Inside One Chicago at 14 W. Superior in River North: A $2 Million 2-Bedroom
This 2-bedroom in One Chicago at 14 W. Superior in River North came on the market in February 2023.
One Chicago is the new 79-story apartment/condo building with 77 condos starting on the 44th floor. It’s the taller building in the picture above.
Developed by JDL Development, it was completed in 2022 and has valet garage parking. It’s a full amenity building with 24-7 door staff, a party room, an amenities deck with grills and seating areas and access to the Lifetime Fitness Resort & Spa.
The building has hands free elevators and residences with “secure Latch Hardware entry systems.”
Several of the units have come onto the MLS in 2023 but I chose this 2/2 because we have chattered about many 2/2 condos over the years.
It has wide plank European oak hardwood floors throughout, full height windows and custom stepped ceilings.
The kitchen is a custom designed O’Brien Harris kitchen with modern black cabinets, stone counter tops and luxury appliances along with an island open to the living/dining space.
The bedrooms have Ketra circadian lighting.
The primary bathroom has floor to ceiling slab porcelain, a custom built vanity and Kalista fixtures.
The listing says the bathrooms also have “Oversized showers are complemented with cantilevered benches, recessed storage niches, fog-free shave mirrors and effortlessly controlled with Kohler’s DTV electronic, programmable system.”
About the Life Time Fitness Resort, the listing says, “Residents will enjoy an exclusive membership to Life Time Athletic Resort and Spa’s diamond level private club.”
The unit has central air, washer/dryer in the unit and there’s parking but I don’t know if it’s included or not. It’s valet at the covered motor court.
This building has the new Whole Foods on the first floor, a Philz Coffee, Kilwin’s, Wells Fargo, and an upscale restaurant which hasn’t opened yet. It’s also in the middle of the shops and restaurants of River North, the Gold Coast and the Mag Mile.
Holy Name Cathedral is also across the street as well as several bus lines and the Red line stop at Chicago Avenue.
Listed at $2 million, how long will it take to sell out this luxury building?
Nancy Tassone and Bradley Brondyke at Jameson Sotheby’s have the listing. See the pictures here. Sorry, no floor plan. I’m sure they can show you all of them though.
Unit #4902: 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, 2279 square feet
- New construction
- Listed in February 2023 for $2 million
- Assessments of $1818 a month (includes heat, a/c, gas, doorman, exercise room, pool, exterior maintenance, lawn care, scavenger, snow removal, Internet.)
- Taxes are “new”
- Central Air
- Washer/dryer in the unit
- Bedroom #1: 18×14
- Bedroom #2: 10×16
- Living/dining room: 23×16
- Kitchen: 16×14
- Laundry: 19×16
As a member of the “exclusive” Lifetime club, I can confirm that it is not exclusive. Lifetime offers large discounts for members under age 26, so the gym is basically packed with Gen Y and younger. The pool is not heated and is ice cold in heat of summer and pool chairs are hard to find on weekends.
“an exclusive membership to Life Time Athletic Resort and Spa”
“This building has … a … Kilwin’s”
Such ready access to the latter would necessitate frequent visits to the former. (Went to the Pearl St Mall location to get some of the favored peanut butter cups for V-Day and was bummed to discovered that it had closed!)
This isn’t what I’d buy for $2MM but it’s pretty awesome. Takes the whole red-knobbed stove status thing to another level.
“red-knobbed stove status”
Am I just excessively careless? I wouldn’t want stone on the leading edge of my cooktop for fear of cracking it. What’s the counter material, anyway? Quartz? If so, is there sufficient thermal separation to run all the BTUs and not damage the quartz?
3…2…1…
“for that much money, I want a lake view from the living room, not the bathroom”
“The bedrooms have Ketra circadian lighting.”
Well, I’m sold now.
Love the look of the kitchen and the seamless cooktop. Not something we’ve seen before. Also appreciate the subtle ceiling detail in the living area. Probably should have continued it throughout the whole condo. Palmolive did something similar if I remember correctly.
That master bathroom is SEXY
“for that much money, I want a lake view from the living room, not the bathroom”
True
« As a member of the “exclusive” Lifetime club, I can confirm that it is not exclusive.«
Kind of like building a Planet Fitness inside a Ritz Carlton.
I wonder if that will be a deterrent to buyers at this price point. Someone paying $2M for a 2 bed condo is going to look for 5 star amenities and prefer to be working out alongside neighbors of similar status.
“for that much money, I want a lake view from the living room, not the bathroom”
The St Regis has plenty of units available, if you care about having a more direct on lake view. Can also buy in Aqua, the Hancock and other skyscrapers.
But No 9 Walton has shown that the rich will buy homes in buildings with NO view. And One Chicago was done by the same developer.
“Lifetime offers large discounts for members under age 26, so the gym is basically packed with Gen Y and younger. The pool is not heated and is ice cold in heat of summer and pool chairs are hard to find on weekends.”
So you’ve been to this Life Time JJ? In the pictures, there appears to be 3 pools. I was wondering if at least one of them doesn’t require teh “platinum” membership discussed in this listing so it would be a bit more exclusive. Otherwise, why would people be paying a premium over regular members?
