Crib Chatter

This 1-bedroom in a vintage courtyard building at 726 W. Sheridan in East Lakeview came on the market in June 2025.

Built in 1920, this courtyard building has 44 units and a shared stone-paved courtyard with common grills, tables and chairs.

Converted to condos in 2002, it is pet friendly and has a dog run.

This is a top-floor unit with hardwood floors.

It has a separate dining room which looks like it used to be the living room in prior sales (the living/dining rooms are now flipped.)

There’s a formal entry foyer.

The kitchen has white cabinets, stone counter tops and stainless steel appliances.

The unit has some features that buyers look for including an in-unit washer/dryer, but it does not have central air. It has only window A/C units. It also does not have parking. There is parking in the neighborhood.

It has a large private brick balcony that overlooks the courtyard.

This building is walkable to Wrigley Field, the lake front, breweries, restaurants and shops on Broadway, and the Southport neighborhood and is near the Red line subway and various bus routes.

Listed at $299,000, that is $56,000 above the 2021 sales price of $243,000.

With rents rising, are starter 1-bedroom condos back in vogue again?

Niral Patel at Compass has the listing. See the pictures and floor plan here.

Unit #3S: 1 bedroom, 1 bath, 915 square feet

• Sold in August 2003 for $230,500
• Sold in May 2007 for $255,000
• Lis pendens foreclosure filed in December 2014
• Bank owned 
• Sold in July 2015 for $180,000
• Sold in November 2016 for $201,000
• Sold in June 2020 for $230,000
• Sold in April 2021 for $243,000
• Currently listed at $299,000
• Assessments of $523 a month (includes heat, cable, exterior maintenance, lawn care, scavenger, snow removal)
• Taxes of $4153
• No central air (window A/C units only)
• Washer/dryer in the unit
• No parking
• Bedroom: 13×10
• Living room: 14×12
• Dining room: 16×12
• Kitchen: 17×9
• Foyer: 15×4
• Balcony: 14×7