I had a few showings lately at the Lakeshore East. The buildings are Park Shore – 195 Harbor, the Chandler – 450 E Waterside Dr – the Aqua Building – 225 N Columbus Dr. These are all very nice buildings but they are also very different. My client is interested in studio or one bedroom, they really like 195 N Harbor Dr due to the view in the units, the great maintenance of the building, the good floor plan.
Showings at the Lakeshore East
April 29th, 2010 · Uncategorized
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Staging is very important when you want to sell your home
April 22nd, 2010 · Uncategorized
I have been hearing about it and never think that it is so true that staging can help big deal when you want to sell your place until my coworker has sold her listing at 1514 w Thomas, Unit 3C, this one was on the market since last June, after staging it, it sold in one month. What a big difference!
Two short sales at the 450 waterside – the Chandler
April 8th, 2010 · Uncategorized
There are currently two short sale unit at the 450 waterside – the Chandler building, one has a contract and the other one is a two bedroom asking $389,000, when I called the agent two days ago, also being told that a contract is pending. That is a great price for a two bedrooms unit.
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Two showings at the 195 Harbor unit 4007
April 8th, 2010 · Uncategorized
I had two showings for the 195 N Harbor Dr unit 4007. This is a one bedroom unit facing west with views to the new designer lake shore east park and you could also see the Buckingham fountain and the grand park, the lake shore dr, the Chicago River from the window. The bathroom is newly remodeled and the kitchen has granite counter tops. This room has around 706 square feet and lots of closet spaces, no waste in the floor plan.
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Harbor Point short sale two bedroom unit
April 8th, 2010 · Uncategorized
There is a two bedrooms facing the lake with unobstructed lake view and the south shore view listed for short sale at the Harbor Point, the 155 N Harbor Dr. This unit was listed for short sale last year and was under contract for a long time. I noticed that on 3/26/10, this unit came back to the market again as short sale. I have been reading materials about short sale and noticed that the waiting time for the bank to approve is getting shorter, can be as short as a couple of months as the bank do want to get as much as funds back too. This unit is listed for $539,000, and normally this kink of unit can sold for around $600,000, maybe the difference is not that big, that’s why it is still available now.
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Aqua current listings – 225 Columbus Dr
March 30th, 2010 · Uncategorized
If you want to live at the most prestigious building in the lake shore east neighborhood, then you have to take a look at the Aqua building, which is just built on Columbus Dr with 90 floors high. This building has three parts, hotel, apartment and condo. The condo price is between $299,000 for a studio to $1.9 M for a four bedrooms unit on 81st floor. There are also rentals available from $1,650 to $3,600. This building has the best amenities in the building, you do not need to go to office to work, since there is work station and business center in the building.
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One bedroom for sale on a high floor at the Parkshore – 195 N Harbor Dr
March 30th, 2010 · Uncategorized
I have a new listing one bedroom, unit 4007 at the 195 N Harbor Dr located at the Parkshore. This unit is facing west, has views to the new lakeshore East park, the grand park and Buckingham fountain, the lakeshore drive and some of the lake, also you could see the Chicago river. This unit has granite counter in the kitchen, some remodeling in the bathroom. The unit has around 706 square feet, the layout is great so that you do not lose any spaces . It has in unit washer and dryer, lots of closet spaces.
The Parkshore building is a full amenity building which include an on site grocery store, tennis court, garden, grill area which you could watch fireworks right in front of you. 24 hour door man, a full spa, two party rooms, the one on the concourse level has just been remodeled with new granite kitchen, there is another party room on the 56th floor with a kitchen inside too. Everyone could use the two party rooms three times a year free of charge.
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One bedroom for rent at the Parkshore – 195 Harbor
March 28th, 2010 · Uncategorized
I have a pocket one bedroom for rent at the Parkshore – 195 Harbor. This unit is on a very high floor, with wood floor through out. New open granite kitchen with SS appliances, french door is open to the bedroom, also you will get furnished contemporary bedroom set. The price is $1,500 per month, the building is a full amenity building which offers everything.
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Units sold in the last three months at the 195 Harbor, the Parkshore
March 27th, 2010 · Uncategorized
There are three units sold at the Park Shore in the last three months, including a one bedroom unit sold for $225,000 which is in original condition. One two bedrooms unit sold for $429,000 with a parking space included, this unit has quite a bit of upgrades such as remodeling of the kitchen, lots of built in closets, open up one bedroom to a nice den. The third one is a one plus den on a very high floor for $$435,000 with a parking space, this unit has lots of upgrade to offer and this price has included a parking space. So from these sold prices, we can tell that the price at the Parkshore is still stable but down about 10%. This percentage compare to other buildings is pretty good, plus some of the units sold very fast, such as the 5309 it has got contracted in a month and closed within 50 days. Parkshore is a full amenity building which has 24 hour doorman, a nice gym with the new flat screen TV just installed, a roof top pool, two party rooms that each unit can use 3 times free of charge. Also, there is a grocery store in the building and a spa, not to mentioned that we are still having the car wash program in the building. This building is located at the Lakeshore east area, it is very close to three parks, the lakeshore east park, the grand park and the millennium park. Also very close to the Navy Pier and the lakeshore path.
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Pending units at the Park Shore – 195 N Harbor Dr
March 22nd, 2010 · Uncategorized
There are 5 units currently are pending, starting from one bedroom to three bedrooms, prices are starting from $240,000 to $969,000. There is one unit got a contract within 2 days of being listed. From this building we could tell that the market is moving up and there are more activities. We also noticed that there are new listings on the market, from March, there are 5 new listings came out for Parkshore.
