Get a 2/2 Loft with Parking in Lincoln Park for $679,000: 1201 W. Wrightwood
This 2-bedroom loft in the Gaertner Building at 1201 W. Wrightwood came on the market in March 2022.
Built in 1926, the Gaertner Building has 24 lofts and attached garage parking. An elevator building, it was converted into condos in 2002.
This loft has 11 foot ceilings, exposed brick and hardwood floors.
There’s a Juliet balcony.
It has a “gourmet kitchen” with gray cabinets and island with seating for three with classic white quartz countertops, wine fridge, a walk-in-pantry with stenciled glass door, stainless steel appliances and a gas stove.
The living room has a built-in TV/media cabinet.
The primary bedroom has floor-to-ceiling built-ins, a walk-in-closet and an en suite bathroom with double sinks and a separate shower.
The second bedroom has a Queen pull down bed with a desk.
The loft has the features buyers look for including central air, a full-size washer/dryer and an oversized 1.5 indoor heated garage space.
It has an extra large storage locker and a communal rooftop deck.
There’s a Starbucks across the street and there are shops and restaurants on Diversey, Fullerton and Lincoln.
This loft last sold during the first year of the pandemic, in October 2020, for $597,000. It has come back on the market just 17 months later for $679,000.
Will it get the premium?
Kirste Gaudet at @Properties has the listing. See the pictures here.
Unit #3: 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, 1310 square feet
- Sold in September 2001 for $342,000
- Sold in Mary 2004 for $408,000
- Sold in July 2015 for $425,000
- Sold in October 2020 for $597,000
- Currently listed at $679,000
- Assessments of $372 a month (includes lawn care, scavenger, snow removal)
- Taxes of $9145
- Central Air
- Washer/dryer in the unit
- Oversized 1.5 indoor heated garage space included
- There aren’t any rooms listed, or room sizes
- Bedroom #1
- Bedroom #2
- Living/dining combo
- Kitchen
Just a human interest comment. When I came back to Chicago 23 years ago I lived 3 doors down (across the alley) from this building. Shared the basement unit with a former classmate for a year until I moved my family here. I actually sold the building across the alley which was then torn down to make a side lot for the house next door. That transaction was one of the most interesting in my career because of how the owner ended up in a distressed situation.
Anyway, at the time the Gaertner building was a piece of crap. I think it was vacant. These developers amaze me.
Anyone have one of those 4-door samsung ‘flex’ fridges? Do you like it? Do you use the ‘flex’ feature at all? If so, does it work well?
At the price, it has to be finished ‘perfectly’ in the buyer’s eyes. Lot of little stuff I don’t care for, but it’s nice, and someone will prob buy it for $640+
“Just a human interest comment. When I came back to Chicago 23 years ago I lived 3 doors down (across the alley) from this building. Shared the basement unit with a former classmate for a year until I moved my family here. I actually sold the building across the alley which was then torn down to make a side lot for the house next door. That transaction was one of the most interesting in my career because of how the owner ended up in a distressed situation.”
Your story just reminded me that the other day, my neighbor across the street (a retired Trib reporter) was telling me about how he rented a unit for like $50/mo on Burling St early in his career, in a place that was torn down to build one of the current big homes. I was thinking about Chrib Chatter while he told me his story!
nice place. no windows in either of the 2 bedrooms is a deterrent.
my view on any appliance that’s either Samsung or Lg…just no.
It’s interesting to see how this property has bounced since the height of the pandemic. This last sold after the BLM protests and before the vaccine was announced. That was the “low” for city prices during the pandemic.
Back in the day, I lived a couple doors down on Wrightwood. The now-Starbucks was Hitchcock’s bar. Loved this neighborhood at that time – good for public trans, with a couple small parks nearby.
Oddly, I don’t recall the Gaertner building at all (maybe bc it was “a piece of crap,” as Gary said). I like this unit, which looks nicely done. Love the walk-in pantry, Murphy bed, built-ins and dark doors. Great to have parking in this area, too.
Why do developers have such a hard time sourcing one color of brick?
“Why do developers have such a hard time sourcing one color of brick?”
Its not the intent. Monolith brick buildings are either great (3%) or horrible (97%)
“Monolith brick buildings”
Even worse if it is a monolithic color added on top of (or replacing large areas of compromised brick on) a decades old building that has aged-in color variation.
I like this place a lot, but no windows in the bedrooms would be a dealbreaker for me.
Not bad, I’d repaint the cabinets to anything but gray.
John
““Why do developers have such a hard time sourcing one color of brick?”
Its not the intent. Monolith brick buildings are either great (3%) or horrible (97%)”
so err is the implication that the intent is two toned brick scheme? versus the builder could only get so much of one color from the supplier?
“ so err is the implication that the intent is two toned brick scheme? versus the builder could only get so much of one color from the supplier?”
Intent, Architect specs the products. Either a brick Mfg standard mix of bricks (https://www.beldenbrick.com/brick?p=2) or will spec a blend of different brick ie 25% each of bricks A,B,C,D. The latter can be a PITA as architects are wont to do, they’ll jack around with the ratios creating 20 mock ups that no one can tell the difference.
Either way, the two tone brick on the building looks like crap.