Century Tower Condominium Association

(This review is not about the doormen or door women because they are awesome ! Love them. So friendly and always enjoyable to chit chat with. However, maintenance. worst people ever) I’ve only been living here for about a month with my sister and we hate it. Love the location and the price we pay for the location but man oh man does management and maintenance suck. It’s actually quite embarrassing on their part. Our father pays for our rent and when he came to check it out he said it was very unprofessional, small, and dingy. First off before you even come to look at the place. The bedrooms have no doors which we didn’t think would be a problem but it is because sound carries throughout the apartment. However that isn’t even the main issue, my problem with this building is by far management. Extremely rude and unprofessional. My family is very educated and we found it humorous when management tries to dumb thing down or talk like we don’t understand when in actuality it’s the other way around. I should have adhered to the Unilocal reviews that I was reading before moving in because now we are living through it too and have only been here for a month. It’s cool though. So far it hasn’t been an immense issue that needs to be brought to lawsuit. So I will stick it out in this hell hole. We will leave the moment our lease ends lol I’d rather pay a couple hundred more and get better quality management and customer service than renew a lease here. All in all I would not recommend living here to any of my friends or colleagues.

Since moving into the building, I have really enjoyed living. The location is great (10 min walk to River North). The doormen are so sweet and helpful. The rooftop is beautiful and I love having friends over to grill out. My unit is very simple but great for what I pay! I’ve never had trouble with neighbors, everyone is very quiet. Also, I do love the Ramen noodle restaurant on the main floor. It’s great when you don’t want to walk outside or order delivery.

I was in the application process for this apartment. Everything was going well in moving forward with the application process. However, when I was dealing with Blake Golden, he made the entire process unbearable. He demanded that I pay $ 3100 dollars in total for the first month rent, security deposit, and other suspicious fees, which I have never seen. Nevertheless, I was still willing to move forward with the process, but my bank prevented me from withdrawing that much money in a single transaction. Thus, I called and requested for more time and even offered to pay for partial amount, but he flipped out and hung up the phone. He was completely uncooperative and had a very pompous attitude towards me and my realtor, who also agreed how «extreme» he was at dealing with us. Blake Gordon does not know how to deal with customers. Looking on Unilocal,it seems many people have complained about how rude management is towards their tenants. I was skeptical at first, but definitely listen to the Unilocal reviewers and refrain from signing at this place.

My one year lease will be ending shortly, and I can’t wait to get out of here. Beyond the jarring noise of the train, heating/​air conditioning problems, an unfinished rooftop patio that was suppose to be completed when I first signed my lease, my worst experience was with management.
There were issues in setting up internet in my unit, under circumstances where I was forced to go through management in order to fix the problem. They paid no attention to my requests (five) until I finally wrote a frustrated e-​mail to the property manager.
An hour after receiving my e-​mail, I received a call from said property manager addressing me with a quite unfriendly tone. She was anything but helpful, and very combative. I’ve never had a professional speak to me in such a disrespectful, condescending tone. Especially a professional that manages a residence I pay way too much for. I was disgusted.
This place will eventually get to you. While I have a clean, well kept unit, it is very hard to relax in this high rise. I thought I could grow accustomed to the sound of the train; I’m on edge every time my window is open. Which, is unavoidable during the fall and spring when the air conditioning is turned off and the units become very warm even with the heat off. Obviously my internet issue is not generalizable to everyone, but it is a good testament as to how unprofessional and unaccommodating management is. The door men are great though, always friendly. Maintenance is also very friendly.

I have lived here for the past year and am soon moving out. My overall feeling, I’m so glad to be out of here. I have had many inconviniences being here. One of them being that the air conditioning/​heating system is old. Therefore, if the temperature outside drops down below 60 within 48 hours (i think), and that’s including at night, the air conditioner would not work. Problem is: at night it gets below 60, but during the day the sun creates 80 degree weather. You will be sweating, a lot!!! I couldn’t sleep. That’s a few months in the fall, and in the winter. So, for half a year, it’s a pain in the butt. I feel like i was gypped on the amenities. WHen i signed the lease, construction was just starting on the roof top deck. I was told that it would be back up by April of nex year (that would be 2013). It’s August, and the construction has barely started. That’s really false advertisement! Apartment was really crappy. As the previous reviewer said, plain vanilla.
Other than that, doormen are very nice and the location is convinient. However, the street scape is incredibly creepy! God knows what kind of drug dealers and shady people hang out all along the L tracks heading down on Lake St.

This building has a bit of a split personality. Is it a condo or student housing? Is it an historic landmark or a cheap apartment building? I think the answer is… yes. It is a condo, with a high percentage of renters. It is a beautiful old building with a ton of character in the lobby, but the apartments are plain vanilla (unless the owner remodeled). The management and staff were pleasant enough, but nothing that a typical apartment building doesn’t offer. My guess is that the higher floors in the tower are probably pretty nice, but the lower floors had kind of a dorm feeling. The location is great for proximity to the loop, but the streetscape is kind of creepy.
They are pet-​tolerant, and the rent was comparatively cheap, but overall, I wouldn’t say it lives up to its billing as «luxurious.»
Even so, if you blend it all together and take the average — three stars it is.