After living here for over a decade, I can confidently say this building sets the standard for what…read moreapartment living should be. From day one, the management and maintenance teams have been attentive, respectful, and incredibly reliable. It's clear they take pride in keeping the property well maintained and residents happy. What started as my first place after college quickly became a long-term home because of the welcoming atmosphere and outstanding service. My only wish is that there were two-bedroom options otherwise, it's hard to find a single thing to fault. The 1260 team truly makes this place special.

If you're nostalgic for the college dorm experience, this might be the place for you. I lived here…read morefor seven years and witnessed a noticeable decline in the overall atmosphere and caliber of tenants. What was once a building of mature, responsible residents gradually became home to a mix of young tenants with questionable standards of behavior. There were frequent disturbances--slamming doors, loud parties, and the sound of people running through the hallways at all hours. While affordable rent in a desirable area often attracts a diverse range of people, it unfortunately led to a drop in the building's overall quality. The rooftop deck, once a nice place to relax with friends, became less enjoyable after an encounter with a disrespectful young man who approached my friend and I, interrupted our conversation to bum a $20 cigar, took 2 puffs, then set it down and walked away. Overall, while the location and amenities offered potential, the shift in the building's atmosphere ultimately made it hard to fully enjoy the experience.

Best Bang for your buck in the city of Chicago?!…read more Unbeatable location, gym in basement, friendly managers, beautiful lobby and the roof is insane!! Other Logistics: great maintenance guy that lives on the premise and responds to any issue immediately. I'm in a big one bed but the building has tons of options, super walkable to things like second city, bars on Lincoln, the zoo, honestly anything in Lincoln park or old town. The bus options are vast enough to get you anywhere and you can be at north Ave beach or the lake shore path in a few minutes walking. P.s. it just feels safe too which is a good feeling when you work downtown!

Park View Apartments is a great place to live regarding location, price, amenities, but the best…read morepart is excellent customer service. The staff is friendly and helpful from the moment you step foot in the door to have a tour to the greetings each day upon entering the building. What I love about this place is the amazing view from the sundeck. It's a great place to go eat something and enjoy the view.

Beware of this outdated building, i wont be renewing my lease i moving out in a few months been…read morehere for more then couple of years. there gym is outdated and machines go down every week. there gym outdated especially there dirty carpet which i witness last year being steam cleaned. dingy outdated hallways , leaky windows all over the place from talking to my neighbors its a trend here. my electric bill out rages due to windows. And my rent nearly doubled also. they have a great staff doormen beside the night shit often sleeping on the desk .there maintenance staff nice guys and very responsive when it comes to work orders and maintaining this out of date building. as for Gloria she probably been here since the building is built. and often keeping her office door closed , and puts on a fake smile very rude bad vibes. Often heard yelling in a rude tone at door staff and maintenance staff. Gave me a hard time when i wanted to sub lease my unit. she was very rude a disrespectful apparently from talking to some my neighbors they say the same. i came to her with issues that needed to get addressed i think its time to go lady...u know what i will go some where else where management cares about there tenants .

Many of my friends have lived in this building throughout the years. And it's always reminded me a…read morebit of Melrose Place....the young tenants are all friends and even hook up with each other from time to time. I remember spending a day with my friend at the pool back in '03 (those were the days ;)) and having such a blast hanging out with the other people in the building that I considered moving here myself. I never made the move, but did look into this building for my younger brother today (I, myself, may be too old for 65 E Scott these days...sigh). I've seen nicer high rises in Chicago, but for the price not sure you can beat this quality (and location). I took a look at a studio today and it was pretty big for a studio, nicely kept, and all the amenities in the kitchen were new...it even had a dishwasher! The studios here seem to run about $950-$1000. They also have 1 bedroom and 2 bedrooms apartments, but not sure on the pricing of those... There's also a doorman and a pretty great gym if that's important to others looking for an apartment. And like I said that pool is pretty fabulous in the summer...at least it used to be from what I remember! Definitely an option for my brother or anyone else looking for a nice apartment in this area!

