For Rent: Old Town Penthouse, 4000 sq/ft with roof deck, 4 bedrooms, 4.5 baths $5,500/ month

The actual skyline view from 1438 W Wieland's private roof top deck: Photo Eric Rojas, Broker

 

Private full roof top deck

Living room facing east

Living room, dining room

Great room

Master bedroom

Penthouse level leading to large front terrace

$5,500 a month. Executive space. Heart of Old Town! Spectacular and wide 3 level penthouse over 4000 sq/ft. Private elevator in unit, 4 bedrooms, 4.1 baths, 2 family rooms. Huge living/ dining Rm, 4 fireplaces, 3 decks, private roof deck w/360 views, 2 balconies=1,500sq/ft of outdoor space. Granite and stainless steel kitchen, marble "his and hers" baths, wet bar on penthouse level, attached garage for 1 car, pad for 2nd car. Close to CTA trains, the lakefront, Second City, Zanies, Top-Rated restaurants and bars, boutiques & all that Wells Street, River North and Gold Coast have to offer steps away. On the doorstep of downtown. 

Owner is licensed broker in Illinois, however, not the listing agent.


Call Eric at  773-510-1597 .  Available February 1st, 2012.  One month's security deposit, strong credit, application and credit check fee required.  

Pets OK with owner approval, prefer one year or more lease. 

48 HOURS NOTICE for showings.

Watch the video!

Video! Recess at Ravenswood's Chappell School and CPS

Medill News from Northwestern University featured Chappell Elementary School for their story on the new required recess at Chicago Public Schools. Chappell School is located in the Ravenswood neighborhood of Lincoln Square.  Our Kindergarten son loves the recess and comes home talking about new games he has learned.  Our PRE-K daughter can't wait to move-up!

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WATCH the Medill News VIDEO HERE

What's really cool about the recess program with Playworks is many higher grade students help as "leaders".  Older kids around the school (and neighborhood) are always saying hello, waving to our son because they interact with him as leaders. It's neat to see the kids supportive and welcoming across the grade levels!  The recess, lunch-time and other activity student-helpers at Chappell foster this excellent atmosphere.

There are many great school choices in Chicago neighborhoods.  You my be surprised at the facilities and rigor at many CPS neighborhood schools.

City living: Photos of Big Art at Navy Pier

Can you read this work?

 Navy Pier is actually fun for Chicagoans too.  Things like Big Art make this so.
A couple weekends ago our family enjoyed the Chicago Toy and Game Fair at Navy Pier...but it's just as enjoyable having the kids run around the plazas and pier as being inside the convention halls.

Our kids pretended this sculpture was a "prison".   They escaped.

This one says "Climb me".

More Streeterville posts here

Lakeview with lake views for the $500,000s

Views from a condo unit terrace in East Lake View

Warning...bad phone camera photos!

I was out last weekend with clients looking for a high floor condo home in the $500,000s with great outdoor space in southern Lakeview and Lincoln Park.  We saw an East Lakeview property with an awesome roof top terrace and lake views (between the high rises).  Legitimate Belmont Harbor views too!  The surrounding city views are always interesting.

City views looking west from North Sheridan Road in Lakeview

This roof deck came with a sprawling vintage penthouse unit that feels like a house in the sky.   However, some of the vintage building trade offs were a little too much for these buyers and off to Lincoln Park we went.

Sold! Our contemporary Ravenswood listing closes for top dollar

Our relocated client just closed on his Ravenswood, Lincoln Square condo sale today at 1949 W Leland #3.  Condo info, photos and video HERE.  The home went under contract within 30 days and closed for $290,000 in a smooth transaction... a top price tier for comparable homes in the area. We thank our sellers for all their hard work in preparing their homes for sale while working with us.

Please contact us if selling or buying a condo or house in the Lincoln Square area.  We are helping our clients understand the market, setting proper expectations and completing successful transactions.  We tailor a plan for each individual client. 

Gold Coast condo says "No fat cats!"

Gold Coast condo associations and co-op boards may have interesting rules

I was just looking through Gold Coast apartments for sale with a client.  One listing made clear no dogs,  but "Cats allowed, weight limit".  How big does the cat have to be before there's trouble? Is there a condo association scale? We've often seen weight limits for dogs so I guess this is only fair!


