Selling 2 Years Later in Old Town: A 2/2 with Parking for $839,000 at 1414 N. Wells
This 2-bedroom in 1414 N. Wells in Old Town came on the market in October 2025.
Built in 1995, 1414 N. Wells has 52 units and attached heated garage parking. It’s a boutique elevator building with no doorstaff but it does have a bike room and extra storage.
It appears from realtor notes that this 2-bedroom used to be a 3-bedroom until walls were removed in 2014.
The unit has a open concept living/dining rooms and kitchen with diagonal hardwood floors.
There’s a fireplace and a balcony in the living room, which overlooks Wells Street.
The kitchen has white cabinets, quartz counter tops, stainless steel appliances, stone backsplash and a breakfast bar with seating for 5.
There is a primary suite with 2 custom organized walk-in-closets and an en suite bath with a marble, spa-like style with both dual vanities and an oversized shower.
There’s also a private balcony off the primary bedroom. These balconies can house a small table and chairs and a grill.
The guest bedroom also accommodates a queen bed.
This unit has the features buyers look for including central air, side-by-side washer/dryer in the unit in a large laundry room, and private heated garage space is included.
The two balconies overlook the hustle and bustle of Wells Street and the building is in the heart of the shops and restaurants on Wells, the Gold Coast, and Lincoln Park.
Listed at $839,000, that’s $101,000 above the 2023 sales price of $738,000.
Will they get the premium just two years later?
Mark Jak at @properties Christie’s has the listing. See the pictures and floor plan here.
Or check it out at the Open House on Sunday, Oct 26, 2025, from 11 AM to 1 PM.
Unit #405: 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, 1765 square feet
- Sold in June 1995 for $259,500
- Sold in October 1997 for $288,500
- Sold in September 1999 for $348,000
- Sold in December 2011 for $578,500
- Sold in October 2018 for $750,000
- Sold in March 2023 for $738,000
- Listed in October 2025 for $839,000
- Assessments of $872 a month (includes exterior maintenance, scavenger, snow removal, bike room, storage)
- Taxes of $15,571
- Central Air
- Washer/dryer in the unit
- One heated garage parking space included
- Fireplace
- Bedroom #1: 18×12
- Bedroom #2: 14×10
- Living room: 22×15
- Kitchen: 15×9
- Dining room: 18×11
- Foyer: 9×6
- Walk-in-closet: 7×5
- Walk-in-closet: 7×5
- Laundry room: 10×9
- Balcony: 10×5
- Balcony: 10×5
a 3 bedroom layout is here within the photos section
https://www.redfin.com/IL/Chicago/1414-N-Wells-St-60610/unit-205/home/14115508
with the smallest 3rd bedroom being 11×7
1995 price + CPI =ish 552
2011 price + CPI =ish 832
of course i haven’t looked into the HOA documents, but all in all I think this is an ok building. not going to get gonzo appreciation but also not going to majorly go red unless everything else also goes sideways.
so if you looking for a place to live vs treating home as a crypto investment and are happy with Buck Town then thumbs up
Personally I wouldn’t pay the premium as I don’t think the current buyer will be getting a similar benefit. Every time I look at this building I am reminded of a dummy who bought a unit here going back about 10 years or so….came to his first CAPs meeting where literally everyone else in attendance was there in regard to a shooting / homicide that had occurred on rental property bounded by Cleveland, Evergreen Sedgwick. The dummy that bought in this building was there to complain about late night bar noise on Wells. He bought a unit across from late night bars and then was complaining to police about the noise.
“happy with Buck Town”
MAHA Man will be very upset if he sees that.
Remember when these were going up. Streetscape sucks ass–then and now.
The garage doors are terrible–but there’s no alley, and no reasonable way to share access with the THs on Weiland that also went up in 94/95. And Kamehachi wasn’t going anyplace back then.
Didn’t someone famous live (Depp? Penn?) in the building while filming in Chicago? Feel that was in some prior CC feature.
“Didn’t someone famous live (Depp? Penn?) in the building while filming in Chicago? Feel that was in some prior CC feature.”
We looked at a unit there before buying in ELP, so I guess a CC-famous person almost lived there.
let’s see
northwest corner Kamehachi is now a taco slinging place
back in the day with the popularity of Kamehachi, the fusion rolls scene starting moving further north into Uptown Rogers Park
Weiland is a weird street. I’d rather be on Wells than Weiland so I wouldn’t choose those THs.
pretty sure it was Depp
Depp. Merely (allegedly) visted:
https://cribchatter.com/johnny-depp-was-here-1414-n-wells-in-old-town/
Gabe Polsky (genuinely a Hollywood guy) was the owner; sold in Jul-09 for $1.125m,
“We looked at a unit there before buying in ELP, so I guess a CC-famous person almost lived there.”
Lol. The only thing that matters is if a CC person lives in that building or house.
I have some ideas for this week. It’s been slow so I’ve been posting less but there are some interesting properties right now. I hope to have new posts all this week.
Sold 11-20 for $855k.