A Penthouse with 360 Degree Views Directly Down the River: 333 N. Canal in the Near West Side
This 3-bedroom penthouse at Riverbend at 333 N. Canal on the Near West Side recently came on the market.
Riverbend was built in 2002 and has 148 units and a parking garage.
This building was built, literally, at the bend of the River.
For years, Wolf Point sat undeveloped across from Riverbend, but now there are two buildings and a third super skyscraper that will go up to complete that project.
This unit is one of two penthouses on the 37th floor.
It has 12 foot ceilings and 360 degree skyline, lake and river views. You can see many of Chicago’s iconic buildings including the Willis Tower and the new Vista.
The eat-in kitchen has dark cabinets with quartzite counter tops and integrated Thermador and Bosch appliances.
The master suite has a marble bath with separate vanities and a large shower along with a walk-in closet.
It has central air and washer/dryer in the unit. It also comes with one car garage parking and the option to buy two more spaces at $40,000 each.
But the unique feature about this penthouse are the two private verandas that measure 60×20 and 40×12 which have stunning city views.
Given that they are covered, you could actually use these even in inclement weather or on scorching heat searing days.
With Wolf Point now a “known” issue, and these fabulous views and terraces, will this sell quickly?
Jennifer Mills at Jameson Sotheby’s has the listing. See the pictures here.
Unit #3702: 3 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, 4163 square feet, penthouse
- The CCRD has been “down” two days in a row
- Sold in December 2011 for $1.589 million (according to Redfin)
- Currently listed at $2.499 million (includes 1-car garage)
- 2 car parking also available for $40,000 each
- Assessments of $2547 a month (includes gas, doorman, cable, Internet, exercise room, exterior maintenance, lawn care, scavenger and snow removal)
- Taxes of $27,852
- Central Air
- Washer/Dryer in the unit
- Bedroom #1: 19×17
- Bedroom #2: 15×17
- Bedroom #3: 15×14
- Gallery: 9×26
- Terrace: 60×20
- Terrace #2: 40×12
I work in the River Point building and stare into these units when I’m bored in meetings. So the future owner(s) have that to look forward to.
Very nice and the outdoor space is amazing, but finishes are a bit dated. Also, if you’re asking over $2M, you should just price in the parking FFS.
I’m sort of amused by the dining room table for 10 + table for 4 + banquette for 2-3 + counter with 3 stools + 2 outdoor dining tables (one for 4, one for 6). One of our chatterers will be happy that they can host a VERY large dinner party.
Also, will that view be obstructed by the Wolf Point construction?
I really hope there is a downdraft in that cooktop on the island. I have that chandelier (over my dining table) and it gets dusty and is a pain in the ass to clean. Cant imaging having 2 of them over a cooktop.
“Also, will that view be obstructed by the Wolf Point construction?”
Yes. The “Views Directly Down the River” will be gone shortly. You’ll still get river curve and some down the south branch. But in 3 years you can look out at 70 stories of people watching netflix.
The listing says “Iconic Views”, yet nearly every interior outward view features a mess of other nearby buildings. Nice unit, but not tall enough among the surrounding area for “iconic views”.
@Madeline
I’m sort of amused by the wing chairs at the dining room table. Would make for an interesting dinner party.
This is one of those rare times when the listing is right when it says “SPECTACULAR!” It is indeed a spectacular penthouse, and the price seems right.
Even with some views blocked by the new building, it’s not really a problem. The verandas are truly useful.
It does bug me that after shelling out $2.5 million, they want you to pay extra for parking.
This is one of those rare times when the listing is right when it says “SPECTACULAR!” It is indeed a spectacular penthouse, and the price seems right.
Even with some views blocked by the new building, it’s not really a problem. The verandas are truly useful. If the view down the river is going to be blocked soon, that might be something I’d take into consideration, however.
It also bugs me that after shelling out $2.5 million, they want you to pay extra for parking.
“If the view down the river is going to be blocked soon, that might be something I’d take into consideration, however.”
How will it be blocked now?
The only blockage was due to Wolf Point. They have already built 2 out of the 3 buildings there. If that was going to block it, it would have done it already. This unit is only on the 37th floor. It’s not that tall.
