Remodeled 2/2 in the Brundage Bank with Parking in West Lakeview for $475,000: 3325 N. Lincoln
This 2-bedroom in the Brundage Bank at 3325 N. Lincoln in West Lakeview came on the market in December 2023.
Begun in 1928 and finished in 1929, the Brundage Bank was originally supposed to be a 9 story building but ended up at just 4 stories.
The pie shaped building originally housed the Brundage Bank which went under during the Great Depression. It was converted into 10 lofts with garage parking in 1988.
It is an elevator building which has a common rooftop deck with skyline views but no other amenities.
The listing says this unit has been “remodeled.”
The unit is on the third floor and has a split floor plan with dark hardwood floors throughout.
The U-shaped kitchen has white cabinets, quartz countertops, a hexagon tile backsplash and stainless steel appliances.
The primary bedroom is “huge” and has an en suite bathroom with a double sink.
The second bathroom has been updated.
The unit has central air and garage parking is included but it doesn’t have in-unit washer/dryer. The listing says there is a laundry room across the hall.
There is no private outdoor space with this unit.
This building is one block from the Paulina Brown line stop and is near the big Lakeview Whole Foods, Target, the Starbucks and the shops and restaurants of West Lakeview.
It’s also across from the “world famous” Chicago Music Exchange.
Listed at $475,000, is this what a starter home is in Lakeview?
Kristine Daley and Daryl Ceaser at Dream Town have the listing. See the pictures and floor plan here.
Unit #303: 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, 1300 square feet
- Sold in March 1996 for $156,000
- Sold in April 1999 for $225,000
- Sold in August 2005 for $340,000
- Sold in December 2017 for $425,000
- Currently listed at $475,000
- Assessments of $301 a month (includes scavenger and snow removal)
- Taxes of $9424
- Central Air
- No washer/dryer in the unit but laundry room across the hall
- Garage parking included
- Bedroom #1: 15×13
- Bedroom #2: 13×12
- Living/dining room: 32×11
- Kitchen: 13×10
“The second bathroom has been updated.”
Where? Pics look the same from 17
“is near the big Lakeview Whole Foods, Target, the Starbucks and the shops and restaurants of West Lakeview.”
Wow near a starbucks? thats a rarity…
Appreciation has been pathetic
What a disappointment. Such a unique building … and such a generic unit.
I am confident you could rent a unit in this area, not share laundry with anyone and maybe even have prior outdoor space for less than the monthly nut on this without locking up $90K+.
Agree…beautiful building, utterly generic interior. Laundry situation is just gross.
“Wow near a starbucks? thats a rarity…”
For many people, living just a block or two away from a really lovely Starbucks would be a big selling point. That Starbucks on Lincoln rocks (and it has a great patio in the summer). It’s not possible with every property to live just down the street from one, despite your comment implying that there are a lot of Starbucks everywhere JohnnyU. It IS a selling point for a property. If there is a Starbucks in the building, even better.
The agent was smart to list that it’s near a Starbucks.
“I am confident you could rent a unit in this area, not share laundry with anyone and maybe even have prior outdoor space for less than the monthly nut on this without locking up $90K+.”
With 6.5% rate and $95k down, Redfin says it would be $3662.
Not seeing any openings in that luxury building with parking right at the Paulina brown line stop.
But here’s one nearby. Only a 2/1 and 900 square feet. Has the w/d but no parking. $3200.
https://www.apartments.com/3244-n-lincoln-ave-chicago-il-unit-4/blfxv38/
Was this unit built on top of the building? Looks like they added a top floor.
Boring, but it’s not too bad. Maybe one could squeeze a stackable w/d into the primary bedroom (instead of having that bookcase in or near the bathroom).
Probably sells at the 2017 price.
Re: Starbucks. I get that millions of adults frequent them, but I’d venture that at this point in the chain’s history, at least in the largest cities or in the cool areas of small to midsize cities, that’s mainly out of convenience (made possible by their ubiquity), sort of like having a dry cleaners nearby (at least pre-pandemic). For RE listings in the middle of nowhere, I could see noting the proximity to a Starbucks in the listing. But in Chicago? Now, if there were more qualified buyers in 8th – 12th grade age range, I’d of course note it in any listing.
Lovely building but the shared laundry is a deal killer for me. I’d dread doing laundry.
“that luxury building with parking right at the Paulina brown line stop”
Centrum Lakeview?
1/1 for $2265: https://peakrealtychicago.com/property/centrum-lakeview/
No parking–the building has like 8-ish total spots.
If that is a “luxury” building, then “luxury” has as much meaning as “chef’s kitchen”
“Centrum Lakeview?”
