AMLI River North

Everything from the high end touches in the units, great views, their club room, their pool area, to the super friendly staff and concierge I just cant say enough good things about this building. Even price-​wise its pretty competitive considering it’s location, major restaurants, bars, entertainment and public transportation all within walking distance. It is simply the best place I lived in the past 2 years. Some drawbacks just to keep things a bit balanced, wish windows were floor to ceiling, Hubbard gets super packed on Fridays/​Saturday (as it should), these weren’t a deal breaker for me but can see it bothering someone else.

I’ve lived at AMLI River North for the past 3 years. Overall it has been a good experience, but it’s time for me to move on.
Pros:
–Spacious floor plans
–Awesome amenities
–Prompt and helpful service team, doormen and leasing office
–Convenient location
–High quality appliances and finishes
–High ceilings
–Nice views if you’re high enough up
Cons:
–Shoddy drywall work in my unit (construction seems like it was rushed)
–Cheap feeling flooring in unit
–Noise! Will elaborate below
–There are quite a few obnoxious noisy party-​goers living here, as would be expected due to the location
The main reason I’ll be moving out soon is the noise and immediate surroundings. At first I thought it was kind of exciting living in this location, right near so many trendy restaurants, bars, clubs, etc. But over the years it’s grown tiresome. Hubbard street at night becomes total chaos during the seasonable months with constant horns honking, people shouting, thumping bass music, idiots revving their engines to extreme decibels, and fire trucks blaring (there’s a fire station one block away).
I’m on floor 29 out of 50 and I imagine the noise would be slightly better on a higher floor, but not significantly. Oh, and Te-​Jays Adult Bookstore is right next door (check the Unilocal reviews if you want to know more, but it’s a porn shop with glory holes) so it brings some real characters to the street directly outside your luxury building.
I’ll be looking for a quieter building to live in, but if you don’t mind the potential noise issues, AMLI RN is hard to beat.

I’ve lived in AMLI River North for almost 2 years. I would re-​sign my lease if I were not buying a condo this summer. While AMLI River North is not the cheapest or newest property on the market (opened in 2014, and I was original occupant of my unit), it is the best for the money as an individual. I am a single young professional and live in a high floor studio, which gives me great views. Every unit has walk in closets so there’s plenty of space for my personal storage. Additionally, there is a large, very well appointed and maintained amenity floor on the 12^th floor if I need more space or have a large number of guests. It contains all the standard things the most luxury high-​rises in River North have such as A business center, outdoor pool, gym etc. However, the quality of amenities at AMLI is far superior. The gym is the largest and most well-​maintained of any that I have seen in my friends’ buildings, and maintenance staff is prompt to fix any issues that arise (which rarely happens – usually we just upgrade instead of replace). We have our own private yoga studio that is always open and offers free classes to residents on Saturdays. We also have a golf simulator as well as an urban garden on the rooftop for residents to pick greenery and herbs. Those are hard to find anywhere else. Add in the unbeatable location – I have a block-​long commute to work, easy access to all L lines at Clark and Lake, and am a block from the protected bike lane on Dearborn. I don’t own a car and have no need to. This goes very well with AMLI’s focus on green living — it’s a LEED Gold certified building and there is recycling on every floor, use of environmentally friendly cleaning products, motion sensor lights in hallways and amenities floor, etc. overall, I’m very sad to be leaving but wish all the best for the next person to move into my unit!

Overpriced.
The square footage of my one bedroom was large in 960+ sq ft, however, the space felt like a studio without separate private spaces and I cannot put my finger on why. This is my biggest complaint.
At first glance, the interiors of the apartments appear nice. Upon closer inspection and a little time, you’ll find that the appliances, cabinetry, and imitation wood flooring are cheap and poorly built. Don’t be surprised when cabinets break and door handles snap. Please be sure not to cook in your apartment as the fire alarm screams minutes after turning the oven. My refrigerator broke four times before they finally replaced it.
My apartment flooded twice during my lease. First due to a faulty water connection and second from an A/​C unit implosion. I didn’t appreciate the week long roaring of heavy equipment or the lack of effort put forth by management to remedy the situation.
The business center and internet are unsatisfactory. The computers rarely work and in case the printer actually responds… good luck finding paper. You would think a building with 400+ units might have a copier or scanner, but not at AMLI. I found it tough to work from home in the quiet library room due to constant tours and the poor Internet connection.
The common areas are nice if you are home during the week. The pool area is a zoo on the weekends and far from relaxing. If you’re a douche bag, you’ll have trouble standing out amongst the crowd.
Amenities, you bet for an additional price. You have to pay for just about everything you see during the tour. My advice would be to refuse all complementary items upon signing a lease. If not returned at move-​out, expect to pay harsh penalizes.

