Rent to Own Loft Condo in Cubao - Affordable Living

River North Used to Be Factories and Flophouses Not Art Galleries and Penthouses In the 1970s-80s, River North was warehouses, manufacturing plants, printing factories, and flophouses for transient workers—industrial and rough. Artists moved in during the 1980s (cheap rent), converted warehouses into studios and galleries. Developers saw opportunity in the 1990s—warehouses became loft condos, factories became luxury apartments. By the 2000s, River North was one of Chicago's most expensive neighb