An East Lincoln Park In-Town in a Mies Van Der Rohe Building: 2400 N. Lakeview
This 1-bedroom in 2400 N. Lakeview in East Lincoln Park came on the market in December 2020.
2400 N. Lakeview was designed by Mies Van Der Rohe in 1963. It has 264 units with floor-to-ceiling windows.
It’s a full amenity building with an outdoor pool and a doorman.
The listing says this unit has been “redone” in 2015.
It has dark wood floors throughout.
The kitchen has dark wood cabinets, marble counter tops, white subway tiles and white appliances.
The listing says it has a new bath with subway tile walls and white marble herringbone floors along with a porcelain vanity.
This unit faces west but the bedroom is on the corner and has two walls of windows.
It has central air but no in-unit washer/dryer. There is coin laundry in the building.
The listing says parking is available, either exterior or valet garage parking, for between $150 and $245 a month.
This building is near Lincoln Park, the Zoo, the Conservatory and the shops and restaurants on Clark.
Is Lincoln Park an ideal in-town neighborhood?
Karen Ranquist at BerkshireHathaway HomeServices has the listing. See the pictures here.
Unit #815: 1 bedroom, 1 bath, no square footage listed
- Sold in March 2015 for $178,500
- Originally listed in December 2020 for $245,000
- Still listed at $245,000
- Assessments of $572 a month (includes heat, a/c, doorman, cable, pool, exterior maintenance, lawn care, scavenger, snow removal)
- Taxes of $2939
- Central Air
- No washer/dryer in the unit. Coin laundry in the building
- Garage parking available for between $150 to $245 a month
- Bedroom: 12×16
- Living room: 11×25
- Kitchen: 7×11
- Foyer: 14×4
Price is def on the very high end. The work done in ‘15 was bargain basement
At the ask, it probably not nice/big enough. At around $200k, it’s probably more reasonable
Probably overpriced, as Johnny says. At least it’s bright and sunny, even with no views. I’d hate to be on the same corner of the building any lower down, looking right into those old dark buildings below. I imagine those units are very hard to sell.
It would suck to have an in-town and not have in-unit laundry. It appears the same oven is in there but the redo is definitely an improvement.
Ideal unit for a DePaul grad student if mom and dad can float the place.
I lived in this building for 5-6 years and enjoyed it. Like any old building it has his plusses & minuses, but I think it’s a affordable place on the park with floor to ceiling windows. Looking N/E over the park would make the price seem right.
No dogs allowed which is too bad since it is right on the park.
Why do professionally managed highrises that employ an army of staff to complain to / monitor peoples’ behaviors make such rules?
Rented in this building for 7 years and loved it. Location, views (my unit had north & east view of park and lake), roof top deck, pool.
I’d describe the building itself is in rough shape. Maintenance constantly needing to punch holes in my walls to fix pipes and stuff. The windows would never close tightly enough. Community laundry and parking setup are annoying. Also, building controls switching between AC & Heat for entire building and when it gets extremely cold staff works 24hr/day to keep heat functioning.
Interesting, Matt. I haven’t spent time in that building in around 40 years. I grew up nearby, and as a child I had a friend who lived on the top floor.
His family’s unit was very luxurious (I think it was a combined 2 or 3 units, actually, with spectacular views), and the building back then was quite sought after. I guess time has taken its toll. Prices seem relatively low for the location, meaning maybe the building has lost some of its luster.
While I like the kitchen; rustic doesn’t really mix well with MCM.
The movie What Women Want with Helen Hunt and Mel Gibson was filmed here.
The swimming pool looks like it has a legitimate deep end >8 ft. That’s rare nowadays, non-existent in newer construction buildings.
Now, this is a good “in-town” apartment, and the price is only a little too high. I would think $225K would be about right.
If you only use it on weekends or special occasions, you have no need of in-unit laundry, and you can spend the money to change out the cheap kitchen appliances. It also has parking available, and the location is wonderful.