5043 N Oakley, Chicago IL 60625 asking $599,900. Three bedrooms up, office, sitting room and finished playroom on terrific 28'x125' lot.
This is the one. 5043 N Oakley is quintessential Lincoln Square! Asking $599,900
Living room with wood burning fireplace and lovely vintage detail.
Inviting Lincoln Square home on 28' wide lot steps from Winnemac Park. Classic front porch, formal entry foyer and vintage details welcome you to the great layout. Large living room, wood burning fireplace, spacious dining room w/ built-in hutch, main floor true office.
True dining room with built-in hutch, powder room and office with built-in shelving on the main floor
Renovated kitchen with great counter space.
Spacious breakfast room leads out to enclosed sun room.
Enclosed sun room off-kitchen overlooks the backyard.
28' wide x 125' long lot allows for big backyard and 2.5 car garage!
Renovated eat-in kitchen offers amazing entertaining space. Kitchen leads to amazing enclosed sun room. Main half-bath. Wow! Check out that professionally landscaped backyard! Second floor w/ three bedrooms up + bright, open sitting room, large bathroom and walk-in closet. Partially finished basement with great playroom, washer/ dryer and two storage rooms. Boiler, furnace heating and CENTRAL AC! . New roof 2017! 2.5 car garage.
Second level sitting room is offers flexible space for yoga, play-space, small family room... whatever you need.
Fantastic location close to Ravenswood Metra, Western Brown Line, Winnemac Park, Giddings Plaza and the retail / entertainment districts of Damen Ave and Lincoln Ave. Great block parties! 1+ Rated Chappell Elementary and 1+ Amundsen High School. This is the value you've been waiting for!
The home is one block from Winnemac Park, home of Jorndt Field (soon to have brand new turf!), Chappell Elementary, Amundsen High School, tennis courts, prairie walks, baseball fields and more. Voted Chicago Reader Best Park 2016 (photo Eric Rojas, Broker, Kale Realty)
Just in time to catch the fall colors at Winnemac Park right down the street! (All photos Eric Rojas, Broker, Kale Realty)
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New retail and restaurants line Damen Avenue near Lawrence Ave. All photos Eric Rojas, Broker, Kale Realty.
Giddings Plaza along the Lincoln Avenue commercial district offers the best in city living with a small town feel.
Enjoy the vibrant location filled with parks, shops, restaurants,
2140 West Lawrence, Chicago IL 60625 formally Griffins and Gargoyles Antiques. Photo taken last week. The property was sold in 2017 for $910,000. All photos Eric Rojas, Broker, Kale Realty
Griffins and Gargoyles Antiques at 2140 West Lawrence Avenue in Lincoln Square closed in 2016 after 41 yrs in business. View more photos. The attractive vintage property was purchasedfor $910,000 in 2017 by a local professional property management company. The lot measures approximately 50'x125' (a Chicago double lot) and is currently zoned B1-1. The property is currently vacant.
2140 W Lawrence is dwarfed by the newer construction mixed-use condo building to the east. A new building to the west will put the two story vintage building in a cavern.
The property sits between the Surpless Dunn property development to the west and a newer construction six unit condo building with ground floor retail to the east. There are no building permits as of yet for 2140 W Lawrence. I don't know the plans for this wonderful brick warehouse style building set back from the street. However it will be smothered up by it's two over-sized neighbors thus minimizing its eye pleasing architectural impact on this strip of Lawrence.
Photo of Griffins and Gargoyles in 2015 prior to the shops closing. Unfortunately I don't have a photo with the flower boxes planted and in bloom. All photos Eric Rojas, Broker, Kale Realty.
This is such a cool building. I weep for it's future. It is doubtful the building will remain in its current form for much longer. The development along Lawrence Avenue thus far has been a huge positive. I love the increased density of residential units and the "tear down" structures thus far have not been of note. However the new construction product has been bland and unimaginative. It will be a shame to lose this building and courtyard.
A large loft style new construction building is in development to the west.
The Surpless Dunn development has picked up steam and probably marks the end of the Griffins and Gargoyles building.
The former garden space at Riverside Cafe. The restaurant and adjacent lot (shown here) have sat vacant since the building and adjacent lot sold for $2.5 million in 2015 (All photos Eric Rojas, Broker, Kale Realty)
After serving Bucktown for 31 years the Riverside Cafe closed in 2015.According to the story the property was sold to a restaurant developer for $2.5 million in July 2015. Cook County Recorder of Deeds records at 1654-1656 W Cortland are little more complex... showing several lien releases (mechanics, lis pendens, City Water Department) in 2015 and a couple transfers of the property recorded in 2016. A Trustees Deed was recorded for $1,750,000 to an LLC (a sales transaction) then a Quit Claim Deed to another LLC (transfer of property) and a mortgage recorded for $1,980,000 all on the same day of 2016. There is no recorded sale in 2015 from my viewing of public records.
