Construction checkup: LV Lofts
Posted 3/27/2008 by Joseph Askins
There are new loft-style condominiums going up near the intersection of Belmont, Ashland and Lincoln avenues. They just aren't as large as the project we've been discussing for the past couple of days.
The same reader who asked for an update on the Lofts at Lakeview Collection also wanted to know about two other Ashland Avenue developments: New Haven Homes' LV Lofts and McHugh Development and Construction's The Vue.
I'll get to The Vue a little later, but here's the latest look at Sullivan, Goulette & Wilson-designed LV Lofts. (You can see the Lakeview Collection site on the far left of the picture, too.) This 24-unit building at 3245 N Ashland Ave is 50 percent sold, says developer Keith Esses, and first deliveries should begin in late April. Remaining one-bedrooms start in the $290s; two-bedrooms start in the $390s.
New Haven is putting the finishing touches on its model and should have the unit ready for touring within the next two weeks, he says. Hopefully I can get some more snapshots and a little bit of video once it's open.
Comments
4/1/08
Lindsey said:
LV Lofts website says they only have 5 units remaining. http://www.newhavenchicago.com/lv-lofts.htm
Joseph Askins said:
Lindsey:
The long and the short: We're right and their Web site is wrong. (How often do we get to say that, huh?)
Developer Keith Esses acknowledged the mistake on the New Haven site when I talked to him last week.
Here's where the confusion lay: LV Lofts was selling lofts in two phases. Five units were left from the first phase at the time New Haven posted that information on its site (hence the word "available," which is different from "remaining"). You can look back at this post to see our report on those phases; five of the first-phase units were available at that time, too.
Since the time of that post, Esses started selling the second phase of the lofts. Of the projects 24 total units, 12 are still available, with some coming from both phases.
Esses said he planned to correct the site ASAP. I suppose he needs a reminder.