Looking for A Big Private Deck? A 3-Bedroom at 1711 W. Division in the East Village
This 3-bedroom at 1711 W. Division in the East Village neighborhood of West Town (on the border of Wicker Park) came on the market in July 2020.
Built in 2008, this Ranquist-designed building has 12 units, a heated garage, and an elevator.
These units were constructed with modern industrial finishes and have 10 foot ceilings.
The kitchen has white Arclinea cabinets with Subzero, Miele and Gaggenau appliances along with a big kitchen island where you can’t actually sit but the sink and stove top are located there.
The master suite has a walk-in-closet and an oversized shower with floating teak bench and double sinks.
Like some loft layouts, it appears that one of the three bedrooms doesn’t have a window.
It has the features buyers look for including central air, washer/dryer in the unit and 2-car heated garage parking is included.
The living/dining and kitchen leads to a front facing 24 foot covered terrace.
But there’s an even bigger, private deck off the master suite which is 780 square feet and faces south.
This building is steps away from the Blue line stop at Division and all the shops and restaurants of Wicker Park and the Ukrainian Village.
Now that the city has reopened, are big decks still a selling point for condos this summer?
Aaron Share at Jameson Sotheby’s has the listing. See the pictures and floor plan here.
Unit #203: 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, 1750 square feet
- Sold in February 2008 for $653,000
- Sold in May 2009 for $667,000
- Sold in September 2014 for $675,000
- Currently listed for $799,900 (includes 2 car heated garage parking)
- Assessments of $411 a month (includes scavenger)
- Taxes of $13,389
- Central Air
- Washer/dryer in the unit
- Bedroom #1: 16×13
- Bedroom #2: 12×11
- Bedroom #3: 16×9
- Living room: 23×13
- Dining room: 13×12
- Kitchen: 12×12
- Balcony: 24×8
- Deck: 46×17
Regarding the exterior: It’s always been my dream to live in a 1950’s Howard Johnson’s off the Interstate.
Ew I would hate having quests trampling through my master bed to use the nice deck. The random black brick change behind the TV would be uber distancing imo too.
Living above retail is just plain risky now, you’re probably safe until the next BLM wilding. The rioters aren’t done, and when they are done, they are only done until the next trigger. Currently their fragility has them taking out statues, but retails not done with. Didn’t they just take out the Ferragamo store too?
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/07/18/chicago-grant-park-columbus-statue-protest-cpd/
PS I wanted to see how quickly people are leaving the Loop since it’s the wilding capital now. So I pulled history on one building; Check out those hot price reductions and hot time on market. For perspective: Last time rates were this low in 2013 you couldn’t find any inventory.
Legacy At Millennium Park (60 E Monroe)
Unit…………….List………Sale……..Time on Market
Unit 1805 425,000 385,000 42w 6d
Unit 6402 2595000 1890000 21w 2d
Unit 4102 1700000 1350000 104w 2d
Unit 2301 1160000 925000 87w 1d
Unit 1903 702,000 666,500 16w 2d
Unit 4303 879,000 700,000 156w 3d
Unit 2302 1249000 930000 77w 1d
Unit 2907 850000 750000 85w 5d
Not sure if the formatting will hold, this might not work.
Over the weekend hundreds of people drinking along the river downtown, blocking streets and two people shot – at 2:30am. The heart of the city. If the mayor, Governor, whomever doesn’t start enforcing the laws they will lose this city. Unless of course they want the mayhem, in which case we have far larger issues bordering on cultural breakdown. The Feds had to go in to finally restore a shred of order to Portland and their flake of a mayor uses it as a chance to attack Trump. That mayor gave 0 F*cks about the taxpayers and businesses destroyed in Portland, his constituency, just media sound bites, photo-ops and grandstanding.
It’ like the developer tried to make a cool, sleek space, but failed. The whole condo feels lacking. Aesthetically, the kitchen is great, but the layout does not work. You have to walk all the around the island to empty your boiling pasta. The living room is uninspiring. Any room without windows looking outside is a closet or bathroom. The “primary” bath reminds me of an airport lounge restroom. And of course, all your guests have to go through your bedroom to get to the deck. Deck is great. Location is too far from the lake for me to care.
Pass
“restore a shred of order”
Mimicking Pinochet tactics are not a “shred of order”.
“Regarding the exterior: It’s always been my dream to live in a 1950’s Howard Johnson’s off the Interstate”
A swanky 50’s vibe would have been cool, unfortunately this has all the coolness of a poorly done container home.
Horrible space layout. There is zero reason that the access to the large deck is thru the MBR. Flop the En-suite and WIC with the BR and add a hallway off the entrance.