Yes. There’s no 2/2s currently on the market. They are over $3000 a month. And yes, when they built this, it was considered “luxury” for this neighborhood. We have chattered about it before on this blog.
From 2016:
The units have luxury finishes and include in-unit washer/dryer and central air.
The kitchen cabinets are Italian designer cabinets by Abaco by Snaidero. There are pearl quartz counter tops in the kitchen and bathrooms.
The floors are Balterio gray-tone plank throughout.
https://cribchatter.com/who-can-afford-the-rents-unwind-in-luxury-at-1714-w-roscoe-in-lakeview/
“For RE listings in the middle of nowhere, I could see noting the proximity to a Starbucks in the listing. But in Chicago? Now, if there were more qualified buyers in 8th – 12th grade age range, I’d of course note it in any listing.”
You’re kidding, right? You are honestly trying to argue that Chicagoans only go to the local Starbucks because that’s all that’s there so they have no choice? Plenty of other coffee shops including Philz, Peet’s, Foxtrot. But if my property was just down the street from any of those, I would also include it in the listing (especially Foxtrot).
I cannot figure out where the parking garage is. Any ideas?
“You are honestly trying to argue that Chicagoans only go to the local Starbucks because that’s all that’s there so they have no choice? Plenty of other coffee shops including Philz, Peet’s, Foxtrot. But if my property was just down the street from any of those, I would also include it in the listing (especially Foxtrot).”
Didn’t say Chicagoans go to Starbucks because they have no choice. I said they go because it’s convenient – THE most convenient. Big difference. Referencing proximity to a Foxtrot, but not a Starbucks, in a Chicago listing, is exactly my point. Being walking distance to the SBX in, say, Galesburg, IL, is a flex/an amenity and adults there are probably still pretty excited to have it. In 2023, it’s another story in Chicago or LA or NYC or La Jolla or SF or Portland (either one) or Seattle! or Ann Arbor or Miami or Boulder or Austin or Atlanta or Montreal or Aspen or Santa Fe or Malibu or Charleston or Encinitas or Crested Butte or Philly or…or…or…unless one is a teenager. Speaking of which, mine is meeting up with friends at our neighborhood SBX (charmingly located inside of a grocery store) in about 30 minutes. Earlier this week, a new coffee shop called Boxcar opened in the same shopping center (replacing a cafe that closed about a year ago, leaving a big void). Adults in the neighborhood were practically losing their minds in anticipation of it finally opening (maybe like a Starbucks 25 years ago?). Our teen and her friends stopped in there, and for them it was collective “meh”; they much prefer SBX. Because they don’t really drink let alone appreciate coffee. Don’t get me wrong, I plan to give our mailman a SBX gift card today (he may or may not love SBX, but there’s no doubt one that’s convenient for him, or perhaps he’s got a teenager), and beyond me funding our daughter’s SBX habit, me giving money to SBX is my tiny little way of opposing the pro-Hamas mob. But if we were looking to sell our house, while our listing might reference “walking distance to grocery stores, shops and restaurants,” we would not be mentioning SBX in the listing (but maybe Boxcar?).
“Didn’t say Chicagoans go to Starbucks because they have no choice. I said they go because it’s convenient – THE most convenient. Big difference.”
Yes. This is an “amenity” that buyers look for. They literally want to buy a home that is above or adjacent to a coffee shop they go to every day. We actually KNOW this from the sales data. They also want to be near a Trader Joe’s and/or Whole Foods. Both indicate rising property values.
Foxtrot or other coffee shops are also big selling points. So, yes, the realtor should be putting the location of the Starbucks in the listing like they did with THIS listing because it’s a selling point.
Sounds like we agree anonny.
“Being walking distance to the SBX in, say, Galesburg, IL, is a flex/an amenity and adults there are probably still pretty excited to have it.”
This is a real elitist statement, isn’t it? Wow.
You are basically saying the poor little small city folks have had no exposure to Starbucks so this is a shiny new thing that they would be super excited to say was nearby.
Only there are several Starbucks in Galesburg. Although it appears there are more local chains near the college. I’m sure someone selling near those local coffee shops are putting it in their listings.
“But if we were looking to sell our house, while our listing might reference “walking distance to grocery stores, shops and restaurants,” we would not be mentioning SBX in the listing (but maybe Boxcar?).”
I’m sorry your Starbucks sucks anonny. But the one down the street from this building does not. It’s one of the best in Lakeview, frankly. And people who like working, reading, hanging out in coffee shops will want to live near this one. Just like they might want to live near one of the cool Foxtrots that are in historic buildings for the same reason.
But I get it that many Starbucks are just corporate chains in some strip mall.
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““Being walking distance to the SBX in, say, Galesburg, IL, is a flex/an amenity and adults there are probably still pretty excited to have it.”
