Looking for Something Unique in Lakeshore East? A Custom 1-Bedroom in 340 E. Randolph
This oversized 1-bedroom in 340 On the Park at 340 E. Randolph in Lakeshore East came on the market in May 2014.
The listing says it is “highly customized” with cinnamon bark ledge stone wall accents.
It also has arched stone accent doorways and 2 fireplaces.
The bedroom has the stone wall accents along with maple wood siding on the ceiling and wall.
The stone wall accents continue into the half bathroom.
The rest of the finishes were standard in the building including the Snaidero cabinets and quartz counter tops in the kitchen.
This unit faces north towards Lakeshore East’s central park.
It has been reduced $50,000 since May to $549,000.
Is it possible to over customize a condo?
What will it take to sell this property?
Nicholas Colagiovanni at Baird & Warner has the listing. See the pictures here.
Unit #406: 1 bedroom, 1.5 baths, 1081 square feet
- Sold in July 2007 for $354,000
- Looks like it also sold in August 2008 but no price is listed
- Originally listed in May 2014 for $599,000
- Reduced
- Currently listed at $549,000 (parking is $60,000 extra)
- Assessments of $527 a month (includes gas, doorman, cable, pool, snow removal)
- Taxes of $7418
- Central Air
- Washer/Dryer in the unit
- Bedroom: 16×10
Colorado called and it wants its stone back.
unique place, pretty cool. nice find sabrina!
low floor has you closely overlooking that marianos deck which was an underutilized spot 2yrs ish ago but I’m guessing it’s more popular now.
I like that little park and the whole “neighborhood” turned out really well. an oasis yet great location. not sure if the riff raff has found it yet. or tourists.
holy crap that is fricking hideous! WIth all the money they spent on this… wow just terrible looking
“I like that little park and the whole “neighborhood” turned out really well. an oasis yet great location. not sure if the riff raff has found it yet. or tourists.”
uh thats because its pretty impossible to get into or out of… I got lost in there one time, holy cow it was frustrating trying to find a way to get out of there!
man these math questions are getting much harder!!!!!!
Protip: before you put way too much money worth of (in my opinion) ugly stone on way too many walls, maybe just consider doing some nice, simple painting.
Someone is in for a rude awakening on this one, is my guess.
The initial picture of the hall doesn’t look bad but the rest meh. Got to give some credit for the fail by not going with the standard yuppie finishes
Stone would look much better in my cabin
where’s jenny to complain about the bikes?
Is Unit 506 the same layout/floorplan as 406? If so, I think I would take the Kooky rocks.
“Is Unit 506 the same layout/floorplan as 406?”
Not certain, as less is readily findable online now, but appears that units on 3-4 are different from those on 5 and above. Thee 1244 SF for 506 seems to be in proportion to the 1081 for 406–that is, 406 is about 10% smaller (whatever the ‘true’ sf of each is). You can see the extra width (length?) looming over the windows in the LR pics of 406.
Seems like #5 and #6 here:
http://www.chicagodowntownliving.com/340-e-randolph-floorplans/
show the comparison.
“I like that little park and the whole “neighborhood” turned out really well. an oasis yet great location. not sure if the riff raff has found it yet. or tourists.”
The park IS nice but why would tourists need to go there? If you’re not staying in a hotel in Lakeshore East itself- no one else would need to go there. Millennium Park is just up the street.
The stones are symbolic. The owner, being a dentist from southern illinois, either wanted the stone to be an abtract representation of his rock climbing days at Jackson Falls, or, it reminds him of crooked teeth.
Or, possibly, his polish heritage got the best of him. Those eastern europeans can’t help themselves. They literally cannot stop themselves from installing stone, offbeat paneling/wood and cheesy decor (i.e. cheesy hanging wicker balls). You can take a polack out of poland but you can’t take polish design out of a polack.
nothing says classy like hanging your sweaty funky cycling shoes on your cheap aluminum bike right next to where you eat.
I like this one. At least there is an element of design. I wouldn’t buy it, but can see someone going for it.
“The park IS nice but why would tourists need to go there? If you’re not staying in a hotel in Lakeshore East itself- no one else would need to go there. Millennium Park is just up the street.”
river east businesses will try to persuade them bc tourists spend money.
sorry. meant lakeshore east buisnesses
“river east businesses will try to persuade them bc tourists spend money.”
What businesses? The supermarket that’s there?
There’s a few restaurants- but so? There are restaurants all over that area. No reason to go walking (or cabbing) all the way into the bowels of Lakeshore East to eat.
It’ll never be a tourist destination. It’s simply too far from where most of the tourists are staying.
I disagree with your logic if not your conclusion. there are plenty of tourist destinations just as far from where tourists stay.
the lse restaurants want people cabbing in. Or walking from mill / maggie daley park, the riverfront, lakefront, and navy pier even. If that doesnt happen it will be interesting to see if they can all stay open. I suspect the steak place will be first to go.
“I suspect the steak place will be first to go.”
Didn’t a place close down last year? I think it was called Masion.
“Masion”
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20130321/BLOGS09/130329939/maison-to-close-owners-sued-over-eggys-diner
“I disagree with your logic if not your conclusion. there are plenty of tourist destinations just as far from where tourists stay.”
Let’s be blunt. It sucks to get over there. No tourist in their right mind will walk all the way over there- for what? To look at some trees? They don’t even go to Lincoln Park- except for the zoo and even that’s a stretch for many tourists (sadly.) They go to Millennium Park because it has stuff to see and do (and when they open up the Maggie Daley Park- it will have even more.)
It’s like asking why a tourist doesn’t go to Oz Park.
Come on!
Jeez. If I come to Chicago from France, the last place I’m thinking of going is Lakeshore East.