Love Views? Live Large on the 46th Floor at 1030 N. State in the Gold Coast
This 3-bedroom in Newberry Plaza at 1030 N. State in the Gold Coast just came on the market.
Newberry Plaza was built in 1971 and has 52 stories. At the time it was built, it was the 6th tallest residential building in the world.
It’s a full amenity building with an outdoor pool, doormen, exercise room.
There’s an attached public parking garage.
This property is a northeast corner 46th floor unit with lake and city views from every window.
According to the unit, it’s also a “brand new rehab.”
There are wide plank hardwood floors throughout.
The kitchen has custom white lacquer cabinets, high end Kitchen Aid appliances, a wine fridge, quartz countertops, and a breakfast bar.
There are spa baths with natural stone, quartz countertops and Danze fixtures.
The walk-in closets have been built out by California closets.
The unit also has a rare (for the building) full-size washer/dryer.
There’s central air and rental parking available in the public garage starting at $285 a month.
Listed at $849,888, is this a dream apartment for someone who loves views?
[Only after writing this post, did I realize that it was 9/11 and that this picture actually reminded me of that gorgeous September day 17 years ago. Never forget.]
Melanie Giglio at Compass has the listing. See the pictures here.
Unit #46E: 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, no square footage listed
- Sold in August 1991 for $230,000
- Sold in March 2018 for $680,000
- Currently listed at $849,888
- Assessments of $1,100 a month (includes heat, a/c, doorman, cable, Internet, exercise room, exterior maintenance, scavenger and snow removal)
- Taxes of $9530
- Central Air
- Full size stackable washer/dryer in the unit
- Rental parking in attached garage starting at $285 a month
- Bedroom #1: 11×18
- Bedroom #2: 11×15
- Bedroom #3: 11×13
- Laundry: 3×4
nice unit, I’m sure it will sell quickly since its 50 shades of grey and its got all the newest trends.
the inconsistency of how taxes are assessed in this town really burn me up, total horse shit
We put light, wood-look porcelain tile (long, extra wide planks) in during our recent remodel and I love them (our place faces north and west, and I wanted to bring more light to the space). We have concrete floors and it was either engineered hardwood, the luxury vinyl tile or real tile (or lose room height). The real tile is wonderful and impervious to our dog, spills, etc. I think the wide plank brings a fresh aspect to the light floors.
I like this unit. HOA is reasonable and the rehab looks well done. Much better value than a newer building. Although I am going to dislike the built-in tv nook in the living room. Kind of limits the size of tv you can put in the space.
“the inconsistency of how taxes are assessed in this town really burn me up”
so, let’s turn back time to March of this year (which is *after* the date the latest assessment relates to) and I’ll give you $680k for your place Sonies.
Those taxes are based (mostly) on what the condos in the building sold for in 12, 13, 14. And the new first pass assessment of 57,494 is based on the 15, 16, 17 sales.
It *is* BS how the super deluxe condos in a given building get an effective break, based on lower psf value of the more typical units in a given building.
well the latest assessment is a massive mistake as they are comparing a single unit that sold that is 30% larger than mine… I love how they didn’t use the more accurate recent comparable that sold more recently… I also love having to waste time on an appeal because of these fucking idiots in Berrios’s office… you’d think they would double check before a nearly 225k increase in value in one year… nope!
I got you all beat. Once again they are trying to tell me my home is worth 56% more than just three years ago and they substantiated that with NOT ONE SINGLE COMP! Oh, and I had a hunch since the postcards from the tax appeal attorneys started coming in the week PRIOR to my receiving my triennial assessment letter in the mail. Corruption every which way you look at it.
I am in the process of getting another appraisal. I have found it is the only effective way to appeal taxes in this situation
Shame they couldn’t install any ceiling lighting. Need lots of lamps in that place (some which will have cords stretching across the wall or floor due to having too few outlets, as shown in some of the photos).
The views from the unit are impressive, and the views in the triangle are even better. Sorry I couldn’t resist the obvious joke.
Well 3 br, great looking place. Seems great, unless the building is a hell hole. This looks like the kind of place I want when I get rid of the house.
Great views and a decent looking rehab, though I could do without the built-in TV. My wife and I looked at places in this building about 22 years ago and weren’t impressed, but this is a much nicer unit and the NE corner is obviously prime. Assessments and taxes look manageable, and bedroom sizes are decent.
“Shame they couldn’t install any ceiling lighting. Need lots of lamps in that place (some which will have cords stretching across the wall or floor due to having too few outlets, as shown in some of the photos).”