Yet, in the listing, you can still directly down the river. So you’re not ever going to be blocked now unless they decided to build something IN the river in the future. Lol.
“Yes. The “Views Directly Down the River” will be gone shortly.”
Nope. Totally wrong.
2 out of the 3 Wolf Point buildings are already built. The first luxury apartment building has been up for several years. That is the one that “blocked” the views of this building. If you’re on the north side it impacted you more than the south side. And this unit is on the south corner.
You can see it in a bunch of the pictures. But it doesn’t block the views down the river from the livingroom at all.
Wolf Point West is 48 stories. Wolf Point East, currently under construction on the east part of the parcel, is 60 stories. They have already topped that building out.
Both of those buildings are luxury apartments.
Again, this penthouse is on 37. If its views were going to be blocked, they would be blocked right now. But you can clearly see down the river in the pictures. You can see the new Vista Tower all the way down near the Lake.
It’s high enough to clear the Holiday Inn building behind Wolf Point West, however. Which is why you have a clear view of the Hancock out of some of the rooms. Nice!
The middle building will the tallest, if it gets built. That will be over 70 stories. It will be offices. Salesforce has already leased most of the building.
All it will do is loom over the smaller Wolf Point West building. It’s not going to jut out in front of it. So no blockage of River views from that building.
In a long answer, these views in the pictures will not be blocked. And they’re spectacular, especially on summer nights with boats going up and down the river.
“I work in the River Point building and stare into these units when I’m bored in meetings. So the future owner(s) have that to look forward to.”
This is true of every single high rise in the downtown. Lol.
You’re not there at night and on the weekends, right? To me, that’s a better scenario than having another condo or apartment building right next door where people are there 24/7.
I know someone who lives across from a hotel in River North. Now THAT is living hell.
FYI:
I intend to do some updates on some neighborhoods I haven’t covered in a while but the weather has just been too terrible to head out. Once we actually get some real spring weather, I’ll be covering those.
I’m looking forward to covering more single family homes as well.
haha “real spring” in Chicago is a myth!
It’s the time of the POLLENING!
“If that was going to block it, it would have done it already.”
Um, the southerly of the 3 buildings is the Salesforce tower.
https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/salesforce-tower/14276
It will be considerably taller than either of the two residential buildings, entirely south of the east building, and about half south of the west building.
To visualize the effect, look at pic 14 on the listing. Salesforce Tower will fill essentially all of the middle 2 east-facing window panels, from floor to ceiling. In pic 26, 333 Wacker (the curved building) will probably be fully visible, but not much more than that. In pic 27 (and 34), everything from the middle of the existing Wolf Point West to the right edge of that pic will be the Salesforce Tower.
The south-end terrace–pics 31/33–will likely retain a view past the south edge of Salesforce, but not by much, and perhaps only from the railing. Should be able to see down Wacker, and at least part of the river.
” If its views were going to be blocked, they would be blocked right now.”
This really is laughably incorrect.
Or do you have insider info that the Salesforce Tower won’t be built??
This link:
https://www.chicagoarchitecture.org/2018/12/03/completing-wolf-point-salesforce-tower-chicago-and-its-semi-public-observation-floor/
has a rendering of Salesforce Tower from almost directly down the south side of the river. Note what you see past the south side of Salesforce Tower–NOT Riverbend, but Left Bank, at 300 N Canal.
Oh, you say, that’s teh old render, and it’s going to be shorter now. Yep, sure, but it’s still going to be over 800 feet, which is still taller than the other two Wolf Point buildings.
^yes, the Salesforce tower will indeed completely block the view of the main branch of the river in its entirety…. no partial views, nothing…
“has a rendering of Salesforce Tower from almost directly down the south side of the river. Note what you see past the south side of Salesforce Tower–NOT Riverbend, but Left Bank, at 300 N Canal.”
Duh!!!! My god people.
This is what I already said.
Look at the listing pictures. Can you see ALL of the Vista in the distance? Yes, you can. (See listing picture #2.)
That means, NONE of it is blocked. Why is that? Because you can see all the way down the right side of the river.
