Astoria Tower

Great place to live. I love the location. It is east to get on the highway, LSD, L stops, walk to the park, etc.
The sauna and stem bath are cool features to have, as well as the sun deck. This place has just about everything.
If I ever return to the South Loop or Chicago, I will be back.

Love living at Astoria Tower! So happy I moved to the South Loop. Looked at a ton of buildings. This place has everything I was looking for, not to mention my view is sick. Molly and Christina in the front office are great with helping out.

I have lived at Astoria now for 5 months. It is my first time living in Chicago (coming from the suburbs). I love the building, the neighborhood, and the building staff who have been very helpful. The views from the north side of the building are unbelievable.
It is very easy to get anywhere in the city with the all of the EL stations within walking distance. There is easy access to both 290 and 55. The lake is only minutes away along with museum campus, and all of the parks as well. There is always something going on in the neighborhood. There are plenty of good bars and restaurants in the area. The location could not be better.
I would highly recommend this building to anyone who was looking. The apartments are very nice with lots of natural light and updated appliances. There are very few places in the city than I would rather be than sitting on my apartment balcony. The only building improvement I would make would be to improve the gym, but there is enough equipment /​machines to get a good workout in plus there are a lot of nice gyms in the area.
The building is dog friendly which is nice for pet owners, but not a problem for those who don’t have pets. I do not have a dog, and there are probably 3 – 4 dogs on my floor but I don’t ever hear the pets barking or anything.
Again, I would highly recommend the building to anyone looking for a great city life.

Sadly I had to recently leave Astoria Towers because of a relocation. My experience over the last three years was nothing but exceptional. Marcella & Christina in the Management Office could not have been more accommodating. And the building maintenance department is responsive and professional. I loved all of the amenities and the desk staff. Location could not be better. Goodbye AT (but you never know, I might be back!)

Love living here! The management is great and everyone you meet here. It is close to everything you need/​want. Pet friendly and it’s great for pets!

This place has been great since the day you see it and start the application process. Everything is managed professionally and on time. Apartments are great and so are the amenities. We did not live here long enough but so far no complaints. Also, all neighbors I met are very friendly which gives a nice community feel. Living in Astoria makes it feel like living at home compared to many other buildings in the area where its all about cost vs. providing a home to its residents.
Location is great: close to public transport and stores but not right in the middle of the crowds and people.

We have lived here over 5 years and have only amazing things to say about this building, the management company, the staff of the management company and the staff that take care of our building from maintenance, and security to our amazing concierge team.
We bought our condo just after the building was finished and have definitely had our share of issues arise. The difference between the first 2 years, and our management company bringing in Marcella and Connie to manage the property has been amazing.
We have had only positive experiences with the leasing staff that take care of the rental side of Astoria Tower. As condo unit owners, we appreciate the effort that the management team put forth to make our building amazing. The entire team delivers 5 star quality service and always take care of us.
The amenities are incredible and so much better than they were when we first moved in. We enjoy everyone of them from the gym to the business center, the spa floor (our personal favorite) and the party room, and billiard room among others. The rooftop decks are top notch and we love spending time hanging out and enjoying the beautiful scenery. We love our unit and our neighbors. Life long relationships have been established and a wonderful sense of community comes from our surroundings and the people we share this building with.
Thank you, Astoria Tower for giving us a life of amazing experiences and wonderful living.

I just renewed my lease for year three at Astoria. I have been in Chicago 12 years and Astoria has been the best place I have had the pleasure of calling home. From the door staff, to maintenance to the property manager, all are a delight to work with. If you have an issue it is taken seriously and resolved as a top priority. The attention to detail and care at Astoria simply cannot be matched!

I work with a lot of properties in Chicago and have to say the Astoria tower team is one of the best groups I have worked with. They are very professional and offer the best cookies at their office ;)
It’s in a great location and the amenities are top quality

Astoria Tower is a cool place to live — wonderful views of the city and the lake, huge windows, amenities like theatre room, golf room and billiards room, spa and pools — and all this is close to highways and public transportation. What is important for me — the building is constantly improving: new carpets and hallway paint, renewed amenity rooms, new treadmills and even the new coffee station (along with the free cookies station on the 10^th floor — my best place ever;)). Lots of social events and holiday celebrations, food trucks and some free pastry from the new businesses nearby — it’s really fun to live in Astoria. The maintenance guys always complete the work orders as soon as they get them, the management responds to any tenant’s complain or suggestion, the front desk personnel is super-​friendy and helping. Try it out!

I have worked with the chief engineer of this building for years. The building has great amenities and the location is great as well. I would recommend this property to anyone as a place to live!

