Apartments in Chicago, Kansas City, and St. Louis
Your home is more than just your apartment. Mac properties are all nestled in centrally located, vibrant neighborhoods that offer beautiful streetscapes and plenty to do nearby. We’re proud to be part of these communities and committed to ensuring that they continue to thrive.
Three Cities, One Approach to Where We Build
Mac Properties owns and manages 151 apartment properties and more than 8,400 apartments across Chicago, Kansas City, and St. Louis. We are not spread evenly across those metros. In each city we have concentrated in one or two adjacent neighborhoods and built depth there instead of breadth.
That is deliberate. The neighborhoods we operate in share a specific set of traits: they are walkable, they are served by transit, they are anchored by major universities and medical centers, and they have housing stock worth preserving. Concentrating in a handful of them means we know the streets, we maintain the buildings on them, and we lease the ground-floor storefronts to the businesses our residents actually use.
Learn moreChicago: Hyde Park, Kenwood, and Woodlawn
99 properties · 4,413 apartments · Seven miles south of downtown Chicago
Hyde Park is a diverse and dynamic community anchored by the University of Chicago and its medical campus. Originally established as a lakefront summer retreat, it is now one of the most architecturally varied neighborhoods in the city — the neo-classical Museum of Science and Industry, the Gothic and modern mix of the University of Chicago campus, and Frank Lloyd Wright’s prairie-style Robie House all sit within walking distance of one another.
Our Chicago portfolio extends north into Kenwood, with its wide boulevards and historic single-family housing stock, and south into Woodlawn, where the Obama Presidential Center is under development. Residents are close to the lakefront, Jackson Park, the Metra Electric line, and the independent restaurants and coffee shops along 53rd Street.
Learn moreKansas City: Midtown and Historic Hyde Park
36 properties · 2,160 apartments · Between downtown and the Country Club Plaza
Midtown is an eclectic, energetic community at the center of Kansas City. Founded in the late 1800s as a residential district outside the city core, it now sits five minutes north of downtown’s offices, the Power & Light District, and the T-Mobile Center, and five minutes south of the Country Club Plaza and the Westport restaurant and bar district.
Our Kansas City buildings run along the Armour Boulevard corridor. East of Gillham Road, that corridor is historic Hyde Park — a Kansas City neighborhood listed on the National Register of Historic Places, known for its turn-of-the-century architecture and tree-lined residential streets. West of Gillham, our buildings sit in Midtown proper. Both share the same advantage: you are equally close to downtown and the Plaza without living in either.
Learn moreSt. Louis: The Central West End
16 properties · 1,909 apartments · On the eastern edge of Forest Park
The Central West End is St. Louis’s most walkable and culturally active neighborhood, perched on the eastern edge of Forest Park and at the center of the city’s university and medical district. Forest Park itself covers roughly 1,300 acres and holds the Saint Louis Zoo, the Saint Louis Art Museum, the Missouri History Museum, and the Muny — all free to enter.
Residents are within walking distance of Barnes-Jewish Hospital and the Washington University School of Medicine, a short trip from Saint Louis University, and steps from the restaurants, bars, and independent shops along Euclid Avenue and Maryland Plaza. The MetroLink Central West End station connects the neighborhood to downtown and the airport.
Where Else You’ll Find Us
Beyond our three primary markets, Mac Properties manages Bergen Court in River Edge, New Jersey. We are also expanding into the Philadelphia suburbs, with properties in Wyncote and West Chester, Pennsylvania.
What Our Neighborhoods Have in Common
Every neighborhood we operate in is walkable, transit-served, and anchored by institutions that are not going anywhere — major research universities, academic medical centers, and large urban parks. That is not a coincidence. Those anchors are what make a neighborhood stable across decades, and stable neighborhoods are where it makes sense to own and restore buildings rather than simply hold them.
It also means our residents have a lot in common regardless of city: graduate students and researchers, physicians and nurses, faculty and staff, and people who want to live somewhere with a genuine street life and be able to walk to most of it.
Finding the Right Neighborhood for You
Browse available apartments by city, or reach out to a leasing consultant in the market you are considering. Our leasing offices are staffed seven days a week in all three cities.
Common Questions
Which neighborhoods does Mac Properties operate in?
In Chicago, we operate in Hyde Park, Kenwood, and Woodlawn. In Kansas City, our buildings are in Midtown and historic Hyde Park along the Armour Boulevard corridor. In St. Louis, we operate in the Central West End. We also manage properties in River Edge, New Jersey, and are expanding into Wyncote and West Chester, Pennsylvania.
Is Hyde Park in Chicago the same as Hyde Park in Kansas City?
No — they are two different neighborhoods in two different cities, and we operate in both. Chicago’s Hyde Park is seven miles south of downtown and anchored by the University of Chicago. Kansas City’s historic Hyde Park sits east of Gillham Road along Armour Boulevard and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
How close are Mac Properties apartments to the universities?
In Chicago, our Hyde Park buildings are within walking distance of the University of Chicago campus and medical center. In St. Louis, our Central West End buildings are walkable to Barnes-Jewish Hospital and the Washington University School of Medicine, with Saint Louis University a short trip east. Many of our residents are students, faculty, researchers, and medical staff at these institutions.
Do you have apartments outside Chicago, Kansas City, and St. Louis?
Yes. We manage a property in River Edge, New Jersey, and are expanding into Wyncote and West Chester, Pennsylvania. The large majority of our portfolio remains in our three primary markets.