“Mimicking Pinochet tactics are not a “shred of order”.”
Slight exaggeration? Or did those removed by CBP go to secret prisons?
“Slight exaggeration?”
Having a paramilitary taking people off the street in unofficial vehicles?
I don’t consider CBP “Paramilitary”, they’re federal LEO (Unless you’re referring to how they were dressed?).
While not a fan of the Feds coming in (Would rather see the cities reap what they sow and have their police forces quit/strike en masse), its a complete stretch to compare this with Pinochet – torture, people disappearing, etc.
As the police chief said, 91% of Chicago homicides involve guns. There are no gun stores in Chicago.
One study shows that 60% of illegally used or possessed firearms
recovered in Chicago are traced back to states with less regulation over firearms, such as Indiana and Mississippi. If federal gun laws were stronger, individual states would be less likely to attract the straw purchasers who flock to them to take advantage of their lax regulations before bringing the weapons here.
The very people online and in the White House railing against violence in Chicago — and pretending to sympathize with the victims – oppose and prevent universal background checks, which the latest Gallup poll shows 92% of Americans support.
While many guns used in Chicago crimes come from gun stores and presumably require background checks, it’s possible many come from gun shows, where no background checks are required.
I’m not denying Chicago has a violent crime problem, and I’m not saying better gun laws would end the violence. A stronger police presence, or even federal troops, might help. Guns are just one (very important) aspect of the problem. Drugs and gangs (and stringent drug laws) are another.
I’m open to ideas besides and in addition to gun control.
However, I’m not open to crocodile tears from people trying to use the violence that they’re partially responsible for to advance their political goals and distract from a wider disaster around the country (140,000 dead in a pandemic, but “hey, look at violence in Democratic Chicago, everyone.”)
Study on Chicago crime gun sourcing:
https://www.chicago.gov/content/dam/city/depts/mayor/Press%20Room/Press%20Releases/2017/October/GTR2017.pdf
“Over the weekend hundreds of people drinking along the river downtown, blocking streets and two people shot – at 2:30am.”
I’m not excusing the violence, but it’s a big city and shit happens EVERY summer. Yes, EVERY summer.
The Feds haven’t restored anything in Portland. And those are protesters, not people drinking, blocking streets and shooting each other “along the river downtown.” Please tell me how “the Feds” with 150 guys and no training or knowledge of Chicago are going to rush in and prevent the weekend violence occurring all over the city. (Apparently, they are sending in 150 people.)
I really want to know.
“Didn’t they just take out the Ferragamo store too?”
They’re not BLM protesters. They’re bored teens and young adults who are doing the wilding thing again.
The lack of tourists downtown (or people, in general) is actually making it easier for the wilding mobs to do their thing.
“PS I wanted to see how quickly people are leaving the Loop since it’s the wilding capital now. So I pulled history on one building; Check out those hot price reductions and hot time on market. For perspective: Last time rates were this low in 2013 you couldn’t find any inventory.”
The last time rates was this low was…2016.
And pulling a few listings that have been reduced in one of the massive high rises facing Millennium Park doesn’t tell you shit about what is happening in the Loop. Also, the Legacy took years to sell out after the housing bust as well.
Sorry.
That’s laughable.
We won’t know if there is an exodus from any neighborhood for several months, once the actual data comes in.
However, most luxury apartment buildings are offering 2 months free rent right now which tells you they are having to be competitive to get those tenants.
For someone that uses anecdotes as proof of the HAWT Market Theory ™, that too rich
“The very people online and in the White House railing against violence in Chicago — and pretending to sympathize with the victims – oppose and prevent universal background checks, which the latest Gallup poll shows 92% of Americans support.
While many guns used in Chicago crimes come from gun stores and presumably require background checks, it’s possible many come from gun shows, where no background checks are required.”
You comment about no background check for gun show purchases is incorrect. Any FFL dealer is going to run the check and the vast majority of table holders at a gun show are FFL’s (Personal anecdote – I haven’t seen one that wasn’t an FFL). The universal background check exemption only involves private party sales – ie I sell it to you.
The vast majority of Americans don’t understand what’s involved with purchasing a firearm (Ignorance – willful or otherwise) having never done it.
From what I’ve heard the Portland “disturbances” are pretty limited in scale, though annoying. However, the Feds have been taking people off the street w/o due process – very Pinochet-esque.
We can blame this on Seattle and allowing that ridiculous Chaz to exist as long as it did.
Unfortunately, after the riots and the Covidconomy, things are going to get ugly. Businesses (small manufacturing for example) are leaving Minneapolis and Minnesota because of the lack of order there. I don’t think Chicago will have the same issue, but downtown may hurt for a while.