1212 N Lake Shore Drive

About the Building

This high-rise condo building in the beautiful Gold Coast neighborhood offers spacious units, quality construction and all the amenities you need to live in comfort and modern luxury. Located at 1212 N. Lake Shore Drive, the structure spans 36 floors with 180 individual units and includes general and visitor parking for residents' vehicles. In addition to opening your door to the vibrant cultural scene of the Gold Coast neighborhood, residences feature roomy balconies that overlook Lake Michigan, which is literally across the street.

This Gold Coast building offers residences a number of diverse layouts and about of 1,765 square feet of living space, on average. The different floorplans include anywhere from 2 to 3 bedrooms with a standard master bedroom size of 244 square feet. The kitchens are generally 138 square feet, providing plenty of room to prepare a meal for the family or throw together a banquet-size spread for a few friends at your new home (who knows, maybe you'll even invite over the neighbors for a little meet and greet).

Grand dinner parties or not, sometimes the deal breaker in purchasing a new home is whether or not your four-legged family member is welcome. Well, in case you have a Fido or other furry friend waiting in the wings, you'll be happy to know this residential building is pet friendly. So don't forget to scope out that new spot for the food dish.

In addition to the stats on 1212 N. Lake Shore Drive, you're probably interested in learning a little something about the bottom line involved in living at a place like this in Gold Coast neighborhood. Such as, for example, how much might you have to pay in assessments and taxes every year? Well, the typical assessments for this charming Chicago residence are $779 per month, in addition to average annual taxes of $9,599. And just to help you see how a piece of real estate here stands up to property in other buildings in Gold Coast neighborhood, or elsewhere in the city, we've compiled the most up-to-date data-in case you want to compare.

The price per square foot for units at 1212 N. Lake Shore Drive is $456, with an average size of 1765 square feet. The smallest properties offer 1700 square feet of living space, while the largest ones encompass 1,000-square-foot floorplans. The standard length of time a unit in this building stays on the market (between listing and closing) is 129 days. Just to give you an idea of the building's residential real estate value today, a unit with 2 bedrooms sold for $1,093,000 in August of 2007. The average listing price of a home at 1212 N. Lake Shore Drive is $894,000, and there are currently a few 2-bedroom residences available at this lovely Gold Coast residential enclave.