Chicago is America’s “architecture city”, and the range of luxury homes is breathtaking.
SINGLE FAMILY HOMES
New construction and renovated grand historic mansions are both options for luxury living in Chicago. Key neighborhoods are the Gold Coast and Lincoln Park but also Lake View, Uptown, Edgewater and Bucktown/Wicker Park offer some luxury homes, too.
- Gold Coast Luxury Homes
- Lincoln Park Luxury Homes
- West Town/Logan Square Luxury Homes
- Lake View, Uptown, Edgewater, North Center Luxury Homes
CONDOMINIUMS AND CO-OPS
Like Chicago’s single-family housing stock, new construction and grand vintage properties are available for luxury buyers.
VINTAGE/HISTORIC
From East Lake Shore Drive and the Gold Coast/Streeterville and north along Lincoln Park to the end of Lake Shore Drive, grand historic buildings offering gracious apartments can be found, many with spectacular views of Lake Michigan. Properties over 80 years old comprise over 20% of the condominium/co-op housing stock, with highrise buildings located primarily along the lakefront.
Unlike New York, condominiums are the predominant form of high-rise ownership. Co-ops accounted for just 2% of highrise sales in the Near North neighborhood over the last 15 years but 5.9% of LUXURY co-op sales.
While co-op ownership is small portion of luxury highrise units in Chicago, see why owning a co-op might be the right choice for you (link)
Some key Historic Luxury Buildings:
NEW CONSTRUCTION
There has been significant new construction in luxury condominium buildings over the last 10 years. Architects like Lucien LaGrange and Jeanne Gang Studios have led the way in changing the city’s skyline, but there have been some significant luxury low to mid-rises added to the housing stock as well. Most of the cranes have been located in the Near North and Loop neighborhoods.
Some of the key new construction luxury high-rises:
- 363 E Wacker – The St Regis
- 435 N Michigan Avenue – The Tribune Tower*
- 451 E Grand Avenue – One Bennett Place
- 9 E Walton
- 14 W Superior – One Chicago
*Vintage building in the process of a full renovation
Many wonderful luxury buildings were built between 2007-2012, and you can learn more about them by contacting Anne. Examples include
- South Loop:
- 1201 S Prairie
- 1211 S Prairie
- Loop – Cultural Mile/New East Side
- 60 E Monroe – The Legacy
- 340 E Randolph
- Near North:
- 50 E Chestnut
- 10 E Delaware
- 118 E Erie (The Ritz Carlton Residences)
- 401 N Wabash (Trump Tower)
- 11 E Walton (Waldorf Astoria)
- Lincoln Park:
- 2550 Lakeview