Muito bom, super satisfeita com a acomodação que nos foi fornecida! Todos os funcionários são super simpáticos, além do que sempre estão prontos a ajudar com qualquer coisa!
Uma dica valiosa e a academia, muito boa!
Na esquina temos um restaurante, um starbucks e um firecakes!

If you’re looking for an apartment in River North, let me save you the trouble. They have the best amenities in the area, the views are ridiculous, they’re in the middle of everything, they have balconies, they’re pet friendly and the apartments are upgraded. I worked with Lola and I can’t say enough good things about her. Awesome personality, quick responses, follow up phone calls –without being annoying, etc… When Lola had a day off, Pam was quick to fill in. Their work ethic made me feel comfortable signing a long term lease.

EDIT: I think it’s worth noting that the responses are not from the property manager. «Amanda J.» handles all Amli social media so she’s responding to reviews for all Amli properties from Texas to Illinois.
Experience at Amli River North is a mixed bag at best. My review is based on the fact that they market/​position the property as «eco-​friendly luxury residences» in comparison to the competition (500 N LSD, Hubbard Place, Jones, JeffJack, Catalyst, etc.).
The units are generously sized and actually 10%-15% larger than many competing properties so they’ve got that going for them. Many of the units have balconies or Juliet balconies and oversized closets. Cabinets and bathrooms are pretty nice and fixtures are decent. They definitely cheaped out on appliances and flooring, though. And the hallways are awful. They honestly look like something out of a suburban Hampton Inn.
Speaking of cheaping out… to echo some of the other reviews, the internet is TERRIBLE. The worst I’ve ever experienced in any apartment. Whatever data wiring they installed isn’t able to carry a strong signal and your Netflix shows will buffer. Constantly. We had the premium AT&T U-​verse package and had a technician come out twice and still couldn’t manage more than 10mps even thought we paid for 24mps. Usually closer to 5mps.
The amenities show well, but the layout isn’t ideal and they aren’t kept up very well. The pool area isn’t large enough and you’ll regularly go down on a Sat/​Sun afternoon to find no available chairs. Lounge chairs at the pool and cushions in the firepit areas are all stained and already need to be replaced or at least power washed. One of the doors to the pool has been broken for two years. Seriously.
In additions: the coffee machine breaks down and there are no creamers/​sweeteners past 8:00am, the gym equipment hasn’t been serviced since the building opened and the stickers for the weights are falling off, and the ugly beaded chandeliers in the lobby have been misaligned for two years.
The leasing/​management staff will bend over backwards to get you into the building but the minute you sign a lease, they seem to disappear. They don’t respond to anything on the Active Building portal. Fortunately the door staff is great. Always very friendly and welcoming and they are very helpful with package pickup. Which is good because the package board hasn’t worked for more than a day at a time for 2 years. Seriously.
Location is a double edged sword. Amli sells itself as being «in the heart of it all» which means that you have easy access to some great restaurants and the Loop, but it also means that The Boss across the street is blaring music until 5am, party buses and taxis honk car horns ALL night, and you have to walk through hordes of drunk club rats any day of the week if you get home after 10:00pm. There are a LOT of corporate rentals because of it’s location so it’s a really transient building when it comes to the residents.
Finally, the eco-​friendliness is a total sham. Recycling bins on resident floors are gone 3 days out of the week and in the loading dock to be emptied, so residents just throw everything down the trash chute. All common area garbage cans have slots for trash and recycling, but only one bag is in the can so everything gets thrown away
Overall, I’d say buyer beware. Amli River North is okay if you’re new to the city and want to live downtown, but you can definitely find a nicer building for a better price.

