A 2-Bedroom Loft With the Next “Hot” Kitchen: 1000 W. Washington in the West Loop
This 2-bedroom loft in the Epicenter Lofts at 1000 W. Washington in the West Loop just came on the market.
I finally have a new picture. Yay!
The Epicenter is a brick industrial building constructed in 1882. It has 178 units, a doorman and a heated parking garage.
This is a concrete loft with tall ceilings and exposed brick.
It has many of the trendy finishes that are popular right now including shiplap, barn doors and ebony hardwood floors.
There is a remote controlled gas fireplaces with a mosaic tiled wall.
The loft has a south exposure with recessed terrace.
The listing says both bathrooms were remodeled in the winter of 2017.
The kitchen was remodeled in March 2019 and has all the current fashionable trends including a mix of white and natural wood cabinets (this is the “in” cabinets now), luxury stainless steel appliances, a farmhouse style apron sink and gold fixtures including the kitchen faucet.
It also has iceberg quartz counter tops.
One of the bedrooms is enclosed and has windows.
It has the other features that buyers look for including central air, washer/dryer in the unit and 2-car tandem parking is available for $35,000.
In 2007, this loft was 1330 square feet but the current listing doesn’t list its square footage.
This building is one of the premier loft buildings in the middle of the hottest neighborhood in Chicago.
Will the on-trend kitchen sell it quickly?
Samuel Meyer at Breneman Realty has the listing. See the pictures here.
Unit #306: 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, no square footage listed
- Sold in April 1997 for $186,000 (included parking)
- Sold in March 2004 for $338,000 (included parking)
- Sold in March 2007 for $350,000 (included parking)
- Sold in July 2016 for $480,000 (included parking)
- Currently listed at $615,000 (2-car tandem parking for $35,000)
- Assessments of $686 a month (includes doorman, cable, exterior maintenance, scavenger, snow removal)
- Taxes of $7711
- Central Air
- Washer/dryer in the unit
- Bedroom #1: 14×12
- Bedroom #2: 12×11
- Living room: 21×16
- Dining room: 16×12
- Kitchen: 15×12
- Terrace: 12×6
That kitchen is trying too hard and will have a short shelf life. Not something I’d pay extra for.
yikes that is a depressing balcony, and lol @ sid, I had to see what you were talking about and you are spot on!
barn doors, knotty pine, shiplap all don’t scream loft living. they went a little overboard with the “fixer upper” theme here. perhaps if the pine was painted it wouldn’t look so out of place. the open closet in the bedroom is terrible. who wants to look at their clothes all the time.
Chip & Joanna would be proud. I like the countertops but I don’t think the style of those base cabinets will age well. Balcony is a bit enclosed but better than no balcony at all; enables you to grill your beyond-burgers and talk with your Google/McD’s buddies while they vape outside of the apartment.
Anyone know if this building’s reserves have been repleted since the big mold lawsuits?
Darn, fat-fingered a thumbs-down on Marco’s comment. Agreed – this Fixer Upper style is not working in a loft space.
Surprised they didn’t drop a “european” in there, what with the laundry being directly in the kitchen. Can easily use the island for folding!!
anon, whatcha gonna do when negative deposit rates come to these shores?
I wanna know so that I can front-run you. (ha ha ha)
Wow…
Did the washer and dryer really need the barn door too? lmao. I hate fixer upper passionately. And shiplap.
I can’t believe how fast this neighborhood took off.
For those of us who have been around cribchatter for a while – Do you remember the early 2010’s? I bought a larger 1 bed at 1211 prairie in the south loop for about 350k. Thought I got a steal ( and it relatively was ) – Been renting it out and doing ok. realtor tells me I could probably get around 500k, which is great for 7 years, and i’m excited.
fast forward to today, my best friend who bought a crapppppppy 2 bedroom loft close to THE MID for about 250k, told me he is listing his place for 600k this month, and expects a bidding war.
Sigh.
The wife and I have another little guy on the way and are growing tired of the northwest side. Looking to move back into a larger condo around west loop or south loop but prices are crazy. Looked at a 3 bed condo at ‘the grant’ in the south loop. Asking 1.7 mil with 1800 in assesments. I remember when these units couldn’t sell for 1.4. Market is crazy.
“The wife and I have another little guy on the way and are growing tired of the northwest side. Looking to move back into a larger condo around west loop or south loop but prices are crazy. Looked at a 3 bed condo at ‘the grant’ in the south loop. Asking 1.7 mil with 1800 in assesments. I remember when these units couldn’t sell for 1.4. Market is crazy.”
Is the market truly “crazy” or was it just slow the last time you were buying/selling?
2010 wasn’t even the bottom of the housing bust yet. 2019 is a booming economy with record low mortgage rates and unemployment under 4%.
Riz: Plenty of 3 bedroom condos and townhouses cheaper than $1.7 million.
It’s all about location. Some are hot and you’ll pay a premium to walk to that Google job. The South Loop hasn’t really seen much appreciation though. The jobs haven’t gone in that direction and the bubble was so huge in that neighborhood that it too way longer to absorb all the excess inventory (even when they turned many buildings into rentals.)
The South Loop was supposed to be the next “hot” neighborhood but it’s been overtaken by the West Loop.
So little natural light for the window size. I am on board with all the negative comments. Could always paint those bottom cabinets to both brighten up that kitchen and give it a little more longevity appeal-wise.
This is a 1-bed + den seeing how the baby’s room had those 3/4 walls and you can’t have guests over while putting the kid down for the night lest you wake them up. That is why these folks want out.
Love that this is $180K less than the 560 W Fulton unit which is roughly the same size and vintage finish-wise (albeit different styles)
Closed for 580K