Listing Analysis · Prepared for the Harrington Family
1840 North Astor Street
A storied limestone single-family in the Gold Coast, Chicago, Illinois
$2,850,000
List Price
5 / 4.5
Beds / Baths
5,200
Sq Ft
1928
Year Built
A storied limestone single-family in the Gold Coast, Chicago, Illinois
Private two-car parking on North Astor, a 2020 La Cornue kitchen, and a rooftop terrace with the Chicago skyline.
Few Gold Coast properties deliver this combination: a true single-family on North Astor with private parking, a 2020 kitchen renovation, and a rooftop terrace framing the skyline. The Harringtons spent five years restoring this 1928 limestone home properly, and eighteen years caring for it. It shows in every detail.
This is not a project and not a developer's canvas. It is a finished, deeply maintained home that simply needs its next steward.
Fewer than eight comparable sales in twenty-four months within three blocks. Provenance, parking, and outdoor space set the ceiling.
The buyer understands the cultural weight of a Gold Coast address and has seen enough homes to know what a true single-family with private parking is worth on this corridor.
The misconception is that any large Gold Coast home trades in one band. It does not. Buyers here pay a clear premium for parking, outdoor space, and renovation quality.
Closed transactions from the last eighteen months establish the range for this caliber of single-family property.
| Address | Yr Sold | Bed/Bath | Sq Ft | Sold Price | $/Sq Ft | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1840 N Astor Street | Subject | 5/4.5 | 5,200 | $2,850,000 | Subject | Rooftop, 2-car garage, 2020 kitchen |
| 1620 N Astor Street | 2024 | 5/5 | 5,100 | $2,990,000 | $586 | Top of range, fully renovated |
| 1910 N Dearborn Street | 2024 | 5/5 | 5,400 | $2,900,000 | $537 | No rooftop, larger interior |
| 1732 N Astor Street | 2024 | 5/4 | 4,900 | $2,750,000 | $561 | No rooftop, smaller garden |
| 56 E Goethe Street | 2023 | 4/4.5 | 4,600 | $2,625,000 | $571 | East Gold Coast, no garage |
At about $548 per square foot, 1840 N Astor sits at the midpoint of recent Gold Coast single-family activity. The rooftop terrace, two-car garage, and 2020 kitchen justify pricing above the no-parking comparables on this corridor.
At $548 per square foot we sit below the top-of-range comparable that sold fully renovated, yet our rooftop terrace, two-car garage, and La Cornue kitchen are attributes those buyers paid for in other ways. This price launches with credibility and leaves room to receive a strong offer.
This home deserves to be introduced, not advertised. The buyer is almost certainly already in someone's active file.
Personal outreach to the top fifteen luxury buyer agents in Chicago. No public listing and no open houses. The buyer at this price does not discover homes on a portal.
Magazine-quality photography at twilight to capture the limestone facade and the rooftop skyline, produced before anyone sees the home.
An intimate evening for buyer agents with active luxury clients. The home is experienced, not toured, with relocation and private-banking clients targeted in parallel.
Grant a ninety-day exclusive, invest in editorial-quality photography and film, and allow a private catered broker preview in week two. These three commitments will produce the buyer this home deserves.
Specializing in Gold Coast and Lincoln Park single-family homes, Katherine has represented more than $120M in luxury residential transactions over the past decade. Her network spans private banking, corporate relocation, and the Chicago philanthropic community.