I have really loved living at Astoria Tower! The door staff are wonderful and attentive; they start off my mornings with kind greetings. The leasing staff are great too. Any problem I have ever had they have been willing to work through with me, and with quick responses. Christina has been SOOOO helpful and patient with me even through all the questions. I have really appreciated her help. Every time we have put in a maintenance request, it has been completed within the day. I live on the 18^th floor in a one bedroom facing the north; which just has to be one of the most spectacular views in the city. We were looking for a studio, but after seeing the view on the 18^th floor, we immediately signed the lease. It is a little frustrating wi-​fi wasnt included in the cable package, but they do have a really nice business center with several huge desktops and a printer for everyone to use.
i don’t honestly have many complaints. I have never heard my neighbors through the walls. The rent is high for a one bedroom, but actually considering that our apartment is totally updated with hardwood floors, granite counter tops, and stainless steel appliances, I can’t complain. If you look for any other apartments that are comparable in updates and locations, I think you will find that Astoria actually does offer cheaper rents than surrounding buildings. I loved using the rooftop deck in the summer time, with chairs, grills and a fireplace it makes it a great place to have people over. We don’t pay for monthly parking, but do on occasion park our car in the garage and find it to be reasonably priced and there is always spots open. The location is also great; i work in the Loop and walk to work; takes me about 15 – 20 minutes.
I would DEFINITELY recommend living here!

I lived at Astoria Tower for appx. 6 months but I had to move out early.
Here is my honest review about Astoria Tower without being biased.
Pros: Nice and friendly staffs and maintenance is very quick.
Cons: Walls are very thin. The next door neighbor stayed up late watching movie/​TV show until 4 – 5 A.M. and it woke me up almost everyday, which was a nightmare.
Some reviews say that they did not hear their neighbor. Well, I guess that they either had quitet neighbor or the wall they had was better insulated but my unit was not like that. There was also another neighbor who smoked something and had multiple young friends coming in and out everyday. The hallway smelled like marihuana. Management didn’t do much about it. I had to roll up a towel to block the gab on the lower side of entrance door so that marijuana smell does not come through my unit.
Warning to you: Do not move into the unit that has carpeted floor. It’s filthy and dirty, which may harm your health condition.
Try to live at higher floor. The train noise will give you enough stress in the night time.
If you want to read more about my experience, proceed to read below.
The unit I lived in had carpeted floor in a bedroom with hardwood floor in living room space. The place was not perfectly clean when I moved in and I found good amount of grey hair here and there, which appeared to be cat hair (grey color).
According to management personnel, I was told that the previous tenant had a cat before. I understood and did not care as I am a pet friendly person.
The problem started about 2 months after I moved in.
I started coughing when I come home (I was perfectly fine at work or outside of home). I first thought that I had a bad cold although I did not feel like I had a cold. My coughing symptom got worse day by day and started coughing with phlegm with blood. It freaked me out and I decided to go see a doctor to get myself checked out.
After doing many tests, chest x-​ray, etc… it was determined to be allergy issue related to dust from carpeted floor and cat hair that led to asthma symptom.
I lived in a place with carpeted floor and I didn’t have such issue and so I figured that it’s random thing.
No, it was not. I bought blacklight flashlight as I heard that I can find spots that cat or other pet peed on carpet before. Yes, it worked. I found countless spots that something peed on the carpet that I was living in and sleeping in. After seeing this, I lead me to think that I was living in a place with carpeted floor that had all those bacterias, dust mites from the dirty carpet that pets peed on, which made my health condition very poor now.
I had no choice other than moving out of that unit. I contacted the management office and explained about this situation. It took about a week for the manager to get back to me. She said that I can move out but pay 2 months of rent as penalty.
Yes, that is what I agreed on the lease agreement but we are talking about health issue due to their improper cleaning job or maintaining job on the carpet. I was not asking for any medical bill coverage but pay two months penalty for my move-​out reason was not acceptable.
I then asked if there was any other unit with hardwood floor that I can move into. The only available unit was on 4^th floor or 10^th (I don’t remember correctly). I could not move into the lower level since I was already being bothered by train noise in the night on 12^th floor and living on lower level means even more noise.
I had to say no to that.
Then, the manager said she can put hardwood floors in my bedroom for $ 2000.
Even if they offered to put hardwood floor for free, it’s a big hassle for me since I work everyday and moving all stuffs out of the bedroom to get hardwood floors, which takes 2 days or so and still paying $ 2000 from my own pocket for the rental place didn’t sound right.
I asked if they can do something else for me. I was willing to pay some penalty amount but paying for the same 2 months rent as penalty because of health issue did not look right. The manager (Maureen?) said there is nothing else she can do.
I even provided her with a letter from my doctor so that they don’t see my issue as BS. They did not care about my health.
After trying many times talking to them, I figured that they did not care about my health issue although it was because of their dirty carpet. They just wanted my penalty to be paid. Fine. I ended up paying for penalty and moved out. Now, I live in a place without any carpeted floor and I do not cough one single time.
Conclusion. It’s a nice apartment with good staffs (except for the upper management ppl). If the tenant’s health condition has become critical because of their poor maintenance of carpeted floor, I think that they were supposed to handle this issue little differently instead of giving the same response as «I don’t care about your health condition. Pay two months rent if you are moving out before the lease end»

