1000 S CLARK ST, Chicago, IL 60605

1000 S Clark was my first "big girl" apartment that I moved into. Let me just say that these apartments are absolutely GORGEOUS, the views on the top floor are breath-taking and it's a great place to host parties with your friends. You can have BBQ's on the rooftop - BBq's near the pool grilling stations, go swimming in the indoor pool which is open all the time (love that). The apartment itself was beautiful, big spacious living room and bedroom, and big bathroom as well. Oh and did i mention there is a washer dryer in every unit?! For the price though - I will say it was a little much, and I cried everytime I paid rent, (but that's just me) but it was WORTH IT. My advice is: LIVE HERE! GET RICH! HAVE LOADS OF PARTIES MAKE THE MOST OF THIS BUILDING You won't regret it. The Management staff were so sweet and kind to me, and they were always around. The place is always spotless, loads of amenity space, and did I mention you get to see cute dogs everyday - because they have a doggie hotel and spa/daycare center in the building too! The Target which is right next to the building is perfect for your regular grocery store visit, and there is even a Jewel-Osco down the road as well. Overall - I absolutely LOVED this apartment and I feel sorry to move out. But if you want to go in for luxury living with great space, loads of amenities, cute dogs and amazing management - this is the place to be. :)

We’ve lived at 1000 south clark for a little over 1.5 years and in 3 different apartments in the building during that time. Our time here has unfortunately been diminished by frequent maintenance and disturbance issues compounded by incompetent management. They seem to be struggling to hire knowledgeable maintenance people. Overall, the service they provide does not come close to justifying the rent they charge. We initially moved into an apartment in the ’19-stack. We started noticing loud banging noises coming from behind one of the bedroom walls. The noises happened throughout the day but obviously were a major nuisance in the early morning hours. It turns out that the building garbage chute is located directly behind the bedroom wall for this apartment type and tenants on higher floors would take out their trash either very late or very early. We reached out to management (Linda) to ask if they could better enforce the specified hours for using the garbage chute, but emails were completely ignored. After being woken up on a nightly basis for a few weeks, we ended up talking to the Assistant Manager (Luis) and requesting a move to another apartment for a $750 moving fee. After moving to the new apartment (a ’15-stack this time) things went reasonably well until the colder months when we started to use the heating. We would routinely get a very strong smell of sewage coming through the HVAC near the kitchen. After calling in maintenance multiple times, they tried to convince us that it was the smell of the down stairs neighbors cooking - one of the crew members went so far as to suggest that it was because our neighbor was from a “country located near the Middle East”. On another occasion they told me that the smell of sewage “wasn’t that bad”, and that they “had smelled worse”. Supposedly there is an acceptable level of sewage smell one can expect to smell in their kitchen at 1000 South Clark. The issue kept getting worse and the smells (in my opinion) were very unlikely to be cooking. We went through months of management ignoring/deflecting the issue, and since the smell was strongest in the evenings, we weren’t able to get maintenance up to the apartment quickly enough to check it out. In the end, we had a particularly bad day of sewage smell and were able to get Linda up to the apartment to witness the issue for herself. She explained to us that it wasn’t sewage but maybe our neighbors had ‘placed dead fish in their wall’… Management finally acknowledged there was a serious issue and allowed us to terminate the lease early. We opted to change apartments to minimize disruption to our lives, moving to a ’04 stack on a higher floor. Unfortunately, this was a mistake. Other issues: - Dogs: there is a very large number of dogs in the building and although most dog owners are responsible, there is a growing proportion of Pandemic pet owners that make it difficult to live here unless you are immune to the constant sounds of barking dogs. We have neighbors that leave their dogs at home alone all day and we can hear them barking/whining. Another set of neighbors scream at their dogs multiple times a day to ‘shut up’. The dog park is also a major nuisance if you live on the south or west facing sides of the buildings - regardless of how high up you are - we wake up to angry barking around 7am every day, and it’s pretty much constant throughout the day. In addition, we frequently encounter dog urine and other pet messes in the lobby and elevator. - Smoke: the building has a serious issue when it comes to smoke (both tobacco and marijuana). We often get smoke in our apartment. We’ve reached out to management multiple times and their response is to call the front desk when it happens. Front desk staff come up and have a look around but cannot identify the source. Rinse and repeat. - Cooking Smells: ironically, opening up windows to air out your apartment has the opposite effect, as it ends up sucking in more of the smells due to the way that the building is pressurized. - Frat house culture: the parties held by neighbors (either in their apartments or in communal areas such as the roof top) always seem to escalate into people screaming at the top of their lungs and music blasting till very late. It seems like there are a large number of tenants out of college who lack self awareness/respect for their neighbors. On a number of occasions there have been (very) large gatherings in common areas of the building. For example, in one instant over 20 people were in the pool area, fully clothed, smoking and listening to music loudly for a couple of hours. - Extremely thin walls between apartments - we get a lot of thuds from neighboring apartments. Doors shake whenever neighboring apartments close their doors. - Elevators: the elevators are a bit of a mess. We seem to have an elevator out of service on a monthly basis. We had an elevator out for 3-4 weeks with zero explanation from management, even though there were long lines at the elevators and it would take 10-15 mins to get to/from your apartment to the ground floor in rush hour. - Weird actions by management: they closed down the front driveway of the building for a day because they had rented out the space for the filming of an episode of the show ‘Chicago P.D.’ - It just seems weird that tenants lose access to the main entrance of the building so that they could make a bit of money on the side. - General noise pollution: this is outside of management’s control but should be noted if you plan to live here. The metra tracks run directly behind the building and trains sound their horns every night (around 1am) as they approach the station. The parking lot near the River City Apartments is routinely used to light fireworks in the summer. Last Summer it was nightly fireworks for most of July/August between 1-3am.

