Greenhouse Loft 2545 West Diversey Avenue • Chicago • Illinois 60647

Greenhouse Loft in Chicago's Logan Square packs a lot into one rental rate: the full loft, the outdoor garden and the art gallery, a DJ from Style Matters with a VOID sound system indoors and out, a vintage photo booth, a videowall and projector with graphic design, and a private bridal suite. You also get 25 farm tables, 200 indoor and 200 outdoor chairs, a 25-foot bar, candle treatment, security, coat check, a 30-car lot and a dedicated venue manager. Taxes are included. You'll pay separately for your caterer, your alcohol and event insurance, which runs about $175.

Yes, Greenhouse Loft hosts both. Your ceremony happens in the outdoor garden, which holds up to 175 guests year-round, weather permitting, and the private bridal suite sits just outside the garden ceremony area. Then you'll head inside to the glasshouse loft, with its 16-foot ceilings and floor-to-ceiling windows, for a seated dinner of up to 175 with a DJ or 150 with a band.

Bring them. Greenhouse Loft has no preferred or exclusive caterer list, so you can hire any licensed, insured caterer, and the venue doesn't take commissions from vendors. It's BYO alcohol too, with your caterer serving guests, and Prestige can help you plan a drink package and reimburse you for unopened bottles. A DJ from Style Matters is already included, but you're welcome to book a band instead. You'll just need event insurance, about $175 through WedSure or WedSafe.

Greenhouse Loft in Chicago charges a flat rental rate of $5,000–12,000, and the day and season set the price. From January through March, it's $6,000 on Fridays, $8,000 on Saturdays and $5,000 on Sundays. From April through December, it's $9,000, $12,000 and $7,000. The Saturday rate also applies on New Year's Eve and the Sundays of Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends. Taxes are included, and the rate already covers a DJ, photo booth, tables and chairs, and security. On top of that, you'll budget for your caterer, your alcohol and event insurance (about $175). Weekday rates are available Monday through Thursday, and a non-refundable 50% deposit books your date.

Greenhouse Loft opens to you at 12pm on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, with a hard stop at midnight. Saturday and Sunday events can run up to seven hours, and Friday events start at 6pm or later. Your included DJ plays through the venue's VOID sound system, which runs indoors and outdoors. Need a rehearsal? It's $250 an hour the night before if the space is free, booked six weeks ahead.

Greenhouse Loft gives you the whole place, since it hosts only one event a day, and you can bring your own caterer and alcohol. It's a glasshouse loft with an outdoor garden and art gallery on the second floor of the Green Exchange, a Platinum LEED certified building in Logan Square, and sustainability runs through everything from the reclaimed wood floors to the eco-friendly cleaning supplies. The rental includes a DJ, photo booth, bridal suite and a dedicated venue manager, with taxes built into the rate. Your dog is welcome at the ceremony, and the building is ADA accessible with an elevator near the main entrance.

Yes, Greenhouse Loft is open for tours seven days a week at a time you pick, and there's a virtual tour on its website too. After your visit, you can request a free 14-day hold on one open date. While you're there, ask what happens to a garden ceremony if it rains, how the floor plan works for your guest count, and whether you'll need the 75 underground parking spaces ($500) on top of the 30-car lot.