Astoria Tower is a very lovely place. My husband and I lived there for a year and would have loved to stay. Unfortunately we rented a unit we loved but was at the top of our budget (this was our first year living in Chicago and were a bit zealous) We were not able to stay as the rent was raised to increase $ 160.00 every month. If it had been a bit lower around 25 or 35 per month we would have stayed.
They have wonderful amenities, a pool, hot tub, gym, sauna, steam room. The units have (now this may sound funny) the best dishwasher I’ve used in my life — seriously you never have to rinse anything it’s that powerful. Soaking tubs, granite counter tops, tall ceilings, and a wonderful staff over there. I would recommend this place :)

Marcella and team are such jewels. The building is nice. My stay perfect.
Forever I am grateful for my temporary home.

Love, love, love this building… so much that I have renewed for a second year. Great amenities and great apartment features (new appliances, washer/​dryer, balcony, etc). There is not a building at this price point that compares, especially if you are interested in staying in the South Loop. The location is perfect. It’s a few blocks from city center, but just far enough away to not have to deal with all of the congestion.
All of those are reason enough to live here, but the people are the icing on the cake. In particular, I have worked most with CHRISTINA in leasing and she has been a dream — this coming from someone who is picky about everything and indecisive to boot. Christina just gets me. She knows what I am looking for and has the patience of a saint. As I pondered and pondered, she never pressured me, but instead tried to help me make the best decision for me. Can’t say enough great things about her! If you are looking at this building (and you should!), make sure to ask for Christina.

Unit Quality
The unit are nice with floor to ceiling windows. My unit had hard wood floors in the common areas and the bed rooms were carpeted. I’m not sure if that is the norm in the whole building or if teach is unique.
I never heard my neighbors in the unit, so I think its well insulated.
Kitchen appliances pretty nice. Bathroom too. Has a good shower and with good water pressure and temperature range.
I was in 1401 which is a 2 bed 2 bath unit with a South East view. Views were great. I“m sure the North Views are spectacular based on where the building is.
Building Staff
The staff working the door are great – especially Tracey!
The management staff are great. Tessa has cookies on the 10^th floor everyday. Macella has banana flavored protein bars. They won’t give you any trouble and have been flexible to work with and make sub-​leasing easy if you need to do that.
It’s an unusually collegial building. I liked that.
Amenities
The gym has a couple treadmills, elippticals, and a stairmasted with dumb bells that go up to 50 pounds and a couple stretching mats. It’s a sufficient gym if you’re in a hurry and want to get something quick done.
The sauna and steam room are nice. The pools is small. It’s ok for small kids, but you can’t really swim laps in in.
There’s a business center on the 3^rd floor with a printer which I often used and found super useful.
Other stuff:
It’s right around the corner from Xport fitness which has a cheap gym membership and all the stuff you would need. And the South Loop is a little boring compared to River North and Lincoln park, but evenso this building is in the best location for restaurants and bars in the South Loop.
Transport
.2 miles from Rooselvet and Harrison stop is super convenient.
Price: I think the rent was $ 2,600/month for a 2 bed, 2 bath. Pretty sure that’s a prevailing market price for the area.

My road to Astoria Tower was a year in the making. I knew what I wanted but couldn’t believe I found everything I wanted at the first building. Well I had the luxury of time on my side. I looked at several buildings and it always came back to the same thing… not as nice as Astoria Tower. Needless to say I ended up renting at Astoria and have been pleased with my decision.
The building is very well maintained which is in part due to the excellent management. The door staff is always available to assist with any issue that may pop up.
Well…it feels weird reviewing my home but maybe that’s the best review I can give the building… it’s my home.

When I first checked out this place, the leasing consultant took me to one of the single bedroom units and the view was so unbelievably AWESOME, that I turned around and asked …“Where do I sign?..”…
I ve lived here for a full year and it is not just the views, but everything else about the place is good as well. Great amenities, willing-​to-​go-​out-​of-​the-​way-​to-​be-​nice staff and convenient location to a lot of things (CTA bus stop right at the door step, grocery shops, dry cleaners, hardware stores, bars etc are close by too)… I loved living here and i recommend this place to anyone…
My only concern was the gym — it was a good gym, but i feel they can expand it a little bit (add more weights, and workout machines — but Xsport is right around the corner.

I’ve lived in this building since 2011 and love it. The location is great. It’s near the lake, several restaurants, a dog park, 3 grocery stores, lakeshore drive, and all the major train lines.
The staff is exceptional and always responds to my needs in an efficient and effective manner. They go out of their way to help and are very friendly. The building is also pet friendly, which is hard to find in a high rise.
My apartment is bright and spacious. I love it’s modern fixtures. This is the longest I’ve stayed in any apartment in Chicago and I plan on being here much longer.