They installed ceiling lighting in the kitchen area as they dropped down the ceiling. But given that it was built in 1971, when the average ceiling height was just 96 inches, you wouldn’t want to drop down the ceiling in the rest of it.
Ceilings are concrete so you wouldn’t be able to put in lighting without the drop down. Might be able to do some sort of track lighting, however.
It’s not hard to have lamps. These units aren’t that wide.
Besides, interior decorators will tell you, that lamps are preferred lighting. It’s warmer and more welcoming. Overhead lighting is really bad for design.
“Besides, interior decorators will tell you, that lamps are preferred lighting. It’s warmer and more welcoming. Overhead lighting is really bad for design.”
Maybe 15 years ago, but not today. Indirect lighting does a great job of eliminating hot spots.
Any half decent lighting supply house can do a quick photometric study.
This building is a hellhole. My friends lived here.You have to pay to use the pool. Yes your own pool requires a membership. And the pool is not handicapped accessible so you have to climb 10-15 stairs to go in. So bad for old people and bad for mothers with strollers. Renters are allowed so you have all kinds of suitcases in and out. Management is awful, Sudler. The owner of Sudler, Steve Levy is a hot air bag that threatens lawsuits to anyone that looks at him. You have your old building plumbing so that is an issue. But the views are extraordinary.
Gonefishin – curious factors you use to define a building as a hellhole. I would never use a pool, so think it’s a good idea to charge fee to only those who use it to cover maintenance, not everyone. And why would a mother want to drag a stroller into a pool? Why would renters have more suitcases going in and out than owners? Do you mean that the building allows air B&B type short term renting? How does the owner of a large management affect one of the buildings his company handles adversely? I’ve never been aware of the identity of any owner or president of a management company in a building I’ve lived in. But your last point is certainly a valid issue. Can you elaborate more about the plumbing issue you refer to? What is the actual problem with the “old building plumbing”?
Vissi, if you would never use a pool, you shouldn’t buy a building with a pool unless you don’t mind paying for something you don’t use. As far as the Newberry is concerned, the extra money they make may, or may not, cover pool maintenance. If anything extreme happened, your association would still have to pay to fix the pool. So, I advise you that you shouldn’t buy into it if it’s a problem for you. Also, many people are not aware that the pool is an extra cost until they move in. Also, cable is included with your assessment but it never works so residents have to pay extra to just get their own reliable service.
Why would a mother want to drag her stroller up to the pool? Oh, I don’t know, maybe she has a baby who is sleeping and the mother wants to read by the pool and catch some rays? I would imagine an old person in a walker or wheelchair would be interested in the same thing.
Bingo on the air B&B. However, management does not allow it but residents just do it anyway. You have never been aware of the management company where you live? Super odd! I would never live in a building managed by Draper/Kramer or Bozutto or Sudler because of their atrocious reputation. Sounds like you don’t dig deep on much which is fine. You do you and I’ll do me. Regarding the plumbing, the toilets were overflowing regularly. Further, the wash machines would back up and leak out on the floor. Not because of a faulty machine but the plumbing was old and couldn’t always handle the wash machine draining. (Source: plumber who works exclusivley in that building).
GoneFishin – I didn’t realize you meant the stairs were up to the pool AREA, I thought they were stairs to literally get into the pool itself. (I had an interesting vision of a stroller with a baby in it floating in the water.) The assessments for this building is actually on the low side. I was surprised given the existence of the pool, as I know that is a real money pit. But the fact that they charge extra for use explains it.
As for management companies, I have always dealt with the on-site manager or the immediate superior to the on-site manager in buildings I have owned in. Never the president of the company. Problems I see frequently is that the manager makes a point of getting chummy with the president and/or treasurer of the condo board, and they are thick as thieves with shenanigans that advantage themselves, not everyone else in the building. This has been so ubiquitous in every building I have lived in that I have almost given up being outraged. A while back, I did some posts on a thread here where I insisted that most condo buildings had unnecessarily high assessments because the management/board did not hire competitively-priced workers due to “shady dealings.”, but that it is so common people think something is wrong when there is a building that is run honestly that charges low assessments! But a good many people on this board (including Sabrina) did not believe me! But I still never thought to connect this kind of practice to the president of the company. But I suppose it is a “culture”, so it probably starts from the top down.
Thanks for the information about the plumbing! This is indeed not good, and it’s the kind of thing you never find out until you actually move into a place! There should be a special branch of CribChatter that gives out information like this about every building, contributed by everyone, accessible to all by just inputting the address!