Sorry, just one outdoor pool (it was the reflection of the mirrors throwing me off) and some big hot tubs.)
I can’t find anything on Life Time’s site about what it means to be a “diamond” member (not platinum, sorry, I got them confused. It’s “diamond). Do they have special privileges? JDL isn’t dumb. They know their upscale customer is going to want their own private spaces in the gym. Heck, the owner of JDL just sold his condo at No 9 Walton and has moved to One Chicago himself.
Or maybe they learned from No 9 Walton that most of the buyers really won’t use the gym that much?
How many are using the Tribune’s massive gym? Anyone here live there who can report in?
Shared amenities with all of the renters in the apartments isn’t my jam, that’s for sure.
“So you’ve been to this Life Time JJ? In the pictures, there appears to be 3 pools. I was wondering if at least one of them doesn’t require teh “platinum” membership discussed in this listing so it would be a bit more exclusive. Otherwise, why would people be paying a premium over regular members?”
Correct. I am member of this Lifetime club and go 3-4x a week. There is one outdoor pool and two outdoor hot tubs, all of which are closed in the winter. I don’t know if the pool is intentionally cold to deter overcrowding but the pool was always cold.
Everyone who joined Lifetime as a new member in January – March 2022 has 100% access to the pool, hot tubs and pool deck. Members who joined after March 2022 can purchase either a seasonal pool pass or buy a day pass to use the pool, etc.
Also, keep in mind the Lifetime gym/pool is also shared by the 735 rental apartments at One Chicago, in addition, to the 77 condos.
Don’t get me wrong, the Lifetime Club and pool is very nice, but it is a shared by the month-to-month gym members + apartment renters + condo owners, so by no means is it “exclusive”.
“I can’t find anything on Life Time’s site about what it means to be a “diamond” member”
I was also curious about this, and took a few minutes–I’m 95% sure about the following:
Each Lifetime location has a tier designation, seemingly based on a combo of size, amenities and location. In general, Lifetime members can go to any other location in the country, but only those at or below their ‘subscription’ gym tier. Diamond is the top tier, so members at One Chicago can use any Lifetime location anywhere.
So, zero reason for that detail to be in the listing.
If it included a membership (even at the Lounge tier) to the Lifetime co-working space, that would be an amenity to feature.
https://work.lifetime.life/locations/il-river-north-at-one-chicago/membership-options.html
Beautiful unit, and price seems justified, especially because it’s all brand new. I’d prefer a higher floor, but I suppose costs rise as you go up.
My only hesitation is the Chicago Avenue side of the building. That’s been a scummy stretch for decades. I suppose one could live here and never go out on the north side of the complex (though maybe there’s no north exit, anyway). But it is a bit of a downer to pay so much and then have such an unattractive location.
“My only hesitation is the Chicago Avenue side of the building. That’s been a scummy stretch for decades. I suppose one could live here and never go out on the north side of the complex (though maybe there’s no north exit, anyway). But it is a bit of a downer to pay so much and then have such an unattractive location.”
That was the point of building this complex. Parking lots are terrible for urban areas.
Chicago Avenue is hopping now. They are renovating and converting the YMCA across the street into affordable apartments and will put retail in the base. The Whole Foods is always busy and there are people everywhere. Across the street, Friends expanded and put in an all you can eat Japanese restaurant called Friends Station in the historic apartment building on the corner of Chicago and State. That has helped that block as well.
You would not choose to live in One Chicago, either apartments or condos, if you did not want to be right in the heart of a big urban area. There’s a cathedral with hundreds of people attending across the street and the attached Catholic school with parental drop off/pick up Monday through Friday.
Yes, the McDonalds is still there as are the police cars. But, again, the empty parking lot is what added to the shadiness on this block and that is gone.
I think Sabrina might be the leasing director or GM at OneChicago ! lol. Lipstick on a pig is still a pig.
“Yes, the McDonalds is still there as are the police cars. But, again, the empty parking lot is what added to the shadiness on this block and that is gone.”
The red line stop has always been the source of problems here not the parking lot. The bad actors weren’t driving and parking there they are taking the red line and getting off at the Chicago stop due to its proximity to Mich Ave. That hasn’t changed.
The police cars with lights on parked outside the red line 24×7 have helped curtail the crime but this isn’t a viable long term solution. Eventually they’ll have to pull the 24×7 parked officers and the crime will eventually return.
“Chicago Avenue is hopping now” – I live nearby. It’s not any more hopping now than it was prior to OneChicago. Yeah WF is busy but WF isn’t drawing much net new traffic being just a mere block from where it had always been.
“Eventually they’ll have to pull the 24×7 parked officers ”
Why? If it is truly a hot spot for crime, why would it not be patrolled 24/7?
Dick Burke had a 24/7 CPD body guard for nearly 50 years because he called in a threat on himself–why can’t we have a police presence in a location with genuine, ongoing, crime risk?