Linda Jasinski the manager (or whoever she is) is the most bitter, rudest, most disrespectful person ever. Not professional in any way. Just because you are having a bad day/ few days/ life does not mean you can treat other people poorly. Openly yelling at residents and their families should never be forgiven/ condoned. Follow your rules, wear a mask if you are the one posting signs everywhere requiring a mask. Among other things, her demeanor is baffling to me. Why work this job if you hate the residents/ hate the job. Luis on the other hand is amazing, one of the kindest, most helpful person I have ever dealt with. The oxymoron between the two personalities juxtaposed is hilarious. Regardless, building is great, Linda just needs to be fired and I am sure the building will be back to tip top shape. Until she leaves run away from this building!

First let me say this place is NOT what is was. Updated July 2020 with the TRUTH. Someone had to!! After living here for 2 years we cannot wait to leave! The management company RMK and leader of the management team, Linda, is the worst management we've ever dealt with. Linda is a snake and avoids all of the residents. She is the type of person who will see you walking down the hallway and sneak out quickly so she doesn't have to hold the door for you. She is more concerned with writing nasty emails and "catching" other residents doing things. Even though she should be engaging and talking with the residents, she avoids and treats ya like vermin. The only saving grace WAS the employees and front desk staff here. But guess what, Linda got rid of them all in June 2020 because she was jealous we all liked them more than her and the others in the management office. New front desk staff are rude, clueless, and will lose your packages. Amenities aren't as advertised. We regularly hear staff lying to individuals on tours, saying coffee is free all day everyday, the study room is soundproof, etc. These are blatant lies. Coffee costs outside of 5-9 AM and they have even taken that away multiple times and made everyone pay for every cup. On top of that our unit is falling apartment and maintenance is constantly coming in to fix things that shouldn't even be breaking in a place this new. Would NOT recommend to my worst enemy. We are leaving.

I just moved out of 1000 South Clark and I miss it already! Over the past 3-3.5 years of living there I had no issues! The staff and management were always friendly and willing to help if I had any questions. Especially Mario in maintenance and Linda in the office!! The amenities are beyond amazing (especially the GYM). I would recommend this building to anyone looking for an apartment in Chicago!