More Gold Coast posts HERE

 

Old Town Triangle area home sales 2012

We've been in Old Town Triangle of Lincoln Park over the past couple weeks preparing a client's home for sale.  Let's take a look at single family home and condo sales in 2012 for this most desirable of Chicago locations.  You can read about the historic area boundaries as written below and many more Old Town Triangle area posts at Yo Chicago

The Old Town Triangle is part of the Lincoln Park neighborhood along Chicago's north lakefront.
It's bounded by North Ave (1600 N), Armitage Ave (2000 N), Lincoln Park and a line drawn from the intersection of Lincoln Ave and Armitage Ave south to Larrabee St (600 W). The line which is the western boundary of the Old Town Triangle generally corresponds to the right-of-way of what was formerly Ogden Avenue.
ZIP code: 60614

The roughly 2 square block radius in East Lincoln Park surrounding Old Town Triangle...a fantastic location in Chicago

We'll use a square shape above to cover the neighborhood between  the major streets of West Armitage to West North Avenue and North Clark to North Larrabee to get a better look at sales and the types of properties available in - and adjacent to - the Old Town Triangle Historic District.

The row houses on the 1800 block of North Lincoln present the opportunity for a great door!

 Single family home and row home sales in 2012 (JAN 1st to NOV 19th


There have been 19 closed single family homes and row homes in the greater Old Town Triangle area so far this year.  The median price was about $1.2 million. This may seem a little low for this location compared to Lincoln Park's median single family home price this year of about $1.3M.  However, the homes in the actual historic district of East Lincoln Park are much smaller on average and often feature less luxury amenity in the historic homes in exchange for the privileged location.

The highest single family home (totally detached) sale this year is $3,133,365 at 1839 N Cleveland.  This was a re-sale of a 2000 built 6 bedrooms home on a 24x125 Chicago lot.  The highest row house sale so far is 1910 N Clark for $1.975 million.  This wider than usual 4 bedrooms row house at 23 feet wide features a rear addition with attached garage and elevator.

Condos (and town houses with condo association)

There are many ways to experience the East Lincoln Park, Old Town Triangle lifestyle.  132 attached condos and town houses closed from January 1st to November 19th this year.  This is a large number of units for this relatively small area and up from the 94 units sold same time last year  This also includes a few high rise buildings along North Clark Street and a small portion of North LaSalle which increase the density of available condos.

Condo Prices
 The highest sale for an attached unit this year was 1813 N Mohawk Unit A for $1,230,000.  The 3000 sq/ft, 4 bedrooms end-unit town house sold within a week after going on the market.   The lowest condo sale in our boundaries so far was a mere $105,000 at 1850 N Clark # 2406 (Hemingway House).  The high floor studio has great city views.  I've gone to a couple terrific events at the Hemingway House party room and sun deck...great views and A+ location to impress friends and associates.

24 condos sold for $200,000 or under.  All but three were in high rise buildings and the assessments that go with them.  The other three were small one-bedroom vintage conversions. The median price for all attached unit sales (132) in the is area is $320,000 this year.  94 units sold with a median price of $395,000 same time last year in 2011.

Row house or high rise... there are many budget options providing the Old Town Triangle lifestyle

YoChicago.com is a very thorough source for unique Chicago neighborhood information...just one of the many reasons I work with them for our property and neighborhood videos.

Bob about town: Novogratz edition!

Bob managed to send me this inside joke on his quick jaunt to New York City.  If you're a fan of designers Robert and Cortney Novogratz, you're in on it too!

Production trailers outside the Novogratz residence...hopefully for some new shows soon!

Our 2012 Official Thanksgiving Turkey

This year's official Thanksgiving turkey art comes from our barely 3 year old Amalia. The complex, multilayer abstract was produced in her renowned Pre-K art studio (her classroom).  I must admit it's a much more thought provoking work than our oldest son's at 3 1/2 years old (produced in the same classroom). 

The artist at her home studio.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Watch the video! Ravenswood Hospital demolition

I shot some demolition footage of the long vacant Ravenswood Hospital in Lincoln Square earlier this month. 



The site will be the new permanent home of the Lycee Francais de Chicago.

You can read some history on the development HERE at Center Square Journal.