Location and management company are excellent. Building is very well maintained and units are worth the rent.

Great building

Aqua is an amazing place to live. Great amenities (awesome gym, indoor/outdoor pool, hot tub, steam room, sauna). It’s attached to the pedway, so you don’t have to go outside during winter months to walk to the train. It’s also right next to the grocery store and less than 5 minutes from MPP.

Aqua's amenities are great!

Aqua offers great apartments and some of the best amenities out there. Depending on your unit, the views are also some of the best. Most units offer either great views of the river or amazing views of the lake + millennium park. The gym and common areas are great and I take advantage of them a lot. Common areas also provide a great socializing aspect as the grilling area is very comfortable and spacious and the areas in general are nice spots to hang out in with friends. Soundproofing in Aqua is also a clear plus, as I have never hear my neighbors even when they have parties (also means they don't hear you and don't complain).

Greatest downside with Aqua is the living room spaces. Although most MBA apartments aren't exactly huge, Aqua has slightly tighter living room space as there is tons of closet space and the rooms are also large. Pros: closet and room space.

I have enjoyed my stay at aqua. The view is great! The public areas are properly managed. The staff and management are nice and helpful. The amenities are adequate and properly managed as well.

My only issue is that you can't have heating and cooling at the same time in the building. This was an issue for me as an international student from a hot climate, I want my apartment warm when the building only had cooling available.

Great amenities and management

This building is has incredibly friendly and responsive staff, amazing and clean amenities (gym, indoor and outdoor pools, sauna, steam room, office space), and a great location. The architectural design is also beautiful and pretty famous throughout Chicago. It's also right on the edge of Lakeshore Park which is its own quiet oasis at the heart of Chicago. The units themselves also have floor to ceiling windows which bring in amazing light during the day and incredible views of the city at night.

The staff at this building is amazing. The residents are typically fairly young and very social. The building hosts events throughout the year for people to get to know each other. The amenities are exceptional. The gym is the largest I have ever seen in an apartment or hotel. The unit itself is very pretty with lots of natural light – floor to ceiling windows.

The location is great. Many of the major bus lines pick up very close to the building

Everyone knows Aqua, it's on the architecture tour... but what they don't tell you is how small those curving balconies are. Many apartments have the larger part of the curve, but that was out of our budget so we got stuck with a tiny balcony sliver that's barely usable and kind of scary! Also, not a fan of sharing amenities with the hotel.