We Love Authentic Lofts: 920 W. Sheridan in Lakeview
You don’t find many authentic brick and timber loft buildings in Lakeview but the Skybox Lofts, at 920 W. Sheridan, is one of them.
Converted in 1995, it has 23 units.
Units seem to sell well in the building, as two others have already sold in 2008 for $390,000 and $420,000, respectively.
Here’s the listing for Unit #303:
2 bedroom, 2 bath real loft unit in Wrigleyville. 20 foot ceilings, exposed brick on 2 floors, new granite in gourmet kitchen plus a well located heated garage spot included. Close to train, buses dining and shopping. Views of the ball park and a walk to everything neighborhood!
Unit #303: 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, 1500 square feet
- Sold in July 2004 for $377,500
- Currently listed for $435,000 (parking included)
- Assessments of $166 a month
- Taxes of $3,879
- Coldwell Banker has the listing
I love this building.
I’d love to get my paws on one of these lofts if I could afford to rehab it into a lofted apartment with beautiful details and a really polished look to it, like the lofts that were built c. 1900 that are so prized now you can’t touch them for less than $10MM, because they are not only interesting and unconventional, but really beautiful and polished.
But as they are, they are just a little too…raw.
From the pictures, I’m not loving this loft. Home Depot counters and cabinets (from the remainder bin from the looks of it) cheap white appliances, ugly metal staircase…..
Nice space, but probably best thought of as something you’d need to tear down to the bones and start over with.
One other thing to note, this building is very close to the sheridan el stop. For those of you who have not been on the train during the turn the sound is quite terrible.
Well, JB, you wouldn’t have to tear out too much to be down to the “bones”. I’ll bet one day with a few teen boys set loose on the place with a few sledgehammers would pretty well do it.
Just disconnect the utilities first, remember!
It would be fun to build this place back out again. The raw look is getting old.
The kitchen layout has the potential of being something quite nice and it’s really beautiful, especially those glorious windows. Being that close to WF is a definite minus unfortunately.