marquee

On the inside, residents will adore the red oak hardwood floors in the kitchens, dining rooms, living rooms and hallways. There are no hardwood floors in the bathrooms, of course—only the elegance of natural stone, perhaps to match the granite countertops in the kitchen. Also in the kitchen, residents will find stainless steel appliances. Berber-style carpeting make the bedrooms a comfortable place to relax.

Floor plans vary slightly from floor to floor. Some floors have more apartments, than others, some with slightly different layouts in the homes themselves. On each floor, however, there is a selection of 1-bedroom units starting in price from the high $100s, 2-bedroom units from the high $200s, 3-bedroom homes from the high $300s and penthouses from the mid-$600s.

Possibly the most impressive feature of these homes are the technology options that come with them. There is an Inteliplex system so that the owner can check on local weather and traffic, as well as entertainment information, and control their environment. There are built-in speakers and volume/source control in every room, plasma television sets on the walls, surround sound with hidden-built-in speakers, HDTV plasma upgrade options, options for integrating digital music and MP3 players into your sound system. As if that wasn't enough, these homes also include LCD televisions mounted on walls and under cabinets. The lighting is easy to adjust to set the perfect mood for whatever you're doing.

The Marquee condos are located at 1454 S. Michigan Avenue in the revitalized South Loop District, in the very heart of Chicago. This is lakefront property, and lakefront property is hot. It's best to get in on the ground floor—figuratively speaking, of course. Fortunately, pre-construction purchase is available.

There is an open house every Saturday and Sunday, 1-3 p.m., except for holidays, at the onsite Chicago Marquee sales center on S. Michigan Avenue.

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