This is a real elitist statement, isn’t it? Wow.
You are basically saying the poor little small city folks have had no exposure to Starbucks so this is a shiny new thing that they would be super excited to say was nearby.
Only there are several Starbucks in Galesburg. Although it appears there are more local chains near the college. I’m sure someone selling near those local coffee shops are putting it in their listings.”
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Starbucks is going to look at location data to decide where to locate a branch and generally there is going to be more foot traffic in a densely populated area (Chicago over Galesburg). So it does make sense to that the Starbucks in Galesburg is near the college
“there are several Starbucks in Galesburg”
There are three:
1 in the Target
1 in the East Main Hy Vee
1 a standalone across the defunct mall from the Target
Only the Hy-Vee is in a location a reasonable person would call walkable from a residential neighborhood. And it’s fully inside the store, like the ones at Jewel and Marianos.
“Starbucks in Galesburg is near the college”
None of them are–they aren’t “far” if one is driving bc Galeburg is small, and Knox is in the middle, but all three are basically 2 miles away.
“For many people, living just a block or two away from a really lovely Starbucks would be a big selling point. ”
Such people are idiots. There used to be one near me at Paulina & Diversey with a big condo building not far away I’m laughing at people that paid a premium for some imagined convenience that they have absolutely no control over.
“There used to be one near me at Paulina & Diversey with a big condo building not far away I’m laughing at people that paid a premium for some imagined convenience that they have absolutely no control over.”
That’s true of any thing that you list as being nearby. The restaurants, shops and even things like parks and bike trails. It can all change. And neighborhoods change all the time too. Heck, the Rose Bud in Little Italy just closed. If you bought a house to be nearby, you’re out of luck now. But something else will go in. That’s the beauty of the city. The Whole Foods closed in River North. The Dom’s is going in by this summer.
But make no mistake: the neighborhood, and the amenities there, play just as much a factor in the sale of a property. And, yes, if there was a Starbucks just down the street, I would be mentioning it in the listing. Same with Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods, a movie theater, Wrigley Field, any famous restaurant or park.
“Yes. This is an “amenity” that buyers look for. They literally want to buy a home that is above or adjacent to a coffee shop they go to every day. We actually KNOW this from the sales data. They also want to be near a Trader Joe’s and/or Whole Foods. Both indicate rising property values.”
LOL
Chicago is a backwater hick town
‘the Rose Bud in Little Italy just closed. If you bought a house to be nearby, you’re out of luck now. But something else will go in. That’s the beauty of the city. The Whole Foods closed in River North. The Dom’s is going in by this summer.”
Its been a while since I’ve been there but the buyer pool for people that needed to be near Rosebud would have been limited to puckbunnies.
“But make no mistake: the neighborhood, and the amenities there, play just as much a factor in the sale of a property. And, yes, if there was a Starbucks just down the street, I would be mentioning it in the listing. Same with Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods, a movie theater, Wrigley Field, any famous restaurant or park.”
Starbux used to be shorthand for Greenzone.
Amenities are important, but listing places like sbux is meaningless as you cant swing a dead cat without hitting one.
“Only the Hy-Vee is in a location a reasonable person would call walkable from a residential neighborhood. And it’s fully inside the store, like the ones at Jewel and Marianos.
None of them are–they aren’t “far” if one is driving bc Galeburg is small, and Knox is in the middle, but all three are basically 2 miles away.”
You mean Sabrina isnt an expert on Galesburg? I’m shocked
Can you walk the streets of Galesburg after dark?
Embarassing
“You mean Sabrina isnt an expert on Galesburg? I’m shocked”
Never been to Galesburg. I also never said anyone would be walking to the Starbucks from Knox College. But they WOULD be walking to local coffee shops that are right next to the campus. I’m sure Galesburg is a cute small town. There are lots of these towns in the Midwest that have older colleges that were founded by the colonial settlers in the 1800s.
Midwest is a great place to live. But to imply that these towns are so unsophisticated they don’t know what a Starbucks is, or don’t have them, is, apparently, wrong (at least with Galesburg.) It has been my experience that there is usually a locally owned coffee shop chain that is also popular mostly because it’s probably taken years for Starbucks to show up.
“Its been a while since I’ve been there but the buyer pool for people that needed to be near Rosebud would have been limited to puckbunnies.”
How would you know JohnnyU, you haven’t lived in Chicago in 30 years. There is more than one Rosebuds now both in the city and the suburbs. So, apparently, they are popular enough that, yes, someone MAY want to live near one if it’s their favorite restaurant.
