1611 W Division Apartments

In! I’m sold. #4) No Quiet Hours — When a building is built right, you don’t need to worry about hearing other people. #5) Trash Chutes — You want me to walk my trash downstairs and throw it in a dumpster?! Nooope, not here. Conveniently located trash chutes on every floor. #6) In Unit Washer & Dryer — Hey, sorry, maybe you didn’t read that right. IN UNIT WASHER & DRYER. Better? #7) Pets Allowed — I get to pet animals in the elevator all the time. It’s like having your own pet except not worrying about feeding it, cleaning it, taking it out, or…well, really doing anything for it. #8) Secured Entry — Keep the riff-raff out! Unless they have a key fab and live in the building. In that case, wave politely. #9) Life. Everywhere. — There’s a coffee shop in what, would be, a lobby. Bars, restaurants, gyms, and a friggin CVS immediately across the street. #10) Amenities — A gym on the second floor, laundry drop off, package room, bicycle storage, on-site maintenance….just. Yes. You’re welcome.

floor. My unit (the -07 floorplan) is the smallest of the one bedrooms, but is exactly the amount of space that I need and want. The unit has floor-to-ceiling windows facing south toward the Chicago skyline and the medical district which open it up massively. In all the units, the kitchen is all stainless and stark white. The building has central air and heat, with individual controls in the units. All apartments have in-unit W/D. The ceilings are somewhere between 11 and seemingly 300 feet tall, and are unfinished concrete. The building is commuter-focused, as in it has essentially no parking. Something to consider if you have a car. If you don't it's in the perfect location, at the corner of Division and Ashland. You're only a few steps from the Division, Ashland, and Milwaukee busses, and if you get a running start, you can basically jump into the Division Blue Line CTA stop from your apartment. The building's lobby actually has one of the digital displays that are in the CTA stations, showing estimated times of arrival for the train and bus lines. Building management is helpful and prompt, and all common areas are kept clean.

Metal, the neighbors won't hear you. -Beautiful rooftop with a great view of the city and grills for anyone to use. -Easy to clean linoleum flooring that looks like wood. -Bike room for everybody. Cons: -Cheaply made building. Walls are thick, crumbly dry wall. Anything more than a nail is going to require anchors for screws or more. Also linoleum flooring. And it has a gym, but in the loosest sense of the word. -Ceilings are bare concrete with construction indentations still in them. -Elevators have stopped working 3 times in the past year, and took days to fix. For someone who lives on a higher level apartment, it was not a fun climb. -Management isn't the friendliest. Not very willing to go out of their way to help. -Small lobby, no doorman, mailboxes take up most of the space. -And lastly, EXPENSIVE. For the same price, you can get a much nice place in River North. Basically, if you are looking for location, you've come to the right place. If you are looking for anything else, keep looking.