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This 3-bedroom single family home at 1450 W. Pensacola in the Graceland West neighborhood of Lakeview came on the market in late June 2021. It went under contract within 3 days. Built in 1901, the listing says it had a 2-story addition in 2016. It’s on a 25 x 121.9 size lot and has a […]

This 5-bedroom penthouse at 3512 N. Southport in the Southport neighborhood of Lakeview came on the market in January 2021. Long time readers will remember it from 2011 when it had a putting green on the rooftop deck. See our 2011 chatter here. Built in 2008, the building has 7 units and garage parking. It’s […]

This 2-bedroom corner unit at 809 W. Wellington in Lakeview just came on the market. Built in 1892, this building has 15 units. The listing says this unit is “not your cookie-cutter condo.” It has newly refinished hardwood floors and exposed brick along with a bay window in the dining room. There’s a wood burning […]

This 3-bedroom townhouse at 414 W. Wellington came on the market in May 2021. Built in 1939, this townhouse complex has 10 units around a courtyard. The listing calls it “mid-century.” This townhouse has hardwood floors throughout, a wood burning fireplace and built-in bookshelves. The listing says the kitchen has been recently renovated with custom […]

This 7-bedroom single family home at 587 W. Hawthorne Place in East Lakeview came on the market in June 2020. Built in 1906, it’s on an oversized 45 x 111 lot with a gated driveway on the side of the house that the listing says can fit 3 cars. There’s no garage. It has the […]

(Apparently, I don’t have a picture of this building even though I have one of the “sister” building across the street, 3033 N. Sheridan, which was also a condo conversion and sold in a frenzy in the housing bubble as well.) This 2-bedroom in 2930 N. Sheridan in East Lakeview came on the market in […]

This 2-bedroom duplex loft in the Lincoln Theater Lofts at 3160 N. Lincoln in Lakeview came on the market in May 2021. The Lincoln Theater Lofts was converted into “soft” lofts in 2001 and has 33 units. It has exposed duct work but no exposed brick or other authentic loft features. It has garage parking. […]

This top floor 2-bedroom at 3842 N. Sheffield in Lakeview came on the market in May 2021. Built in 1910, this building has 6 units and assigned parking spaces behind the building along with a common roof deck space. The listing says this unit has been “beautifully updated.” It has a wood burning fireplace in […]

This 5-bedroom penthouse at 506 W. Oakdale in East Lakeview came on the market in August 2020. There’s no date on when this building was built (1880s?). It has 4 units and garage parking and was converted to condos in 2003. This penthouse unit is on the market for the first time since it’s original […]

This 6-bedroom single family home at 2902 N. Burling in Lakeview came on the market in August 2020. Built in 2019, this modern, contemporary home is on a double lot measuring 52×140. The house has a brick, stucco, stone and limestone exterior and a professionally landscaped lot including mature trees. It has heated double connected […]