And, no, listing Starbucks isn’t meaningless as human behavior tells us that people want to have their coffee shop and their gym within just a few minutes walking distance (in fact, studies have shown most will not go to the gym if it’s further than 5 minutes away. Lol.)
And, again, this particular Starbucks is an especially nice one as anyone who has been to it, as I have, can attest. In fact, I’ve often worked at that Starbucks. Great outdoor patio area in the summer too.
Some people on this blog may not live in large cities so they don’t understand the walkability aspect of having the Starbucks nearby. It’s a big selling point, especially when there is a polar vortex. Lol.
“Chicago is a backwater hick town”
Yep. We’ll gladly embrace that description. But it’s our hick town.
“Never been to Galesburg. I also never said anyone would be walking to the Starbucks from Knox College. But they WOULD be walking to local coffee shops that are right next to the campus. I’m sure Galesburg is a cute small town. There are lots of these towns in the Midwest that have older colleges that were founded by the colonial settlers in the 1800s.”
You’re sure, but you’ve never been there. Interesting, explains a lot
“Midwest is a great place to live. But to imply that these towns are so unsophisticated they don’t know what a Starbucks is, or don’t have them, is, apparently, wrong (at least with Galesburg.) It has been my experience that there is usually a locally owned coffee shop chain that is also popular mostly because it’s probably taken years for Starbucks to show up.”
Words, meaningless words
“How would you know JohnnyU, you haven’t lived in Chicago in 30 years. There is more than one Rosebuds now both in the city and the suburbs. So, apparently, they are popular enough that, yes, someone MAY want to live near one if it’s their favorite restaurant.”
1 – I noted that I hadnt been there in a while
2 – Great, we were talking about the Rosebud in little Italy. And like most things you have zero knowledge of,yet render an ill formed opinion. Rosebud in little Italy was PB central, period
“And, no, listing Starbucks isn’t meaningless as human behavior tells us that people want to have their coffee shop and their gym within just a few minutes walking distance (in fact, studies have shown most will not go to the gym if it’s further than 5 minutes away. Lol.)”
If you’re in the greenzone you are less than 5 minutes away from a SBux
“And, again, this particular Starbucks is an especially nice one as anyone who has been to it, as I have, can attest. In fact, I’ve often worked at that Starbucks. Great outdoor patio area in the summer too.”
Great, happy for you. Still doesnt change the facts
“Some people on this blog may not live in large cities so they don’t understand the walkability aspect of having the Starbucks nearby. It’s a big selling point, especially when there is a polar vortex. Lol.”
From the person that wont walk after dark? ok…
“I cannot figure out where the parking garage is. Any ideas?”
Based on the “additional parcels”, it is in 1601 W School.
“If you’re in the greenzone you are less than 5 minutes away from a SBux”
Really? Depends on where you are located actually.
“Great, happy for you. Still doesnt change the facts”
What’s “the facts”????
If you have a property within walking distance of a great Starbucks (or other coffee shop or amenity that people love), then, yes, your agent SHOULD be listing it. 100%. You are foolish not to. It’s an amenity to the property. The same as living near key transportation.
Duh.
“Really? Depends on where you are located actually.”
Yes
“If you have a property within walking distance of a great Starbucks (or other coffee shop or amenity that people love), then, yes, your agent SHOULD be listing it. 100%. You are foolish not to. It’s an amenity to the property. The same as living near key transportation.”
Keep moving the goal posts. Now its a “Great Sbux” LOL – please define a what a “Great SBux” is?
Anywhere in the Greenzone is going to have a SBux or equal near by. Its like saying the water in lake Michigan is wet. Redundant and adds no value to anyone thats got an IQ above room temp.
Embarrassing
“Keep moving the goal posts. Now its a “Great Sbux” LOL – please define a what a “Great SBux” is?”
I’ve said it was, the ENTIRE CONVERSATION.
This Starbucks is a delight. A really cool site with good ambiance, seating and a nice outdoor patio. And, yes, in Chicago, as well as most cities, there are big differences among the Starbucks. Some are in historic buildings, others are in strip malls. Some have drive thrus, others do not. I was recently in another city and the closest Starbucks was an older suburban one so, instead, I drove further and found a fabulous one that was in an old fast food restaurant. It was enormous and cool. They put a ton of tables in. There were couches and chairs. And tons of people coming in and hanging out in it because there was a place to hang out. Also great natural light from big windows. They did the modern white decor with wood accents. Good music and great staff too.
Yes, there is a difference among the Starbucks.
As far as anywhere in the Greenzone having a Starbucks, it’s not really true. Wicker Park has a bunch of dead zones, especially as you go west. There are a lot of other chains though so maybe there is just too much competition.
Also, western West Loop is devoid of any as you get closer to the United Center.
So Sad….