The Salesforce building isn’t going to be in FRONT of Wolf Point West. If anything, it will be behind it. You won’t see it at all, except for the floors that are above Wolf Point West.
What will that do to the view from this unit?
The view of Trump Tower will be blocked. You can see it in the distance above Wolf Point West.
But the addition of the 70 story Salesforce building will be irrelevant to the rest of these views. You will still have direct views down the river.
The only “uncertainty” with this building was solved when the original Wolf Point building was built. No one wanted to buy until they could see how the views would be impacted because before it was built, you COULD see all the way down the River (on both sides of the river.) The view was spectacular.
Now, the north side has more “city” views while the south side has the whole river but only on the south bank. It’s still fantastic and, actually, glorious at night.
Views of the Willis Tower down the South Branch of the River are also fantastic. As are views of the John Hancock.
Unless something is built in the middle of the River, this view is the view. Nothing else can block it.
A tower could be built behind the Wolf Point project at some point which will block the Hancock. But nothing is on the agenda so you’re good on that view for a good number of years. And you’re not really buying this unit for its views of the Hancock anyway.
“This really is laughably incorrect.”
Again- see the pictures and the location of Wolf Point. The view is already the view except for Trump Tower looming in the background. Otherwise, Wolf Point West already blocks everything down the north side of the river. Salesforce will be irrelevant.
Ever been in this building anon(tfo)?
I didn’t think so.
Oh, and I expect the Salesforce building to begin construction sometime this year. If they don’t, the recession will really set it back.
I haven’t heard if they got approval to put their name on the side of the building in a big art installation, as they were requesting. Perhaps that could stall the project. Rahm had put the kibosh on that. Unclear what Lightfoot will do.
There are two apartment buildings flanking it. I don’t see why they have to have their name in lights.
“Um, the southerly of the 3 buildings is the Salesforce tower.”
It’s the middle tower and it will be irrelevant. Wolf Point West actually juts out further than either of the other two buildings. The views are the views.
You would have to build Salesforce in the middle of the river to block the views now.
The Salesforce tower is a cool building though. It will be interesting to see if it can get built before the next downturn. It would be among the top 10 tallest buildings in Chicago.
As we know, no view is ever 100% protected. If there’s a parking lot, a big plot of land, train tracks (the Boeing building was built over them, remember), even an older ugly building, you have to assume that it might be built on.
The only 100% safe protection is a city landmarked property (a National Landmark property can still be torn down.)
165 N. Canal had issues for years when the office building was proposed being constructed over the train tracks just in front of the building. Those river views were amazing, but now?
They’re different.
There’s now a park, instead of dirty, smelly trains, below the windows. Yes, some have “blocked” direct river views now. But the design of the building means natural light.
And the building has rebounded in value since the office building was completed.
Buyers want certainty. The best thing that can happen to any building is to actually have the new construction actually happen. It takes away the risk.
“haha “real spring” in Chicago is a myth!”
We just had a lovely weekend. 65 on Saturday and 70 on Sunday. Sunny and gorgeous.
The weather HAS been horrible though. Too much rain. Thankfully, during the work week. We’re all sick of the rain.
Why are some insisting the views will not be blocked more by Salesforce Tower (aka WPS). It will be 800ft and stick on the furthest south.
https://images2.imgbox.com/a2/e5/CXhSVsWn_o.jpg
It’ll be like another 3/4 of the width of WPW (and taller). You will lose a lot of view. Moreover, you’ll feel even more like the ‘little’ guy in a fish bowl with hundreds of office workers dozing off and looking at you (along with the renters in WPW and other two nearly 800ft office buildings to the south).
Views will be blocked, it is plain as day. The west tower will be set back significantly in comparison to the next tower.
https://www.chicagoarchitecture.org/2019/04/08/salesforce-tower-chicago-scaled-back-again/
“The Salesforce building isn’t going to be in FRONT of Wolf Point West. If anything, it will be behind it. You won’t see it at all, except for the floors that are above Wolf Point West.”
I said you were laughably wrong before, but I was wrong. It’s not nice to laugh at someone who is suffering from mental illness.
“Salesforce will be irrelevant.”
God, look at the site plans I linked to. You’re acting as dum as theHof.
“One of our chatterers will be happy that they can host a VERY large dinner party.”