“Bingo on the air B&B. However, management does not allow it but residents just do it anyway.”
I thought AirBnBs were banned in Chicago highrises? (not left up to individual management to decide)
“Maybe 15 years ago, but not today. Indirect lighting does a great job of eliminating hot spots.”
Overhead lighting is cold and impersonal. Like an office. That’s why interior decorators don’t like canned lights.
In fact, they will tell you, the more lamps the better. Most people don’t have enough. Some decorators say you should have 10+ lamps per a big size room, like a living room.
Light shining from overhead isn’t warm and cozy. That is all. Our ancestors knew this which is why they didn’t build with canned lighting.
“Our ancestors knew this which is why they didn’t build with canned lighting.”
Our ancestors also knew that people retain information better when they read it on paper, which is why they didn’t use computers.
Also, that damn sun–furthest thing from warm and cozy. Hence, our ancestors living in caves!
Also: ’10+ lamps per a big size room’? WTF is that? A 1000 sf ballroom? Where does one fit 10+ table/floor lamps in a “big” 425 sf room??
Air BnBs are not banned. You should be licensed though. But many people are not licensed and Air BnB customers don’t care. My friend has a successful AirBnB operation near the Division blue line. He is attempting to be a “super host” on the AirBnB portal but he doesn’t care about a license. At the Newberry, and anywhere really, you just tell the doorman you have friends coming in for the weekend. It’s a big, busy, building, the Doorman isn’t going to give visitors the 3rd degree. It’s just easy to get around rules if you want to.
“Overhead lighting is cold and impersonal. Like an office. That’s why interior decorators don’t like canned lights.”
I dont know why kind of office you’re comparing it to but guessing that it hasn’t been updated in 15+ years. Go to any modern office (Class B+ or better) any your horizons will be opened wrt lighting.
“Light shining from overhead isn’t warm and cozy. That is all. Our ancestors knew this which is why they didn’t build with canned lighting.”
For starters canlights aren’t indirect, which you know was my whole point. These same “interior designers” keep spec’ing cans because they’re either lazy, uninformed or Chad & Trixie just follow trends.
If you have decent ceiling height there’s no reason to use cans (Other than task lighting)
Now move the goalposts again with your response
“For starters canlights aren’t indirect, which you know was my whole point. These same “interior designers” keep spec’ing cans because they’re either lazy, uninformed or Chad & Trixie just follow trends.”
Overhead lighting is bad, bad, bad. Ask any interior decorator. They never use it (except in chandeliers, and that’s not overhead because it’s hanging.)
If you want to live in a sterile office, feel free. Nothing stopping you.
“Air BnBs are not banned. You should be licensed though. But many people are not licensed and Air BnB customers don’t care. My friend has a successful AirBnB operation near the Division blue line. He is attempting to be a “super host” on the AirBnB portal but he doesn’t care about a license. At the Newberry, and anywhere really, you just tell the doorman you have friends coming in for the weekend. It’s a big, busy, building, the Doorman isn’t going to give visitors the 3rd degree. It’s just easy to get around rules if you want to.”
First, Chicago HAS regulated short-term rentals.
“In early August, the city sent over 2,400 notices to Airbnb owners, threatening them with large fines if the owners didn’t remove their listings within a week of receiving the email, Patch reports.
The notices said that the Airbnb hosts’ applications to register their short-term rentals were rejected under the city’s short-term rental/housing ordinance, which was passed about two years ago, according to the Chicago Tribune. Moreover, the applications had incomplete information, and Airbnb hosts were instructed to contact the company to fix the problems.”
The fine is $1500 a day for those that don’t register. The city has collected over $100,000 in fines.
Additionally, I’m assuming your friend isn’t in a high rise. I haven’t heard of ANY high rise that hasn’t passed regulations about short term rentals. They won’t allow anything under 30 days. For some, it’s 90 days.
I find it hard to believe, someone could be running an AirBnB in a huge building with all those older legacy residents hanging out. They are all retired. And they KNOW what is going on in the building. They have nothing better to do.
You have smelly garbage? They’ll call management or the front desk against you. Have drinks besides bottled water at the pool? They’ll take pictures and turn you into the board to be fined. Didn’t take your dog down the freight elevator? They’ll complain.
Do you really think those same people will allow people to come and go from the same apartment multiple times a week and they wouldn’t turn them into the board?
Ba ha ha! Totally laughable.
The highrises put the kibosh on the “hotelization” of their buildings years ago. They’re not fools.
Heck, many board members spend their spare time just looking at Airbnb to make sure no one is violating the building’s rules.
