Get A Secret Streeterville Hideaway With A Private Brick Walled Terrace For Under $280K: 211 E. Ohio
This 1-bedroom in the Grand Ohio at 211 E. Ohio in Streeterville has been on the market since September 2012 but it has also been on and off the market in the prior few years without a sale.
At 700 square feet, it has south facing windows and hardwood floors.
However, several features about this unit make it unique in the building and the neighborhood.
The units on this fifth floor facing south all have brick walled in private terraces. The one for this unit is 400 square feet. That’s enough space to have quite the dinner party.
The units on this floor are also the few in the building that actually have in-unit washer/dryer.
The kitchen has white cabinets and white appliances. Same with the bath- all white.
The bedroom currently has a Murphy Bed which means you can also use it as an office.
There is no central air- but there are wall units.
Parking is available for $30,000 extra in the building.
Would this unit make an ideal pied-a- terre?
Brigette Taylor at Baird & Warner has the listing. See the pictures here.
Unit #517: 1 bedroom, 1 bath, 700 square feet
- Sold in June 1999 for $152,000
- Sold in May 2001 for $245,000 (doesn’t look like it included any parking)
- Originally listed in September 2012 for $257,000 (parking $30k extra)
- Reduced
- Currently listed at $247,000 (parking $30k extra)
- Assessments of $455 a month (includes doorman, cable, pool, exercise rooms)
- Taxes of $2261
- No central air- wall units only
- Washer/Dryer in the unit
- Bedroom: 11×15
- Livingroom: 15×16
- Kitchen: 7×10
Original appliances in the kitchen, I see. But what can one expect for this price in this area? With a little investment, this could look a lot better, and the terrace is certainly something you don’t see too often. Still, I’m not sure investing money in this unit would ultimately make it a good investment unless the economy starts to boom again. Also, this is just me, but I’d trade the terrace for a view.
Good news is you have a private terrace. Bad news is your only view is of your terrace and nothing beyond. Ultimately this unit is too small and too old to justify the price per sq./ft. And how about that Murphy bed?
The only thing this place has going for it is the patio, which I love. The price seems awfully high once you factor in parking.
I would rather have a view.
“The location does not get any better..steps from Northwestern Hospital”
Since when is proximity to a hospital a good thing, unless you’re a doctor at said hospital… even then…
“The location does not get any better..steps from Northwestern Hospital”
“Since when is proximity to a hospital a good thing, unless you’re a doctor …
Or a resident, nurse, physical therapist et al.
I’ve heard from a previous owner in the building that this unit abuts a parking garage. 3-4yrs ago, the garage was supposed to be torn down, and a highrise built in its place. From what I remember, the highrise was supposed to have parking (aka a brick wall) for the first 6 stories. Obviously, it didn’t happen but I wonder if the plans will pick back up where it was left off. Then the owners of this unit would be stuck with a patio with absolutely no sunlight.
“The location does not get any better..steps from Northwestern Hospital”
Nothing says restful night sleep like proximity to one of the city’s busiest ER’s…
I really want to love this place, I just don’t. 700sf is as small a one bed as you can get in Chicago. I almost wonder if they’d be better off tearing down the bedroom wall and converting it to a studio. Even then I think I’d prefer a juliet balcony with a view over this terrace.
I work right across the street from this building, and I have to give compliments to Sabrina on the photo, because up close, this uninspiring building looks like a brick prison that belongs in Soviet Russia. Even when I work those tough late nights and look out of our building into this building, I think to myself, “at least I don’t live there.”
Despite the ugly facade, the building does have some great amenities, especially if you’re a tennis player, and the assessments are reasonable given what they include. I would still never buy there though. The 7/11 next door is quite the hot spot for the Sec8 riff raff.
the pool looks nice. the terrace looks kind of depressing. like student housing.
Just uninspiring. If I were in the market for a place closer to downtown – which I’m not at present, but might be in future – I would be willing to accept the small size and generic shoebox feel. But I would not accept the dated kitchen and bathroom at this price point. Surely anyone looking for a home in this area would feel the same?
“Despite the ugly facade, the building does have some great amenities, especially if you’re a tennis player, and the assessments are reasonable given what they include. I would still never buy there though. The 7/11 next door is quite the hot spot for the Sec8 riff raff.”
It’s interesting then because 600 N. Fairbanks is basically right across the street as well. So it’s right down the street from the “Sec8 riff raff” too. Why are people willing to pay so much to live there if the neighborhood isn’t so great?
Plenty of other expensive buildings nearby as well. Seems to me like a lot of rich people are plenty happy to live in this very location.
tough call on unit with view (no terrace) versus terrace (no view)….hmmm.
the “Sec8 riff raff”
Where are they? what does this refer to?