Looking For Space And A Private Terrace Smack In The Middle Of River North? 33 W. Huron
This 2-bedroom penthouse duplex up at 33 W. Huron in River North has been on and off the market since August 2011.
At 3100 square feet on two levels, it has a 25×22 family room on the second level as well as a large private terrace with city views.
The listing says it has a “chef’s kitchen” with maple cabinets, 1.5 inch granite counter tops and black appliances.
The master suite, which has a fireplace, also has a spa bath with a rainfall shower.
It has central air, washer/dryer in the unit and 2 car parking is included.
It has been listed at $1.3 million since August 2011, with no reductions.
That is $230,000 over the 2006 purchase price.
Has the market improved enough for this unit to get the premium over the 2006 price?
Scott Newman at Newman Realty has the listing. See the pictures here.
Unit #810: 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, 3100 square feet, duplex up
- Sold in November 1998 for $763,000
- Sold in August 2006 for $1.07 million (parking included)
- Originally listed in August 2011 for $1.3 million
- Withdrawn in August 2012 still listed at $1.3 million
- Currently listed at $1.3 million
- Assessments of $1067 a month
- Taxes of $15,972
- Central Air
- Washer/Dryer in the unit
- Private terrace
- 3 fireplaces
- Bedroom #1: 27×14 (main level)
- Bedroom #2: 16×15 (main level)
- Family room: 25×22 (second level)
“Has the market improved enough for this unit to get the premium over the 2006 price?”
No. Finishes are dreadful at this price point. I guess photos were taken at night to get the nighttime deck shot, which is just okay, but the other photos are not attractive.
You would, however, be across from foodhole.
Who else saw the first photo on the listing and immediately thought of Ghostbusters?
It would really help me to resist engaging in pointless political pugilism on Facebook if we could please get another red-brick-River-North-midrise posting today.
Assessor (’12 first pass) sez it’s worth $1,078,350.
I say it’s worth that less what it would take to ship the finishes back to the 90s, and replace them with something more appropriate. Altho a few Nagels and some more chrome in the furniture and you’d have a nice 80s retro look, if you like that.
As to the night pix, with the amount of processing done, coulda taken the pix during the day, no?
“It would really help me to resist engaging in pointless political pugilism on Facebook if we could please get another red-brick-River-North-midrise posting today.”
My favorite of the red-brick-River-North-midrises, as if one could truly pick among them, is 55 w delaware. Could almost consider living in something like this:
http://www.redfin.com/IL/Chicago/55-W-Delaware-Pl-60610/unit-1113/home/12790544
“Could almost consider living in something like this”
That’s built out as, effectively, a 1 bedroom, per the RF agent comment.
Apparently today’s cribchatter is about ‘levels’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQyXeLSL0II
Sonies: this is located in real RN.
“That’s built out as, effectively, a 1 bedroom, per the RF agent comment.”
Boarding school it is then! I can stop wasting my time on the cps application, though the notion of jenny contributing to my kid’s education was entertaining.
Did anyone here go to boarding school? Everyone too polloi?
“Sonies: this is located in real RN.”
Oh I thought this was ‘West Streeterville’ heh
These listings today might appeal to a certain market segment, but not to me. The first one was priced, in terms of what you need to bring to the table to buy and pay on a monthly basis, similar to a decent SFH in a good school district on the North Side, and this one is priced in those terms similar to a very nice SFH in a good school district on the North Side.
Most people who can buy in these price ranges are not going to be interested in River North. To me, this one is a very hard sale anywhere north of about $1 million. Even there doesn’t make much sense to me, but maybe this is good for bachelors or divorced rich people? Dunno. I get that assessments are expensive but it blows my mind that people pay this much for these amenities in a property that’s already this expensive.
A few friends of mine went to boarding school and it was a mixed bag of those who liked it and those who didn’t like it. It probably depends on the personality of the person being sent to boarding school. I could never have tolerated all the rules of boarding school, but some kids don’t mind.
1 million in RN is not unusual. Finishes of this level for 1 million in RN is unusual.
Pool table + Golden Tee + Standalone fire place in BR + Jacuzzi / Shower big enough for 10 people = Bachelor pad. And the WF across the street would be better than any nightclub for picking up prospective shower companions. I think this is grossly overpriced but maybe some recently divorced trader will throw sensibility out the window while dreaming of filling up that jacuzzi with “friends”.
Do people still “trade” anymore? I thought it’s all been taken over by HFT, algos, blackboxes, etc. run by hedge funds.
“Apparently today’s cribchatter is about ‘levels’”
Coolest triplex on the market
http://www.redfin.com/IL/Chicago/550-N-Kingsbury-St-60654/unit-608/home/14101492
I didn’t go to boarding school, but I did go to private school at FWP for 14 years, but the student body there didn’t have much in common with any upscale boarding school I’ve ever heard of. The high tuition was the only thing similar.
Dan#2: FYI, we dropped your name in our FWP application.
“Dan#2: FYI, we dropped your name in our FWP application.”
So, you’re all set then. Hard to see how that could fail to work.
Just for insurance, maybe you should file an addendum, mentioning CH bc he loves that little flashdancer, and me bc one of our neighbors sent her kids there (when it cost a lot less, she is quick to mention) and she loves our son.
“Do people still “trade” anymore? I thought it’s all been taken over by HFT, algos, blackboxes, etc. run by hedge funds.”
Doesn’t sonies do seat-of-the-pants-take-the-pulse-of-the-market trading?
Marco said “coolest triplex on the market” about Unit 608 @ 550 N Kingsbury.
Seems like a lot of money to pay to overlook the not scenic and not so quiet Ohio St. exit ramp.
hell no!
There are traders these days still, in fact tons here in Chicago, but they are mostly computer geeks that run the HFT or other proprietary programs
Sigh…you know you’re getting on in years when you can remember seeing all those traders at LaSalle St. bars like Limit Up, wearing their colorful jackets, and thinking they were really, in a way, sorta sexy.