Models now open at Michigan Avenue Tower II

Michigan Avenue Tower II, 1400 S Michigan Ave, ChicagoWhen I dropped by Michigan Avenue Tower II‘s open house on Saturday, I had no idea that the building’s models had only been open for a day or so. Not that there was much to see once I got inside — none of the condos were furnished, and only one appeared to have all its finishes in place. I decided not to shoot any pictures of the interiors that day and instead will wait until everything’s in place (sometime in the next week or two, hopefully), but I did make my way out onto the balcony of one south-facing unit to get a couple shots of its views.

The popularity of South Loop condos tends to break down into four simple tiers, says sales associate Bill Gutrich: “East-facing units, then north-facing, then south-facing, and finally west-facing.” Nevertheless, he says he’s been pleasantly surprised by the way the view to the south has improved over the past few years, and believes that buyers on Michigan Avenue Tower II’s southern side will get a more metropolitan vista than they might expect.

“When this building was still in the planning stages, that wasn’t there,” Gutrich said, pointing southeast to 1600 Museum Park and drawing a line across the southern horizon to other new condo and apartment high-rises. “That wasn’t there, that one wasn’t, that one wasn’t…a lot of these buildings weren’t.” The new towers may occasionally block a sight-line to the lake, but they’ve also created a new skyline that should be more desirable to buyers than the old landscape of small, dingy industrial buildings, he says.

Prices at Michigan Avenue Tower II, 1400 S Michigan Ave, range from the $200s for a studio to the $550s for a two-bedroom penthouse. Monthly assessments range from $214 to $522 and cover costs for utilities and amenities like a fitness center, outdoor pool and sundeck, and 24-hour door staff. Parking spaces are available from $37,500 to $65,000.

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