Do not move here, you will regret it. The new management is awful. This place used to be nice. The…read moreamount of construction is insane. Management doesn't even give you a heads up. Sometimes the construction goes on early in the morning and late into the night. All of the amenities are basically closed. There is going to be a massive rent hike and they are going to use all of this ugly remodeling as justification. I have some construction guy nailing something above my door as I type this. No warning. Yes, some units have a washer, but they all are terrible. Mine doesn't even fully wash/dry my clothes. My layout stated dishwasher. No dishwasher was present in the apt and I only found out after I signed the lease. The walls in the apt complexes are incredibly thin. I can hear my neighbors when they sneeze. The lobby used to be a place where people could lounge around. All of the furniture completely removed. Now it has an ugly stale corporate feel. I'm not sure who picked out the color scheme but it looks like an outdated motel now. New management sucked the life out of this building. I think they aren't even on premise because they are unreachable. New management doesn't respond to any emails, or really anything. They are completely absent. I've had a few of my packages stolen because they are just left out in the lobby.

I decided to do an updated review on the bush temple, because unfortunately, when Valerie and Ryan…read moreleft this place completely went downhill. I lived at the bush temple for one year and one month when I first moved in everything was amazing. The Maintenance was on it. The management was on it to anything that I needed fixed or any concern that I had within the building. once they changed new management, let me tell you they sent out a notice saying that there was going to be maintenance on the 16th floor. They were going to be painting or something like that. They never said that the gym was going to be closed. I went downstairs not only was the gym closed. All of the gym Equipment was completely gone with no notice. Also they didn't send out how long it was going to be or anything the gym is literally closed until the summer and when you're paying for that gym, they need to be notifying you. Once I asked how long the gym is going to be closed they sent out a notice saying it seems that our tenants are not receiving our emails that is completely false. I have had no problem receiving emails for the beginning of the year but all of a sudden when it's a new management and there's no gym downstairs and I say something they want to blame it on the tenants not getting emails. Yeah OK. I lived on the historic side second floor people of all hours maintenance of course would be standing outside of my window doing maintenance sometimes into the night at 10 o'clock slamming the door to go in and out of all hours again no emails no nothing. All you see is lights constantly flashing in your window because Maintenance is out there also not to mention having to keep my blinds closed a majority of the time otherwise Maintenance was looking in your window. Also, this has happened twice me living at the bush temple maintenance has come into my apartment with no phone call no text even though I put in the maintenance request. You need to call me or text me before entering my unit, but they came in anyways lastly and this is probably the biggest one for me when I moved into the bush temple day one of me moving my boxes in there was a bag that I thought I lost in the process of me moving maybe it fell. I went to the front desk to talk to Cherakee. When I asked her if she has seen a bag fall anywhere you would've thought that I asked her to go to war. This lady has been absolutely terrible to me ever since moving in the looks that she would give me were insane. If looks could kill. She also has rolled her eyes at me before my boyfriend saw it, she used to misplace my packages on purpose and I've told management many times but she still continues to do it. This lady hates her job. It's very obvious she doesn't greet people she picks and chooses who she wants to be nice too. She's either on FaceTime. She's shopping on the computer. Texting on her phone. The list could go on. She's just rude all around. I have had way too many bad experiences with her ever since moving in. I also know I'm not the only one I have talked to many other tenants that live here. A lot of them say that they are not renewing because of management going downhill. Save yourself trust

It's not a bad place to rent an apartment it just a shame that the rent have gone up so much when…read morewe rented there our rent went from 1780 to about two grand and then when I checked for the same apartment that we had it's about 2100 less than two years the Door people are great however the building is an older building so it has its issues but on the plus side you will always have heat

Lived here for two years and loved it! I had a great studio, with charming built in's that added a…read morelot of character. Building is always clean in all public spaces, including laundry room, gym, elevator and all hallways. Anytime I needed anything, it was easy and quick to submit maintenance forms, even for when I couldn't reach a light bulb to change, got it done same day. The door staff and building management were always friendly and helpful. Having a gym in the building was great, especially during the winter. Amazing roof with beautiful views, friends were always asking to come over to be on the roof. As a 24 year old girl living alone, having the security and peace of mind of the door staff and security was great, especially for anyone living alone and when getting packages delivered. Would recommend this location to anyone, brand new grocery store down the street, near great restaurants and everything from nail salons to dry cleaning was steps away. Two blocks from the Chicago lake walk able water front. Don't have anything bad to say about this building.

There are roaches in this building (even on a high floor). The management does NOT exterminate on…read moredemand, does not handle the situation urgently or quickly, and will claim that it is normal for the building and that the exterminator only comes once per month. there are positive aspects of living here, such as the location and look of the units, but if roaches are a no for you, then I highly discourage you from living here.

