A 3-Bedroom Duplex Condo with a Rare Solarium in the South Loop: 1530 S. State
This 3-bedroom duplex in Dearborn Tower at 1530 S. State in the South Loop came on the market in April 2018.
On the 18th and 19th floor, it has 18 foot ceilings with floor to ceiling windows and 3 exposures, including the city skyline.
It has some unique interior features including different flooring than your standard wood plank floors. (what ARE those floors in the living room? Wooden tiles? Stained concrete?)
The living room makes up the entire length of the unit which is 71 feet long.
The kitchen also isn’t your standard white cabinet/quartz counter top kitchen. It has what looks like red or orange cabinets along with luxury stainless steel appliances and a breakfast bar.
There’s also a second, smaller kitchen.
Two of the bedrooms are on the main floor with the third on the second floor.
There’s a den, a family room and an exercise room.
The unit also has 3 terraces and a rare light-filled solarium.
It has central air, washer/dryer in the unit and 5 car garage parking is included.
At $3.9 million, is this unit a South Loop hidden gem?
Bonita Burrell at Burrell Realty has the listing. See the pictures and the floor plan here.
Unit #18A-B: 3 bedrooms, 5 baths, 6500 square feet, duplex
- Sold Unit 18A in May 2004 for $1.6 million
- Sold Unit 18-B in November 2007 for $512,000
- Originally listed in April 2018 for $3.9 million
- Currently still listed for $3.9 million (includes 5 car parking)
- Assessments of $3452 a month (includes heat, a/c, gas, doorman, cable, exercise room, exterior maintenance, lawn care, scavenger, snow removal and Internet)
- Taxes of $31,111
- Central Air
- Washer/dryer in the unit
- Bedroom #1: 14×13 (main floor)
- Bedroom #2: 21×21 (main floor)
- Bedroom #3: 18×14 (second floor)
- 2nd kitchen: 9×8 (main floor)
- Den: 17×10 (main floor)
- Office: 14×13 (main floor)
- Living room: 71×21 (main floor)
- Solarium: 36×12 (second floor)
- Exercise room: 18×8 (second floor)
So, a few random observations of this fairly awesome, decked-out unit:
The Master does not have a door.
The Master Bath(s) do not have a door.
The Master Bath (which is probably the size of a typical 1b condo) has 2 tubs.
It appears that Unit 18B is a COMPLETELY SEPARATE UNIT and you have to access it from the building’s common corridor! Considering you have to leave the main unit everytime you want to use what is staged and built-out as a family room, it is odd that they aren’t marketing this as a guest/in-law suite. It’s also unfortunate that it would appear that a substantial amount of renovations would need to occur before you could sell this 18B as a stand alone unit again…
That has got to be the most uncomfortable ‘theater’ room I have ever seen.
Unless that west/south facing solarium has an industrial sized AC, it will only be useful half the year…
Also, the MLS states the furniture is for sale and only mentions hardwood and porcelain tile as flooring… It appears to me that the living room is cork tile flooring…
OK, I should have watched the video first, you can access 18B through the MASTER BATH, the floor plans incorrectly show a solid demising wall… Oops
I wouldn’t want to spend that much to live in that building. On the other hand, at least this place doesn’t look exactly the same as every other property on the market.
fantasic views of the smog out west in pics 1-6
I am curious how whomever created this floor plan imagines one will access the home office.
this place is absolutely bonkers though, what a unique place!
Gah. Now I see it.
I will give it this – – this is a truly unique unit and the owners had a lot of fun decking it out. Love the clouds in the family room.
Holy art collection.
Looks like they are trying to make a cool million though. I don’t know enough about this location to opine on that being possible. I have my doubts.
“Now that we’re married, we’re moving out of the place you brought dozens of different women home to.”
There is no way a woman was involved in designing or living in this place, other than as a “sure, Mr. Trader, you can have it however you want to, sounds expensive”. Nice place but very small buyer pool.
“sure, Mr. Trader”
Not a trader. Was married at the time of the acquisitions.
