Archive for the 'Lakeview' Category
We last chattered about this 6-bedroom new construction home at 550 W. Oakdale in East Lakeview in August 2012. See our prior chatter here. At that time, it was listed at $3.2 million and we debated whether or not a single family home could sell for that much in that location. Since then, the house […]
March 4th, 2013 | Posted in Lakeview, Single family homes | 39 Comments
This 3-bedroom in The Eddystone at 421 W. Melrose in East Lakeview has been on the market since November 2012. [editor’s correction- it is NOT the penthouse.] The Eddystone was built in 1928 just before the Great Depression hit and halted construction of the luxury apartment buildings going up along the lake front. I believe this […]
March 1st, 2013 | Posted in Lakeview | 67 Comments
This 2-bedroom loft at 1000 W. Diversey in Lakeview just came on the market. We’ve chattered about a loft in this building before but that one had a rooftop deck. This is the building that includes the Starbucks at Sheffield and Diversey and is across the street from the Lincoln Park Athletic Club It has many of the […]
February 25th, 2013 | Posted in Lakeview, Lofts | 30 Comments
This 4-bedroom single family home at 1524 W. Oakdale in Lakeview came on the market last week. I’ve been told that it had several offers within the first 24 hours. I’ve also heard that demand to see it was so strong that there was simply an open house on Sunday for all interested parties and […]
February 19th, 2013 | Posted in Lakeview, Single family homes | 120 Comments
We last chattered about this top floor 3-bedroom at 920 W. Barry in Lakeview in April of 2012. See our prior chatter here. At that time, it had been on and off the market for 4 years and I asked if it would finally sell in 2012. The answer was “no.” But with the market […]
February 15th, 2013 | Posted in Lakeview | 78 Comments
This 3-bedroom at 508 W. Melrose in East Lakeview came on the market in early February 2013. Some long time readers might recognize this building as we chattered about it several times in 2008 when distress sales were happening in the building. Built in 2004, the units were originally sold at the height of the […]
February 13th, 2013 | Posted in Lakeview | 47 Comments
This 3-bedroom garden unit in the Barry Quad at 864 W. Barry in Lakeview has been on the market since October 2012. At 1600 square feet, it has a galley kitchen with white cabinets, granite counter tops and stainless steel appliances. There is a brick fireplace. The listing says the bathrooms are new. The unit […]
February 8th, 2013 | Posted in Lakeview | 19 Comments
This 3-bedroom townhouse at 1246 W. Oakdale in Lakeview recently came on the market. This is a small townhouse development and units rarely come on the market. The listing says it’s had a “magazine caliber renovation.” For a townhouse, this one has a unique layout as it’s a front end unit that is 44 feet […]
January 31st, 2013 | Posted in Lakeview, Townhouses | 422 Comments
We chattered about this 4-bedroom historic rowhouse at 3837 N. Alta Vista Terrace in Lakeview in December 2012 after it sat on the market for several months. See our December chatter here. Back then, the rowhouse had just been reduced $50,000 to $450,000 but most of you thought that was still to high given that […]
January 31st, 2013 | Posted in Alta Vista Terrace, Historic Properties, Lakeview, Row house | 77 Comments
We last chattered about this 3-bedroom penthouse duplex up at 800 W. Cornelia in Lakeview in December 2009. See our prior chatter here. Some of you may remember this unit because the realtor chimed in wondering if Groove, Jon and Sonies were paid by CribChatter (um…safe to say the answer to that would be “no.”) But he did clear […]
January 30th, 2013 | Posted in Lakeview | 18 Comments