Crib Chatter

This 3-bedroom townhouse at 2701 N. Racine in Lincoln Park came on the market in January 2025.

Built in 1974, this complex has 10 townhouses and outdoor assigned parking.

If the listing pictures look familiar, that’s because we chattered about this townhouse 3 years ago, in January 2022.

Back then, some of you talked about how it would be a good option for a singleton or a married couple, given the layout.

See our 2022 chatter here.

If you recall, this is a south facing, end unit townhouse with 20 foot ceilings in the living room.

The listing calls it “bursting with charm” and an “entertainer’s dream.”

The living room has a wood-burning fireplace.

There are also hardwood floors throughout all three levels.

The kitchen has dark wood cabinets, granite countertops and stainless steel appliances along with a breakfast bar.

There’s a dining room open to the kitchen and living room along with a sliding door that leads to a private, walled in, brick paver patio with a gas line. The listing also says it has a “pet friendly puppy relief station.”

The second floor has the first bedroom, a full bath and the laundry along with floor-to-ceiling windows and exposed wood ceilings.

The third floor has the other two bedrooms and a full bath that was renovated from “top to bottom” in 2023 with a walk-in-shower and in-trend natural wood vanity with black finishes.

The townhouse has a newer furnace HVAC/AC (2022), in-unit laundry and a “newer” tear off roof with a 15 year warranty (2022).

It has central air and one assigned parking space.

The townhouse is near the restaurants, coffee shops and pubs on Lincoln Avenue and is just a few blocks to the Diversey brown line station.

In January 2022, it was listed at $549,900 and I asked if it was a deal. It sold just a month later, over the list, at $601,500.

3 years later, it has come back on the market, with a renovated bathroom, for $849,900.

With Lincoln Park inventory at record lows, will the seller get the premium?

Paul Siebert and Olivia Carlson at @properties Christie’s has the listing. See the pictures and floor plan here.

Unit #A: 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, townhouse, no square footage listed

• Sold in September 1986 for $144,500
• Sold in February 1990 for $195,000 (CCRD says $395,000, but I’m assuming it’s a typo. Anon(tfo) said 3 years ago he was assuming $197,500)
• Sold in November 1995 for $198,000
• Sold in October 1998 for $245,000
• Sold in April 2001 for $320,000
• Sold in March 2003 for $360,000
• Sold in December 2004 for $410,000
• Sold in June 2007 (relocation) for $435,000
• Sold in July 2007 for $375,000
• Sold in December 2013 for $475,000
• Was listed in January 2022 at $549,900
• Sold in February 2022 for $601,500
• Currently listed at $849,900
• Assessments are now $308 a month (they were $239 a month in 2022) (includes exterior maintenance, lawn care, scavenger, snow removal)
• Taxes are currently $10,971 (they were $10,061 in 2022)
• Central Air
• Washer/dryer in the townhouse
• One assigned parking space
• Wood burning fireplace
• Skylights
• Bedroom #1: 13×13 (third floor)
• Bedroom #2: 12×14 (third floor)
• Bedroom #3: 12×11 (second floor)
• Living room: 12×19 (main floor)
• Dining room: 6×10 (main floor)
• Kitchen: 10×9 (main floor)
• Laundry: 5×5 (second floor)
• Private walled patio: 24×15