I lived at AMLI River North for 2 years, so thought I’d share some pros and cons to help make that decision when paying $ 2500+/mo for a luxury apartment.
Pros
+ Nice in-​unit interior fit and finish, materials, on-​par with new downtown lux apt bldgs, larger sq. ft.
+ Amenities floor and pool gets sun from 12 – 7 sun in summer
+ Leasing, maintenance, door, concierge, security — nice and extremely professional
+ In-​unit service calls addressed within 24 hours
+ Centrally located — transit, restaurants, entertainment venues, downtown offices. LEYE card/​rewards must-​have
+ AMLI Perks discounts and restaurants/​local businesses host on-​site events
Cons
— MAJOR ANNOYANCE! Extremely slow internet speed in unit and in the building from July 2013 — July 2015. Internet download speed from AT&T always in 7 – 10 mbps from a 24 mbps plan, which AT&T stated has to do with full occupancy, it’s maddening after 2 years. Expect choppy and frozen videos shifting from HD to SD if you stream a lot and slow loading web-​pages, I’m just dumbfounded by this considering it’s a new building. Comcast is the other building provider and I’d seriously investigate and confirm Internet speed if it’s important to you knowing you’ll have multiple phones, multiple tablets, multiple TVs, multiple computers connecting and it all only further slows speeds. We had to disconnect everything and only allow one electronic device to run at a time and it’s still 7 – 10 mbps no matter what WiFi channel/​band we use. Additionally, WiFi on amenities floor is extremely slow with a horrible connection on pool deck unless you hover around windows, which it still drops the signal. Please know we had AT&T out 2x since installation, they replaced equipment, and tried troubleshooting but never improved. Proactively addressing it would involve AMLI calling their AT&T rep to discuss the building’s Internet and identifying ways to improve it because improving speed to my unit was no longer something I could correct directly with AT&T.
— Weekends on Hubbard & Clark: drunk people yelling/​screaming/​arguments, party buses and taxis honking until ⁴⁄₅ am. Annoyance = depends if you’re a light sleeper (you won’t sleep if you are) or if you like non-​stop party and can sleep through anything then this is the place to be. Make sure you have a budget for sound dampening curtains, wind noise machine, earbuds, and Ambien for those nights when you just have to knock yourself out and get some sleep. Sunday and Monday night are the only 2 nights it’s actually calm.
— On-​going problems: pool area/​dog run gates broken/​stuck for 2 yrs straight and most recently in June 2015, had to climb over it many times to get out. Mail room package board down for days on end, at least every month, for 2 yrs straight
— Filthy windows, 10 months straight from Aug 2014 to June 2015 between cleaning, unacceptable given views are key part of unit, so filthy it looked like we lived in Shanghai, and numerous residents raised it as an issue
— Filthy pool chairs for 2 years, do not appear to be cleaned each season, sand fabric is turning brown and gray
— Paying for amenities. $ 50 – 75 cabanas, $ 350 lounge, $ 75 movie theatre, $ 75 library, don’t even get towels, water, being nickeled and dimed and there are deposits on top of the rental charge. We’re in a brand new apartment building now that only charges for one amenity, the dining room, so not all buildings charge for all amenities and a property can make a call to not charge and possibly differentiate themselves in an increasingly competitive luxury downtown apartment marketplace. Too many excuses on why they do this over alleviating some of it.
— 409 units = packed pool on weekends, security does its best, but enjoy the free entertainment of grown adults arguing with the security about 2 guest limit
— Every time it rains, stagnant water at entrance of the building for days/​weeks, for 2 years straight, disgusting, nothing says welcome home like stepping in a puddle of water getting out of a cab. Yes, this is a city issue, however, proactively addressing it would involve sweeping it into another nearby drain like other condo/​apartment buildings do throughout Chicago.
It’s been an interesting 2 years, but it’s time to try another property. I’d suggest reading all the Chicago AMLI property reviews to fully understand similar issues raised for year/​s and not addressed across properties. It’s also a little annoying seeing canned corporate social media responses used to reply to ratings and apparently it’s too much to change the tense used — we moved out and the replies are as-​if the resident still lives there.