The vintage building was purchased by a restaurant developer to open a new restaurant and renovate the apartments back in 2015.
The plan according to the DNAInfo report at the time was to open a new restaurant and renovate the apartments above. Rumor has it this unique vacant restaurant space has a future.... finally (whispers from another Broker selling property nearby). It's a nice property among several established bars, restaurants and services in unique little mixed use strip of Bucktown.
The District House development 147 Euclid in Oak Park taken on Friday. All photos Eric Rojas, Broker, Kale Realty.
The "District House" development site in Oak Park last March 2017. Chicago Cityscape has photos of the nearly completed units.
We wrote aboutDistrict House in Oak Park last March. The development site was cleared at 700 West Lake Street... also known as the former Tasty Dog. The District House development goes by the address 147 Euclid N Euclid. MREDLLC.com listings show units under contract from $599,900 to $899,900 and states only two units remain for sale.
Chicago Cityscape (via Steven Vance)has pictures of the near completed development at the link. The well located smart looking building is brought to you by the experienced higher-end Chicago Ranquist Development Group. My grand opening party invite must have went to spam.
We often represent clients in Oak Park. Please contact us today if you are considering a move to the suburbs.
New construction Taco Bell located at 2575 N Clybourn Ave, Chicago, IL 60614 (All photos Eric Rojas, Broker, Kale Realty)
We wrote in May that a Lincoln Park new construction Taco Bell was underway around the corner from a $3M penthouse. The fast food store has since been completed. The median price of a closed condo unit withing about four blocks of the Taco Bell is $465,000.
Photo of Norweta Row construction today.
Norweta Row on the 2600 block of North Hermitage still is under construction. The most expensive unit is still available but UNIT PH3 is listed under contract asking $1,995,000. That's a lot of tacos.
1703 Keeney is located south of Dempster and north of Oakton. The mature landscaped neighborhood is tranquil and a super value for Evanston! The Martin Luther King Literary and Fine Arts School nearby is a popular draw for home buyers. Robert Crown Park, Burnham Shores Park and all the shops, restaurants and amenities of Chicago Ave are close by.
Our clients are under contract on a well preserved split level at 1703 Keeney (offered at $337,000). Southern Evanston offers some of the best single family home values in the popular North Shore city. The diverse single family home stock allows for any budget from first time buyers to fantasy lake front homes!
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Evanston single family home sales south of Dempster Jan 1st -July 27th, 2018
In 2012, when the market began to accelerate out of the crash, 80 homes sold for a median price of $377,000. 87 Evanston homes sold in 2015 with a median price of about $407,000.
Our clients recently entered into a contract on a Bucktown condo. Bucktown is a pricey North Side neighborhood that offers all the bars, restaurants and conveniences urban dwellers desire. The housing is diverse with many styles of architecture and design. Plenty of boring developments to down-right ugly buildings abound. But Bucktown offers flashes of color and creativity you don't see on many other comparatively priced neighborhoods.
Bucktown condo sales January 1st to July 27th, 2018
The popular lighted tennis courts have been torn up for a long time. I would play here before my teens!
The park itself has a lot of amenities when in full swing. The new fields and courts will be great. The pool-house and field house need some attention next.
The 2941-2947 North Clark lot sold in 2013 for $1,375,000. I believe, according to Cook County Recorder of Deeds, the lot sold again in 2017 for $2,400,000 prior to the final development plans.
It looks small but the second story and lower level of this Evanston home provides lots of flexible space. The long time owners kept the home in terrific shape. Newly painted walls really sold the house.
Our clients jumped on this spacious split-level at 1703 Keeney in Evanston! The brick, windows, walls, rooms and even some of the dated finishes are in great condition at the $337,000 list price. We love to help our clients find value! This home has great flow and big rooms. Three bedrooms up, large living and dining, a fourth bedroom and family room on lower level. Storage, laundry and central heat and AC.
About nineteen homes have sold over the past twelve months within a two block radius of 1703 Keeney. Median price of a sold home is about $380,000. The south Evanston location is easy to the City of Chicago, the Chicago Avenue retail district of southeast Evanston and Burnham Shores Park. The block is attractive with well kept homes, lots of flowers and mature landscaping.
If you are looking to make the move to Evanston or the North Shore please contact us!