Nah – – you guys are wrong. I saw the land line and the labeling of the book categories in the “library” and thought “old people” – – hip old people. Either downsizing, retiring from the art dealer scene, and / or moving to a warmer climate.
“old people”
Correct. 70-ish.
@ anon (tfo) — you know the sellers?
This place is really interesting but I can’t get over the ceiling. It looks like that stuff would be falling into my coffee mug when I was trying to relax. Other than that it is beautiful but probably not a great place with kids.
I usually don’t worry about this kind of stuff, but I noticed that the two sliding glass doors on the solarium lead directly to the roof of the building which I am sure all the residents can access… doesn’t seem very safe…
“I will give it this – – this is a truly unique unit and the owners had a lot of fun decking it out. Love the clouds in the family room.”
It’s amazing. So unique. Something that looks like this is rarely on the market. They all look the same, even in the most expensive buildings. No one uses paint. No one puts in anything other than a white kitchen. No one bothers with artwork. Most don’t even put up curtains. (argh!)
This unit has soul.
uhhh, sabrina!? who has hijacked your account?!
paint? art? curtains? (which this place doesn’t have 🙂 ) seriously? is this your parent’s place?
well, if it is, I hope they get a good deal!
Two men decorated this place. Now they are retiring to the south of France and will make weekend jaunts to the souks of Marrakech to decorate their new place.
It’s a great space, although their chair choices and placements are odd. Recliner under the stairs, beanbag chair in the hall, directors chairs in the theatre room.
This would be a great AirBnB rental but I could never live there full time as that west sun all summer would be brutal. Unusable from 3-7 everyday.
uh there’s these magical things called curtains and air conditioning… unusable from 3-7? what are you a vampire? Even still its not exactly very sunny here in Chicago…
also Jack, I’m sure its fine if you keep your doors closed and locked, if you’re really worried about it you can put a camera on that door
“directors chairs in the theatre room”
That’s just kitsch, not odd.
“unusable from 3-7?”
Drawn from the concept as outdoor space only being usable for 4 months.
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Drawn from the concept as outdoor space only being usable for 4 months.”
yeah come on, its 6 months!!!
Sonies, f you want to pull the curtain closed at 3 and sit in the dark, that is actually Vampire behaviour. I don’t want to do that. You, obviously have not lived in a floor to ceiling window unit facing west. The sun beats on you all afternoon. It’s awful. Any other direction, this place would trade easily.
“paint? art? curtains? (which this place doesn’t have ? ) seriously? is this your parent’s place?”
Chicago interiors are basically the worst in the entire United States, as far as big cities go. We’re pathetic compared to NY, LA, SF and Miami.
Even the rich people are awful. They don’t even bother to paint. I don’t understand how the interior designers here survive. And I don’t know where those that are here actually work because you rarely see a condo unit, or even that many single family homes, that are actually decorated.
well, Sabrina, my point is that you have consistently scolded those that have made comments about the decorating… so…
Isn’t part of it that people are told to make units as bland as possible to sell? Paint in neutrals, remove anything that might seem too distinctive, so on. With this place, obviously, that would be pretty pointless, it’s going to be distinctive and appeal only to a particular subset who likes the details and also can afford to decorate as they want.
Anyway, even if I could afford it (and wanted that much space), the subject property would be totally impractical for me, but it is incredibly cool and different and I really liked seeing it. I also like seeing South Loop properties generally.
“well, Sabrina, my point is that you have consistently scolded those that have made comments about the decorating… so…”
I scold them about commenting on the furniture or the clothes hanging in the closet (which has happened, actually.) Neither of those will be there when you move in.
Some realtors have told me that they have convinced their clients to paint based on comments here about awful paint colors (lol).
But talking about the type of flooring (very hard to remove), the bathrooms, the kitchen cabinets, and even curtains, which usually are included in a sale, is fair game.
This unit has several different flooring choices we normally don’t see. They are unique. The color of the kitchen cabinets is also unique. Yes, I’m going to comment on it (and celebrate it.) Because, like I said, Chicagoans are AWFUL at interior design. It’s actually shocking that so many people live like they do in Chicago. Even rich people.
This place is so impractical, specific, expensive…AND I LOVE IT.