Indeed!
Two semi-unrelated comments (but two recurring issues on here).
First, as there’s been a couple of posts lately about the high-end-ness of the West Loop. I had dinner there recently at a fancy Japanese place, and between that place itself and the general surroundings, it certainly struck me as having gotten pretty swanky in the past few years.
Second, we’ve discussed the NYC vs. Chicago pricing/COL over the years. I’ve admitted that I’ve gone on that fool’s errand (moving to Chicago after living in NYC, there was always the tempting and inapt trap of comparing the two). I was there over this past weekend, and was at an extended family members’ place in the Chelsea/Flatiron area (more Flatiron I’d say). Awesome place, but man did I feel like a bumpkin when I searched it to see what they paid a few years back (and it’s approx value now). Literally more than three times what I assumed (as in, I was about $5 million off). And you could just sense in the air that if they were to list, there would be a battle for it. Enjoyed being back there for a few days, but man it’s just another dimension altogether.
Regarding the Salesforce building’s impact on the views: I have been in several of the units on the south end of 333 N Canal, on a variety of floors. Those southern units will retain a view down the river to the east after the Salesforce building is constructed. They will just have the view of the north bank of the river cut off.
The Salesforce building will project slightly to the south of the existing Wolfpoint #1. Go to photos 32 and 37 in the listing. Look at the lower left hand corner. You can see the riverbank as it winds in front of Wolfpoint #1. The Salesforce building cannot project any further than that riverbank. In fact , it is required to have a setback with a plaza memorializing the historic site. If you draw a vertical line up from that riverbank, you can estimate what will be hidden by the Salesforce building.
Those southern units have breathtaking 10 million dollar views. Perhaps the most stunning in the city.
Sabrina – are you capable of admitting you are wrong? It is obvious from the following site plan that the Salesforce Tower (south tower on the plan) will block out more of the view.
https://chicago.curbed.com/2017/6/22/15852776/chicago-construction-wolf-point-east-apartment-tower
The rendering anon referenced is clear as day – it shows the future view looking back from the south bank of the river to the east. 333 N Canal isn’t even visible in the rendering. The Wolf Point land mass juts out south from the rest of the river. If it didn’t then the new tower would NOT block the view. But since it does the new tower will cannibalize 333’s views.
“Enjoyed being back there for a few days, but man it’s just another dimension altogether.”
Thanks for checking in anonny. You can say the same thing about the Bay Area too.
Anonny
Regarding: Chelsea/Flatiron area (more Flatiron I’d say).
Can you say the number of bedrooms, sq. ft. and price? I’m not internet sleuthing just wanted to try and do some sort of NYC to Chicago comparison
Also how is Flatiron relative to the rest of Manhattan as something here in Chicago. Like is the flatiron pricing like River North?
Q: “Sabrina – are you capable of admitting you are wrong?”
A: NFW.
“Can you say the number of bedrooms, sq. ft. and price?”
3 beds, approx 4,000 sq foot. Price range was $7-7.5 million.
Q: “Sabrina – are you capable of admitting you are wrong?”
A: NFW.
“3 beds, approx 4,000 sq foot. Price range was $7-7.5 million.”
Yeah I have no context for a response.
Most of the high rises that I have been in for Chicago have been at most 3 bedrooms and even if they were larger with more bedrooms they were definitely under 3000 sq. ft.
Completely agree with you – a different dimension.
Q: “Sabrina – are you capable of admitting you are wrong?”
A: NFW. Still.
Q: “Sabrina – are you capable of admitting you are wrong?”
A: NFW. Still. GTFOOH!
Q: “Sabrina – are you capable of admitting you are wrong?”
A: NFW. Still. GTFOOH! I’ll die on this hill**!!
**view of the hill to NOT be blocked by Salesforce Tower.
jesus anon… let. it. gooooo!
Sabrina has 6 comments making false assertions about the effect on the view. Not there yet.
As to “Riverbend Resident”–who is likely the owner or the agent–s/he cites to pix that show a bit of the east side of Wolf Point, but not the southerly tip, and thus remain misleading. Also, the assertion that “Salesforce building will project slightly to the south of the existing Wolfpoint #1” is demonstrably incorrect, too.