And this should probably tell you guys their priority… they respond to negative reviews on Unilocal much, much faster than they actually respond to maintenance tickets made through their actual resident portal.

Our experience at Amli has been beyond our expectations. From the cleanliness, amenities, location, promptness and staff is second to none.
Particularly Pam and doormen.
Location couldn’t be any better! I recommend this to anyone that likes convenience and enjoys being happy.
MC

I came here to visit my bf during my first-​ever visit to Chicago. He needed temporary accommodations and was able to get a furnished junior studio apartment here month-​to-​month. So this review is only based on a single visit, and I can’t comment on anything else at this point.
I was wondering if a junior studio would be really cramped, but it actually looked really nice and spacious inside – perfect for one person. All his furnishings were from IKEA, but I think it was nicely and tastefully done. The only negative thing is that he’s 6’3″ and is too tall to fit into the queen-​sized bed comfortably. I guess his feet hit the bed frame at the end of the bed when he was lying down straight. Oh, and the water pressure in the shower was a little bit weak.
But the shared rooftop terrace was awesome, and we brought some food and drinks out to the lounge chairs to have a small picnic in front of the fire pit early one evening while gazing at the beautiful sunset between the city skyscrapers. Gym facilities looked nice and spacious, too, although I didn’t get a chance to use it. The swimming pool area looked beautiful, but too bad there’s no hot tub.
The staff at the front desk were all super nice and friendly, and it’s manned 24×7. The building is lovely, inside and out, and in a great location. It’s really pricey, but you do get what you pay for. Great amenities and very pleasant to stay here.
I do have one small (slightly embarrassing) comment for the staff here: Please provide cups or put a sign at the Starbucks coffee machine in the common area to state that you need to bring your own cup. For some reason, I thought the machine would dispense cups, so I pressed the button and ended up with coffee spilling all over the floor! I felt so bad for the staff that had to clean it up later; but I had no idea it would do that… so sorry about that.

After touring several potential buildings in Chicago, this one trumps the competition by far. The building reminds me of a chic hotel in Vegas or Miami. The amenities are always very well maintained. All of the staff that I met are very professional, friendly and attentive and the vibe is a young professional cool. Love living here!!!

After looking for a week for an apartment, after seeing the 12^th floor amenities, I can confidently say my bargaining power went to zero because of how awesome it was. Having moved in just over a week now, Amli river north is one of, if not the best, building I have seen. The welcome package waiting for us on our move in date just goes to show how much they value their tenets.
The apartment itself is spacious, fixtures are all new, staff is very friendly and helpful. The location itself is clutch. Having nightlife, restaurants, the El right outside your door makes everything walking distance.
The amenities floor is the biggest selling point. Pool, dog run, BBQ, lounge, library an so much more. What’s not to love? Probably never want to leave.

I just moved into AMLI River North, and I have been absolutely impressed by my experiences there. The apartments are beautiful and very well designed. The building amenities are phenomenal, and after looking all over the city for a luxury apartment I can honestly say the amenities here are the best in the area. Finally, I think the best part of AMLI River North is their exceptionally helpful and friendly staff. Every member of the staff that I’ve worked with has been so nice and accommodating. I would recommend this building to everyone!

After looking at many apartments in the River North area, there is nothing that compares to the AMLI when you are balancing amenities /​location and price. Located close to everything you would want to be near, the AMLI River North has beautiful finishes and an amazing outdoor space including a private dog run (dog owners know what a game changer this can be). The staff has been nothing but friendly and helpful as I coordinated somewhat of a complicated move. I would highly recommend this building to anyone looking for a great rental space.

As of now, the building is under construction until late fall but that’s totally okay. Their amenities are off the charts. My boyfriend moved in a bit over 2 weeks ago and it’s hands down the best centrally located building… That’s if you like to shovel food down your face & dance the night away.