“Each Lifetime location has a tier designation, seemingly based on a combo of size, amenities and location. In general, Lifetime members can go to any other location in the country, but only those at or below their ‘subscription’ gym tier. Diamond is the top tier, so members at One Chicago can use any Lifetime location anywhere.”
Correct. A membership at Lifetime Chicago provides access to all Lifetime clubs in the U.S., since it is a diamond club. So in other words, owning the $2MM condo at One Chicago provides a complimentary membership worth ~ $230 a month, assuming of course that the HOA dues are not inflated by some amount for this perk….
“Why? If it is truly a hot spot for crime, why would it not be patrolled 24/7?”
Right. There are a lot of police still downtown on a regular basis. In fact, they’ve had police on the Mag Mile for most of the last 3 years. No indication that will end any time soon.
“I think Sabrina might be the leasing director or GM at OneChicago ! lol. Lipstick on a pig is still a pig.”
They don’t need my help. The apartment buildings are mostly sold out already.
Chicago and State/Dearborn is a “pig” now? LMFAO. Yeah, many people on this blog really don’t get out downtown much. There are parts of River North that I find shady, but this intersection is no longer one of them. It’s amazing what putting a bunch of life in a place does to a street.
I do wish they would build on the empty lot next to the YMCA though. I don’t understand why someone isn’t cashing in on that huge piece of land now, especially with the renovation of the YMCA which will be amazing.
““Chicago Avenue is hopping now” – I live nearby. It’s not any more hopping now than it was prior to OneChicago.”
If you truly live nearby and are saying this then you are just being disingenuous now. You cannot honestly be saying that replacing a parking lot without any lighting and a half empty building across the street with 5 to 7 new restaurants, a huge fitness center, over a thousand apartments and condos and a huge major grocery store isn’t going to change the feel on the street and that it won’t be busy and full of life?
But I guess you are saying that.
Come on.
“The red line stop has always been the source of problems here not the parking lot.”
This is a man talking. I never said the red line wasn’t the problem. But parking lots are dead zones in urban areas and this one was an entire city block, poorly lit and creepy for women to walk by/past. Many of us avoided the area.
Suddenly, that is now gone. There’s no reason not to walk this street now. In fact, it’s enjoyable because there is so much going on.
I was disappointed they didn’t put in a fountain and more green space on the State/Superior corner as it feels like a concrete jungle there even with the row of trees. But now I realize they wanted a big sidewalk for outdoor dining for that first floor restaurant. We’ll see what that looks like when it opens later this year.
Also, anyone know what might be going into the old Bella Luna restaurant? That’s the one story building that didn’t sell out to the developer at Superior and Dearborn and is still there in all it’s old glory. Lol.
The landlord cancelled their lease but there is paper up on the windows so hopefully something interesting goes into that building.
The neighborhood is hopping. When they lease out space to the likes of Philz Coffee, others will follow.
Also, I think it’s a mistake for Kilwin’s to go into the location they have chosen. There is little walking traffic on the Dearborn side of the building and certainly not from tourists who would be Kilwin’s big customers. But we’ll see what happens. Maybe locals will go instead. ha ha.
“That was the point of building this complex. Parking lots are terrible for urban areas.”
Fake news. This was not part of an urban plan. The Archdiocese of Chicago owned this plot of land and sold it to a developer for the amount of $110M. The windfall was used to pay for litigation costs and abuse victim settlements.
“Fake news. This was not part of an urban plan.”
Huh? Don’t really understand your comments KK. Yes, the Archdiocese of Chicago owned that parking lot (except for the Bella Luna and those law offices). Most thought it would have sold during the housing boom as every developer wanted it then. But they waited too long to sell during that cycle. Finally sold it through the recent cycle because, yes, membership is down and they need the cash. They have sold lots of properties over the years. Abuse settlements were big. Other archdioceses have gone BK over it.
It was a travesty that a block long parking lot was sitting there in this location in one of the world’s greatest cities. Any urban planner knows that parking lots are the bane of cities. They create dead zones and this one certainly did.
Hooray. They finally sold it and now it’s not dead anymore. Now that block is vibrant and alive.
Like I said, there is still a big empty lot directly across the street that stretches over to Dearborn and it’s shocking that it hasn’t been developed yet either. Few cars even park there. I don’t know why there isn’t another big apartment building there.
But now that they are renovating the YMCA and with OneChicago, that lots owner may have the last laugh because that lot is even more valuable now.
“It was a travesty that a block long parking lot was sitting there in this location in one of the world’s greatest cities.”
I think it is amazing that the Archdiocese held onto a gold mine for the sake of their parishioners being able to drive to church and only sold it when they really had no other choice.
I am not understanding why you think it attracted rif raf…the lot was gated and monitored.
“I am not understanding why you think it attracted rif raf…the lot was gated and monitored.”
Because it was a parking lot that was empty with almost no lighting??? And it was an entire city block. Very creepy. My friends and I avoided it like the plague. My husband did too but simply because it was shadier there, not for the creepy factor.
Big cities should not have parking lots. A real energy killer.
Another one that should be built on is the one in Printer’s Row. Imagine if there were a new high rise on that lovely lot? Gamechanger for Printer’s Row.