“Also, that damn sun–furthest thing from warm and cozy. Hence, our ancestors living in caves!”
Our ancestors 50 years ago who built this building? There’s a reason they didn’t use canned lighting.
anon(tfo): sorry you don’t understand interior design. I have 5 lamps in my living room. And it’s pretty small room.
Sabrina, stereotype much? I guess you think all the retirees in the Gold Coast are named Mrs. Kravitz and run around spying on their neighbors. Jesus, you really need to start chatting up retirees. Just to stop stereotyping and learn something. I guess in your book, all Jewish people are lawyers, black people like fried chicken, Italians are crooks and old people snoop. Eye. Roll.
“Our ancestors 50 years ago”
“our” parents and grandparents?
Yellow (“warm”) light makes me uncomfortable, not cozy. Guess I “evolved” beyond fire as the source of artificial light.
” sorry you don’t understand interior design. I have 5 lamps in my living room. And it’s pretty small room.”
I agree. Strategic lamps and up-lights everywhere make a room look dramatically better than ceiling lights. The problem is usage. You can have some lamps plugged into outlets that are controlled by wall switches, but unless you are living alone, others invariably use the switches on the lamps themselves, then everything gets screwed up. I tell visitors not to use the recessed lights (which already existed) except if they really need the brightness temporarily, but they never listen. None of the lamps get turned on other than by me, because it’s just too much trouble for others to go from one to the next turning on and off. They really couldn’t care less how much more attractive it makes my place look! Even when I have had my homes on the market to sell, I have had to beat into the realtors which lighting to turn on to show the place, and most of them do not heed my instructions. Of course, if you have no ceiling lights at all, you have no choice but to utilize the lamps. But as it is, I have had to live in homes where it looks atmospherically beautiful when I am home alone, or have people over for a dinner party, in complete control of which lights are on or off, and at no other times. (I can’t even get my husband to stick to the “only lamps” dictate!)
vissi–there are two answers–take out the bulbs, or unwire the switches. Problem solved.
“there are two answers–take out the bulbs, or unwire the switches. Problem solved.”
Already thought of that. But I need the bright overhead lighting every once in a while (for cleaning, for example) and do not want them disabled. At times, I have just let a light bulb burn out and not replaced it, but then guests go crazy trying to find a switch they think will turn it on. Also, in rooms where I do not have ceiling lights at all, what my guests do is to exist with one minimal lamp on, groping around their room. Clearly, this is preferable to taking the trouble to turn multiple lamps on and off. Just drives me crazy to see this.
Another pet peeve of mine with guests is their use (or non-use, more accurately) of window shades/blinds. Even in rooms with beautiful views, they draw the blinds the first night of their visit, then never put it back up again the entire visit. So a typical scenario is a guest room, which I have spent considerable time decorating with respect to lighting, being pitch dark with one desk lamp being used during the entire stay.
Not just guests. I have gone to many friends’ condos and their shades are perpetually down, not because they are needed that time of day for light, but because they are just too lazy to put them up or down on a daily basis. They pay all that money to get a place with beautiful views, then live in what is essentially a cave. Granted, some claim they do it for privacy. I never understood the drastic need for this in rooms where nothing is going on that require privacy. I do not do anything in my living room that requires the activity having to be shielded from view, especially in the daytime when you really have to make an effort to peer in to see anything. On high floor high-rises where the interior can be viewed by someone from a far-off building with a telescope, I say, “If they’re so desperate to look at me, lettem look!”
I’ve been at some friends’ places lately that are either gut rehabs or new construction SFHs, ranging from around 3,000 to 5,000 sq ft and from around $1.5 to $2.75 million price range. I need to let those folks know, especially those at the higher end of the size and price range, that their designers have done them a huge disservice for causing them to have both overhead lighting throughout and lamps in key spots. What suckers they are! Thank heavens our non-rehabbed 1,450 sq ft place only has a couple of ceiling lights and we must rely on a handful of lamps to keep our place only partially underlit.
“Overhead lighting is bad, bad, bad. Ask any interior decorator. They never use it (except in chandeliers, and that’s not overhead because it’s hanging.)”
I did, and they said you’re incorrect. Lamps should be used for task lighting
I doubt the “Interior Designers” you speak of know what Photometrics are or could read a photometric plan
“But as it is, I have had to live in homes where it looks atmospherically beautiful when I am home alone, or have people over for a dinner party, in complete control of which lights are on or off, and at no other times.”
Yes! This. Thank you, Vissi, for being a fellow lamp user.
