Fully Renovated 3-Bedroom in Streeterville Reduces $50K to $700,000: 680 N. Lake Shore Drive
This 3-bedroom in 680 N. Lake Shore Drive in Streeterville came on the market in February 2024.
680 N. Lake Shore Drive is a unique building.
According to Wikipedia, it was completed in 1926. it was originally called the American Furniture Mart and was the largest building in the world when finished.
It has a total of 415 units in 3 different condo associations: The Tower, The Lake and the South Residences.
The South Residences has 120 units, the Tower has 131 units, and the Lake, 264.
This is a full amenity building with an indoor pool, exercise room and 24-hour door staff. It has attached garage parking.
There is commercial space in the building as well as a shopping concourse with a restaurant, coffee shop, Walgreens, a bank and other amenities.
The listing doesn’t say which building this is in.
It’s been “fully renovated” and has modern, luxurious finishes including new LED can lights throughout.
The listing says “every surface has been touched.”
The unit has new wide plank hardwood floors throughout and custom wood details.
The kitchen is a “chef’s dream” with white and modern wood cabinets along with a 10 foot island with waterfall edge and high end appliances.
There appears to be a living/dining combo.
The primary bedroom is en suite with a walk-through closet and an en suite bath with separate tub, shower and a double vanity.
The unit has features buyers look for including a laundry room with a side-by-side washer/dryer, central air and parking is available in the building.
This building is near the shops and restaurants of Streeterville including the AMC River East movie theater and Target.
Originally listed in February 2024 for $750,000, it has been reduced $50,000 to $700,000.
Buyers love “new”.
Will this 3-bedroom find a buyer soon?
Julie Latsko at Compass has the listing. See the pictures and floor plan here.
Or see it in person at the Open House on Sunday, March 10, 2024 from 12 pm to 2 pm.
Unit #619: 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, 2150 square feet
- Sold in March 1989 for $195,500
- Sold in December 1993 for $265,000
- Lis pendens foreclosure filed in November 2021
- Bank owned
- Sold in March 2022 for $315,000
- Originally listed in February 2024 for $750,000
- Reduced
- Currently listed at $700,000
- Assessments of $1616 a month (includes heat, a/c, gas, doorman, cable, exercise room, pool, exterior maintenance, scavenger, snow removal, Internet)
- Taxes of $8268
- Central Air
- Washer/dryer in the unit
- Parking available in the building
- Bedroom #1: 16×13
- Bedroom #2: 16×11
- Bedroom #3: 9×10
- Living/dining combo: 29×17
- Kitchen: 11×20
- Laundry room: 6×7
Does it have windows?
Nice finishes. I can’t get over the only 4 windows with views of a parking structure. The floor plan seems to show a 5th window over the tub, but that must be the niche! Haha.
I hope the future owners can live without natural light.
Who puts 3 en-suite baths with no access but going into the bedroom, especially with the 3rd Br being a den (Dont think its a legal Br). The Ba and Laundry should be flipped
Finishes are cookie cutter and boring and increase the suicide factor by 37% in combination with the exterior views
No parking
LOL at the gym photos. I guess the went with the Minute Bol peck machine
Whats the deal with showing 3 year old renderings of the pool Vs showing you know the pool?
Depressing
I’ve looked at several units in this building…and I just don’t get it.
Especially this unit.
Looks like a decent remodel, but hard pass for this unit in that building.
Sold in December 1993 for $265,000
Lis pendens foreclosure filed in November 2021
Lose it to f/c after 28 years. ouch.
aaahhhh–f/c of a reverse mortgage. Makes sense now. $610k in 2012.
“Whats the deal with showing 3 year old renderings of the pool Vs showing you know the pool?”
Just a guess: The work isn’t done yet, and the existing pool area is pretty dire? See the pix here: https://680tower.frontsteps.com/#filter=.photos
“Dont think its a legal Br”
Glass doors = borrowed light = “legal” (fwiw), but yes to the rest of the comments related to the quite-useful-office/not-really-bedroom.
With the dire view, would be a solid short term rental, but a really tough to imagine living in for 5+ year at the ask.
If I really wanted to be in the building for whatever reason, and wanted to be in this price bracket, I’d much rather undertake the project that is this one:
https://www.redfin.com/IL/Chicago/680-N-Lake-Shore-Dr-60611/unit-821/home/14097544
note: I have no interest in *ever* taking on a project for a primary residence.
or the (probably) somewhat lesser project that is this one:
https://www.redfin.com/IL/Chicago/680-N-Lake-Shore-Dr-60611/unit-1204/home/14098032
“The listing doesn’t say which building this is in.”
It’s i the south tower based on the views of the W Lakeshore hotel’s parking structure. What a sad view.
The reno is nice. However, that view of parking deck is depressing imho. It’s ok for a hotel stay, but no way I’m going to pay $700k to look into a parking garage.
Perfect place for a person very sensitive to light.
Beautiful view, I’ll go for 350 on this shiny turdola.
I LOVE the finishes in this unit. They did everything right. They gave it the California beachy finishes, which are “in” right now and are being done in some of the new rental towers.
Additionally, it is light and fresh which is good for this unit and the amount of light it gets.
Love the kitchen with the mix of white and modern wood cabinets. I’m thinking about doing something similar in my house when I renovate.
The wood features are also cool and unique. I’m not sure how they’ll age in 10 years though.
Not interested in this building, 666 LSD (sorry 680 LSD) unless it’s a tower residence. Those are incredible.
I’ll add that this particular area of town is ultra-noisy thanks to all the ambulances going to NU hospital. It’s really outrageous.
Dontcha mean Tree Fiddy?
We’ve seen units on CC before with bad views but this takes the cake. Rivals for worst view I’ve ever seen in a condo I actually was in, on about the 7th floor of 2800 N LSD, looking north directly into the monstrosity of St. Joseph Hospital (which so richly deserves to be torn down after assaulting our eyes for 60 years).