The building renders show it at about 200′ long on the N-S axis. All of the siteplans show ~50% lying south of the southern end of WPW (what “RR” called Wolf Point #1), the completed apartment building. It will certainly be a minimum of 75′ south of WPW (and that’s measuring from the pool deck, not the tower; it will be 100’+ south of the tower).
Because of parallax, it’s hard to get a really good idea from online resources, but it sure as shit looks like the southern end of Riverbend (that is, the southerly edge of the southern balcony) is about 90-95′ south of WPW Tower. Play around with the various angled views, and it would appear that more likely than not there will still be a view down Wacker Drive, but there will be *very little* view down the E-W main branch of the River.
Q: “Sabrina – are you capable of admitting you are wrong?”
A: NFW. Still. GTFOOH! I’ll die on this hill**!!
Why would I admit I am “wrong” when no one is right or wrong? There is no building there. No one will know what the views look like until the building is there.
I said the views would be different but not completely blocked. And that is true by your own analysis anon(tfo). You will still see down the river. Everyone was freaked out that the views would be “blocked” at 165 n canal. Were they? Sure. But not totally and not really. They’re just “different.”
And that will likely be the case here. You will still have city views, as you do now. You will still see down the river.
But we won’t know until the building is up. Probably will be about 5 years from now.
The worst damage to this building was already done when Wolf Point West was built.
But as I’ve already said, no view is “safe” unless there is a city landmarked building next door (and even that may not be completely “safe”- who knows.)
“I said the views would be different but not completely blocked.”
No, you didn’t. Here is what you said:
“If its views were going to be blocked, they would be blocked right now.”
“The Salesforce building isn’t going to be in FRONT of Wolf Point West. If anything, it will be behind it. You won’t see it at all, except for the floors that are above Wolf Point West.”
“Salesforce will be irrelevant.”
WRONG WRONG and WRONG. There is nothing in doubt about the wrongness of each of those 3 statements.
Typical goalpost moving.
“Probably will be about 5 years from now.”
WRONG. Occupancy planned for 2022. Which means topping out in 2021 sometime. So, like 2 years.
You really are Trump-like in your refusal to say “huh, guess i was wrong about that”.
“RONG. Occupancy planned for 2022. Which means topping out in 2021 sometime. So, like 2 years.”
Are they building it? Or have I missed something?
I haven’t seen the foundation drillers over there. They are still working on Wolf Point East. I assumed they wouldn’t start until done with that one.
They’ve been building the Vista for years. It also took several years for the Nema. If they don’t start until 2020, I don’t see how it will be open by 2022 at that height. But maybe they can really build that fast.
Like I said, Wolf Point West was the issue with River Bend. It’s been there several years. That was the gamechanger for the building. Before it went up you could see all the way down the river, including Trump Tower. I’ve been in River Bend many times. It was fantastic.
It will still be beautiful. Anything on the river near this location is great. But I’m a fan of the city views. Go on a night boat tour. When it turns on the north branch and heads south and you’re looking down the barrel at the Willis Tower, it’s truly stunning.
River Bend has the same views, albeit from higher up than on a boat.
Speaking of drilling, they are working really quickly to put in the foundation for the big Chicago Place development (or Holy Name buildings, as I like to call them.)
That’s going to be 70+ stories in one of the towers.
I’ve seen them drilling and pouring concrete at that site well after 7 pm which you hardly see.
Like a damn Trumpkin.
CLOSED $2,500,000
Has everyone seen the latest renderings of the Salesforce building?
They started construction on it last week. Construction is considered “essential” so they can go ahead with an office building even during a pandemic.
It’s going to be 58 stories.
And, yes, I’m admitting I was wrong (see the thread above.) It’s totally going to dwarf Wolf Point West, and yes, will jut out much further, to block any view down the river for River Bend.
The only view River Bend will have will be to the right- down the south branch of the River. Which is still nice, but not as nice as looking right down the river when Wolf Point was undeveloped.
Just to confirm: I am admitting I was WRONG.
Here’s what it looks like:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/work-begins-on-third-and-final-wolf-point-skyscraper/ar-BB12sjcl