Rare Frank Fisher Apartment With Garage Parking: 1209 N. State Parkway in the Gold Coast
This 2-bedroom duplex up in the Frank Fisher Apartments at 1209 N. State Parkway in the Gold Coast came on the market in March 2020.
Designed by Andrew Rebori in 1936, the building has 13 units and a 2-car garage with a center courtyard.
It has historic landmark designation.
The building was rental apartments until 2000 when it was converted into condos.
This unit is one of the largest ones in the complex as most are 1-bedroom duplexes.
We actually chattered about this unit the last time it was on the market in 2008-2009.
You can see our chatter and some interior pictures here.
It looks like it is at the front of the complex as it has a small 5×5 private patio where you can grill that looks out on State Street. That’s the patio on the second floor in the picture above.
It has 2-story ceilings with an open living/dining and kitchen on the main floor.
The kitchen has been renovated since the 2009 sale and has contemporary cabinets, a large island, a Fisher & Paykel stove, a Bosch dishwasher, and a wine fridge.
Both bedrooms are on the second level.
The master suite has a “spa-like” master bath with a double vanity and rain shower with body sprays.
There’s a stackable Bosch washer/dryer in the unit and it has central air.
But the big selling point may be the rare deeded garage parking spot which is included in the price. There are only 2 parking spots in this building and this unit has one of them.
Originally listed in March at $619,000, it has been reduced to $574,900.
Does this unit have it all for architecture fans?
Peter Angelo at Jameson Sotheby’s has the listing. You can see the pictures here (no floor plan).
Unit #7: 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, 1450 square feet, duplex up
- Sold in October 2000 for $349,440
- Sold in April 2007 for $475,000
- Sold in October 2009 for $440,000
- Originally listed in March 2020 for $619,000
- Reduced
- Currently listed at $574,900
- Assessments of $1223 a month (they were $843 a month in October 2008) (includes parking, cable, exterior maintenance, scavenger, snow removal, Internet)
- Taxes of $9,152 (they were $7303 in 2008)
- Central Air
- Washer/dryer in the unit
- 1-car garage parking included
- Bedroom #1: 14×13 (second floor)
- Bedroom #2: 16×12 (second floor)
- Living room/dining room: 25×28
- Kitchen: 12×8
- Deck: 5×5
Very cool. A real shame about those bathrooms though; why somebody didn’t redo them in period deco style is beyond me.
So much glass block. I just couldn’t live in a place where I can’t look out my windows.
Oct-00 for $349,440 + CPI = $515k
Apr-07 for $475,000 + CPI = $589k
Oct-09 for $440,000 + CPI = $521k
It appears to have a pretty consistent value, and needed a new kitchen to get it.
Hopefully this place gets good Wi-fi, because whoever lives here will need to rely on it for all weather updates.
What a shame that the listing doesn’t mention Edgar Miller, who designed these apartments with Rebori. Miller was all about looking inward and creating a sanctuary within the bustle of the city, thus all the glass block!
Is it just me, or does it look like the master bathroom is somewhat open to the living room below? I would hate for someone in the living room below me to hear a turd hitting the water above them. LOL
“Is it just me, or does it look like the master bathroom is somewhat open to the living room below? I would hate for someone in the living room below me to hear a turd hitting the water above them. LOL”
at least the toilet and shower are in an enclosed room.
Sold for 510K
10% appreciation (im knocking off realtor fees) in 11 years = HAWT ™
“10% appreciation (im knocking off realtor fees) in 11 years = HAWT ™”
excluding realtor fees, it’s pretty much inline (or slightly outperforming) with what the market has done…so there’s that.
“10% appreciation … in 11 years”
“Oct-00 for $349,440 + CPI = $515k”
0% above inflation over 20 years, ignoring the cost of replacing the kitchen (which, depending on who you listen to here, was either about $30,000, or about $200,000).