This place has cockroaches. The big ones (American cockroaches) I found them coming though a hole…read moreunder my sink. So gross and I've heard from multiple other people they have had them too.

Huge thanks to Enes for making the whole process seamless. From the tour to the application and…read moremove-in, Enes was helpful, organized, and on top of every detail. Couldn't have asked for better service.

I've moved in here almost a month and most of the part is really good for the rent…read more Here are some pros and cons Pros - A receptionist at front 24/7 - Garbage pickup twice a day - Clean laundry room/machines all working - Big room and fully furnished - Utilities and heat are all included Cons - The elevator is a piece of antique which could be slow when people go to different floors - Took some time to get the right temperature for the shower - The heat is probably from the boiler which you can't really control Btw, international students are welcome, without a crazy amount of deposits. Not to mention the property manager Sam is very kind and nice!

This review is to recognize Philip who works at the concierge desk - Philip is no doubt the BEST…read morepart about living at the Belmont. Over the last year Philip has never failed to make my day, I always look forward to seeing his friendly smile. Philip goes above and beyond the typical concierge, he truly cares to know each and every one of his tenants and makes sure we all feel safe and welcomed here at the Belmont. The infectious positive energy that Philip brings each and every day is something so special and one of the very best things about living at the Belmont. We love you Philip! Thank you for all that you do!

I personally had an awful experience with this building. Let me start by saying that I have an…read moreextreme fear of bugs. The day I moved on July 12th, I believe, I saw 2 spiders in my apartment so I immediately placed a request for pest control at the front desk. The pest control did not come for over a month and a half on September 8th or 9th. Between then, I saw no less than 15-20 spiders mainly gathered on the corners of my ceiling. One night I woke up to a spider dangling over my head and another spider crawling on my ceiling so I called the front desk asking when pest control might come, and they said they were delayed because of COVID, which I understand. The pest control came and cleared out the spiders for approximately two days and after they sprayed the ceilings and walls, there were two more spiders. A few days later, I saw about 5-6 more on the ceiling, and one day I saw a giant bug crawling in the same spot where they sprayed so I put in another pest request for September 28th, but they didn't come. I didn't make a big deal about it, because my cat killed the giant bug and I didn't see too many more and I have frankly learned to live with it. However, in mid-October, I saw a giant bug hanging from my ceiling and started considering breaking my lease. Around the same time, I had about 1-2 fruit flies also flying around my kitchen. I had a few oranges out, so I thought maybe that was the cause, even though I just bought them. I threw out the oranges and a few days later, I opened my freezer to I swear to God, like 20-30 flies. I opened my fridge and it was the same situation. I threw out all my food that was in my freezer and fridge and I have not used my fridge in about two weeks now. I contacted management about the situation, and to be fair, they did get someone to spray my place shortly after. Pics below are AFTER I cleaned it out, so it was way worse before. They said that after someone comes to get the drains treated, and I still have the issue, they will consider other options like transferring to another apartment, which is fair. They said they were unable to terminate my lease, however. Honestly, I just want out of the building because I don't know what the root cause of the bugs is and I don't want to go through the hassle of moving for this to happen in another unit. The pest control service did not come on the day they were supposed to treat the drains and the issue with the fridge and fruit flies has not gotten any better. It is now two weeks without using the fridge and kitchen because flies would constantly fly into my food when I was cooking. I don't want to make unwarranted accusations, but sometimes I feel like they are drawing this process out. I also feel insane paying rent when I can't use a big part of this apartment. I am going to be paying to cancel my lease because I want to get out of here sooner than later, but it has been such a nightmare. Maybe I'm a freak about bugs, but I feel like 30-40 spiders + the fruit fly infestation is a kind of a problem with any building. The problem has persisted despite getting the place sprayed twice now, and I just want to get out of this bug pit. I have included pictures below for reference. I really hoped they would terminate the lease, but I was fine paying the cancellation fee to get out of here. I was hoping they would let me move out earlier without the 60-day notice, but I am paying $2500 for the cancellation fee, and then paying the full November and December rent because of the 60-day notice, despite not having access to the fridge and kitchen. I feel like there was definitely a lack of flexibility here, especially because I read other reviews where people were able to terminate their lease without consequence because of a pest problem. I looked up some other places in the area with similar pricing and had good reviews for both the building AND the building management service: 450 West Melrose Apartments, 441 West Barry, 350 W Oakdale (A person saw roaches, but the management let them terminate their lease), 441 West Oakdale, Common Briar