The lighting is so much better from lamps. Most people don’t realize. But it’s just easier to hit the switch and have the canned lights go on and light up the whole room for most people.
When will we discuss the use of mirrors next? Most rooms should also have multiple mirrors. Sadly, most of the properties listed on Cribchatter also fail in this category.
Lol.
“I guess you think all the retirees in the Gold Coast are named Mrs. Kravitz and run around spying on their neighbors.”
Why would you assume they’re Jewish? Plenty of retirees in the Gold Coast of all nationalities and religions.
But the fact remains, there are plenty of retirees in these older building such as Park Newberry. Some have lived there 20 to 30 years. They go to every board meeting. They are involved in the building.
You never rebutted me because you know what I say is true. There is no way someone is running an illegal AirBnB out of one of the Gold Coast highrises without other residents knowing and reporting it.
I highly doubt people are coming in and out of the Park Newberry with their luggage every few days. And if they are, and anyone is reading this from the Park Newberry, it’s probably going to be put to a stop.
It’s not hard to search AirBnB and see if any units in a building are listed there. It’s the easiest way for a Board to make money because they can fine that owner.
Yes- people in these buildings ARE checking. And good for them. They have an investment. If it wasn’t for the retirees paying attention, who knows what might be going on?
Oh- and it might not even be retirees who tattle these days. Plenty of people work from home now too. They’re there all the time so they get annoyed if condo rules are broken too.
Sabrina – you are mistakingly writing “Park Newberry”, which is not the same is Newberry Plaza. However, what you write is true about the Park Newberry building (55 W Delware Pl) as well! Lots of old people who keep a hawk-eye on every goings-on. Which is why it is a very well-run building. Recently got rid of a gone-rogue property manager by marshaling forces of all owners, outside the auspices of the condo board. This could not happen in a building filled with younger people who never show up to any meetings.
Vissi, yes you are exactly right about Park Newberry, well run building. But Newberry Plaza is a completely different operation.
Sabrina, I don’t know why in the world you are bringing religion into this. I didn’t “rebut” you in the true sense of the word because you are always right, everyone else is wrong. It’s why People don’t rebut Trump he is so ridiculous. Plus you are confused about building names, address, etc. Ridic.
If you want to know about Newberry Plaza, I just told you.
If you want to pretend you know all about it, then continue being “right” and offering “no rebuttal” as proof of your vast knowledge, go for it. Eye. Roll.
“why in the world you are bringing religion into this”
Because the presumed religion of a fictional character from a 50+ year old TV show is more important than being mildly amused by the reference.
“why in the world you are bringing religion into this”
Asks the poster who’d just trolled “..I guess in your book, all Jewish people are lawyers…”
I’m treasurer in a 500 unit building. I check AirBnB all the time for (illegal) listings in our building. I don’t care so much about fines as the hell I’ll pay at the next meeting if some jackass overnight guest causes a disturbance. For the record, our biggest fine for AirBnB was $8,000. We caught them after they’d been renting for a while, and we fined $300 per instance, which was the per night list price. We could trace back reviews to permission to enter records. It’s been at least a year since we’ve caught someone.
The only fee that’s a moneymaker is move in/out. Even an $8,000 fine is rounding error on a $5 Million budget.
“I’m treasurer in a 500 unit building. I check AirBnB all the time for (illegal) listings in our building. I don’t care so much about fines as the hell I’ll pay at the next meeting if some jackass overnight guest causes a disturbance.”
Thanks for checking in! Yes, the other residents DO pay attention. They don’t want the riff raff coming in and out with their suitcases and parties. They WILL report them.
Lol.
Excerpt from a NY Times article from 2 days ago entitled “Lighting a Room, Simplified”:
Don’t Overdo the Overheads
“Over the years, we’ve found that one of the biggest mistakes is made with overhead lighting,” said Robert Highsmith, a principal at Workstead, the Brooklyn design firm he founded with his wife, Stefanie Brechbuehler, and fellow Rhode Island School of Design alum Ryan Mahoney almost a decade ago. “Often it can be excessive, generating spots and unwanted shadows.”
For that reason, Workstead advises residential clients not to use recessed overhead lighting. Instead, Mr. Highsmith recommends hanging a large pendant fixture or a chandelier in common areas. In the kitchen, he suggested using globe fixtures, “for even lighting” that leaves counter surfaces free. For living rooms, he said, try subtle lighting sources like wall sconces and floor lamps, and in dining rooms, “a sculptural centerpiece above a table provides depth, while accent lighting amplifies warmth.”