The Ultimate Loft is Reduced: 2436 W. Bloomingdale
Remember this fantastic loft with an indoor pool at 2436 W. Bloomingdale that we chattered about in May 2008?
It’s still on the market and has been reduced.
Here’s the listing:
Spectacular art lover’s loft-style single family home on a 50′ double lot with 7,640 square feet of living space, 23′ high bow-truss ceilings, exposed sandblasted heavy timber trusses, radiant heated concrete floors, fabulous chef’s kitchen with Scavolini cabinets, Thermador and Sub-Zero appliances, granite countertops and large breakfast island.
Private, landscaped glass enclosed outdoor courtyard with an “endless” swimming pool and radiant heated patio. Spacious penthouse with bar and roofdeck. Internet Wi-Fi. Attached four-car radiant heated garage. Privacy and much, much more.
Eudice Fogel at Rubloff has the listing. See more pictures and a virtual tour here.
2436 W. Bloomingdale: 6 bedrooms, 4.5 baths, 4 car parking, 7640 square feet
- I couldn’t find an original price- but I don’t think it has sold before
- Was listed in May 2008 for $2.495 million
- Reduced
- Currently listed for $2.25 million
- Taxes are “new”
I still love this place! If only it were about $2mil less…
I feel like given the income profile in Chicago — the demographic for this loft exists if it were in River North, not way out west in a questionable area. Unless, they are going to start seriously slashing prices on this thing — I’m thinking 1.2-1.5 for that area.
Ooooh, I want it. Let me just call my banker……
Remember – never buy west of western
Why never west of Western? I’ve always kind of liked the lofts at 1740 N Maplewood but they sure don’t seem to resale very easily. Maybe I just answered the question.
West of Western only applies to certain neighborhoods. Old Irving, Edgebrook, Sag, Forest Glen, etc, are too far beyond western for the rule to apply. It applies to west lakeview, west lincoln park, north center, wicker, bucktown, west loop, etc. 10 years ago pretty much anything west of western from the loop to say….addison, maybe irving, was not considered desirable.
A $2M home in gangbanger alley… good luck with that!
“It applies to west lakeview, west lincoln park, north center,”
Jeebus, hd, there is no such thing as “west lakeview” or “west LP” west of Western–it’s called Bucktown or Logan Square–it’s the other side of the river.
And North Center, west of Western is fine, but mostly bungalows or new construction. So you really got that basically wrong, altho “stay east of Western” is true south of the river–which Western crosses just south of Belmont.
I’m back from a couple of days out of state. West Lakeview and west LP are some of those neighborhood names created by realtors that don’t really exist but people use it anyway…just like Andersonville, etc.
“West Lakeview and west LP are some of those neighborhood names created by realtors”
So, tell me where the realtors say these are that are WEST of Western? Yeah, they label all sorts of non-neighborhoods as W.LP and W.LV, but they’re all EAST OF THE RIVER.
You could call Hoboken West Greenwich Village, too, but that doesn’t make it believeable to anyone with greater intellect than a grapefruit.
Other than about three blocks carved out of old industrial areas just south of Belmont (“Fletcher Row” is one of the developments, I believe), you don’t have ANY houses (1) north of downtown, (2) east of the river and (3) west of Western until you get *north* of Addison. Then that’s the “Bell school district”, which has more current cache than West Anything. And north of that is North Center or Lincoln Square, which have been standing on their own merit (or lack thereof, depending on your view) for a number of years.
And “Roscoe Village” is a much, much better example of realtor-created “neighborhoods” than Andersonville (which was renamed by the local CofC–and based on the name of the original (founded 1854) local school–rather than Roscoe Village with is linked specifically with the marketing of the Pencil Factory lofts).
Who cares if realtors make up names for neighborhoods or parts of neighborhoods? The same was done for River North, Maginificent Mile, etc., and they have real meaning.