Epitome of Luxury Living in Streeterville: 2-Bedroom Penthouse at 233 E. Erie
This 2-bedroom penthouse in Streeterville Center at 233 E. Erie in Streeterville, came on the market in July 2023.
Built in 1972, Streeterville Center has 160 units and attached public parking that is valet. This is the first time we’ve ever chattered about this building, apparently.
The building has door staff, a party room and a rooftop pool with city views. There is a laundry room on the top floor.
This unit is on the penthouse level, or 25th floor, and the listing says “everything is brand new.”
It has wide plank hardwood floors throughout, including in the bedrooms.
The kitchen is open concept with white cabinets, an island with seating for four, quartz counter tops and Bosch stainless steel appliances.
There appears to be a nook area for a dining room table.
The living room has a 60 inch electric fireplace.
The listing says the bathrooms have marble vanities.
The primary suite has a massive bedroom measuring 25×15 with a walk-in-closet, en suite bathroom with double vanity, porcelain finishes and personal towel heater.
There’s a den but I can’t tell if that’s the room just to the right of the entrance.
The unit has central air but no in-unit washer/dryer. The laundry room is one floor above, on the 26th floor. There’s valet parking available for lease in the building.
This building is in the heart of Streeterville, across from Northwestern Hospital, and near shops and restaurants, including on the Mag Mile.
Listed in July 2023 at $697,000, it has been reduced to $675,000.
Buyers love “new.”
Will the complete renovation close the deal?
Mimi Luna and Aminah Yassin at Remax Legends have the listing. See the pictures and floor plan here.
Unit #2500: 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, 1800 square feet, penthouse
- Sold in July 1993 for $195,000
- Sold in October 2002 for $425,000
- Lis pendens foreclosure filed in March 2019
- Bank owned in November 2020
- Sold from the bank in June 2022 for $220,000
- Originally listed in July 2023 for $697,000
- Reduced
- Currently listed at $675,000
- Assessments of $1700 a month (includes heat, a/c, gas, doorman, cable, clubhouse, pool, exterior maintenance, lawn care, scavenger, snow removal)
- Taxes of $7431
- Central Air
- No washer/dryer in the unit. Laundry room in the building.
- Leased valet parking in the building available
- Electric fireplace
- Bedroom #1: 25×15
- Bedroom #2: 13×12
- Living/dining: 27×10
- Kitchen: 10×8
- Den: 12×6
Nothing says luxury like shared laundry.
The microwave seems really high, like you’ve got to be 6′ tall to use it
No way the DR is 9′ wide, looks about 6′
Based on the other units for rent/sale, building feels very transient (Med Residents, Corp relos, etc)
Perfect for the homeowner thats afraid of color. I guess the aesthetic they were going for is OR chic. Target market – surgeon that wants to feel like he’s always ready to do another procedure
“Perfect for the homeowner thats afraid of color.”
it’s a flip. do you really expect anything more? most people paint anyway when they move in.
the oven and micro do look really bad. they could have put 1 drawer under the oven instead of 2 to lower everything
Regarding dining room; looking at the floor there is transition point to dining room that probably is 9 foot wide, but it isn’t part of the usable dining room. I’ve seen that game where an odd shaped room is claimed to be at it’s widest point even though it doesn’t carry throughout the space.
“No way the DR is 9? wide, looks about 6?”
It is 11.5 floorboards wide.
The door to the bath is 4.75 boards wide. So, b/t 6.75″ (32 door) and 7.5″ (36 door).
The hall (listed as 49″) is 6.5 boards wide. So 7.5″.
7.5′ x 11.5 boards = 86.25″, or 7’3″.
The kitchen layout is stolen from some ridiculous show kitchen. Neither the micro nor the oven is usable by a normal person for normal cooking. IF the door on the oven were a slide’n’hide, *maybe*.
“it’s a flip. do you really expect anything more? most people paint anyway when they move in.”
I remember reading that its very expensive to paint.
I’m sure there are folks that like it, but its really stark and off-putting IMO
“its really stark and off-putting”
You saw the picture of the building, right? It’s totally on-brand.
What do people think about the seller putting in that massive electric fireplace? It’s making a design decision for the next owner, essentially, on what is a very important/prominent wall.
Most buyers prefer white walls. That “look”, i.e. the California style, is very much in right now.
Most buyers will NOT repaint, because of the cost and the problem of finding a painter etc.
“Most buyers will NOT repaint”
this is so wrong. every place I’ve bought, we’ve repainted. every home on my street that turns over, people repaint. no one want to live with scuffed walls/baseboards, colors they don’t like, and nail holes from previous things on the walls. sure this place is all new, but what if you don’t want anything hanging where the mirrors and artwork are. maybe they used command strips but you can patch holes without painting.
“There’s a den but I can’t tell if that’s the room just to the right of the entrance.”
It is–the angled wall is discernable in the pic.
I think my favorite feature has to be the exterior door into the closet.
“What do people think about the seller putting in that massive electric fireplace? It’s making a design decision for the next owner, essentially, on what is a very important/prominent wall.”
Its better than the alternate – more white walls
“Most buyers prefer white walls. That “look”, i.e. the California style, is very much in right now.”
This look isnt “California style”, its surgical suite style
“Most buyers will NOT repaint, because of the cost and the problem of finding a painter etc.”
So no DYI?
Across the street from NMH? Heck no the constant ambulance sirens all day and night would be unbearable. I used to live a couple streets over and that siren noise was ear shattering. And that building itself is old and has several floors of businesses. My dentist was in there and I always felt that this building was just a bland, old, mistake of a building.
[David who wrote this comment, please pick a different crib chatter name. We have 3 or 4 Davids now.]
“Most buyers will NOT repaint, because of the cost and the problem of finding a painter etc.”
I think it depends on whether it’s your forever home or just a transition stop. Since it’s freshly painted white, most could probably live with this, though I prefer some color in my home.
speaking of paint, anyone here repaint bathroom vanities or kitchen cabinets? Settle a debate: do you paint the insides as well, or just the front that will be seen?
“speaking of paint, anyone here repaint bathroom vanities or kitchen cabinets? Settle a debate: do you paint the insides as well, or just the front that will be seen?”
Painted a bathroom vanity. On the inside, only had the painters (who were painting the house interior) paint the doors. Probably should have had them paint the entire inside, particularly the drawers (they were just spraying it with the white going on the trim and doors throughout the house, it wasn’t any sort of fancy effort that folks might do on kitchen cabinets).
“do you paint the insides as well”
I guess it depends on what color is on the inside. I have factory painted white cabinets but the inside is maple.
I don’t love that the building is mixed use with lower floors mainly medical offices.
“building is mixed use”
All about how the lobby is handled, right?
“I guess it depends on what color is on the inside. ”
the inside is dark wood, as is the outside. It’s a bad 80s style.
I used to rent office space on the office side of this building several years ago. It’s eight floors of offices on one side, with the condo part on the other. Other than a common lobby and a shared doorman, and I want to say parking, they’re otherwise separate.
Don’t know much about the condo side, but the office side has an absentee owner that has had issues renting out space since COVID. It’s mostly medical offices.
“Other than a common lobby and a shared doorman”
Nope. That’s 100% not acceptable.
Residential has to have a separate lobby to be acceptable.