Chicago Building Next Features a House Dog

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The new building in the River North neighborhood offers Daisy, an 8-year-old Newfoundland, as an amenity for renters.

BY BETH DECARBO
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Building residents Vivian (left) and Olivia Sampson with Daisy, the house dog at Next, a 310-unit apartment building in Chicago’s River North neighborhood.
MATTHEW GILSON FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

The latest amenity in apartment living has a fur coat and a wet nose.

Daisy, an 8-year-old Newfoundland, is the “house dog” at Next, a 310-unit apartment building in Chicago’s River North neighborhood that opened in September. Rents range from $1,775 per month for a studio to $6,500 per month for a 1,600-square-foot penthouse.

Daisy belongs to Next developers Randy and Steve Fifield of Fifield Companies, who thought she would be perfect for apartment dwellers.

“People who would love a dog but can’t afford one or don’t have the time can have a comforting animal to give tickles and kisses to,” says Randy Fifield, chairwoman of Fifield Realty Corp.

Daisy has a dog bed in the lobby and a caretaker who feeds and walks her. At night, she retires to the Fifields’ daughter’s apartment, located in the building.
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