629 W LAKE · NEIGHBORHOOD

West Loop Gate.

West Loop Gate is the eastern edge of Chicago’s West Loop — the blocks closest to the Loop, the river, and the Metra stations at Ogilvie and Union. Most renters type “West Loop” without realizing it covers several distinct pockets; West Loop Gate is the one built for people who commute, who want downtown a few minutes away, and who would rather not live on top of Friday night. Fulton Market Suites sits right in it, at 629 W Lake Street.

West Loop Gate Chicago

WEST LOOP GATE — 629 W LAKE STREET, CHICAGO.

Where West Loop Gate begins and ends

West Loop Gate runs roughly from the Kennedy Expressway west to Halsted, and from Lake Street south toward the Eisenhower. It’s the slice of the West Loop that touches.

The Loop itself — which is why it fills with people who work downtown, commute by Metra, or simply want to be close to everything without the noise of Randolph Street’s restaurant blocks. Fulton Market’s dining is a five-minute walk north.

The financial district is a fifteen-minute walk east. West Loop Gate sits in between.

Why this pocket

Commuters choose it because Ogilvie and Union are a short walk, not a train ride away. People who work in the Loop can walk to the office.

And renters who love Fulton Market but not the two a.m. crowd noise get Restaurant Row close enough to walk to, far enough to sleep.

The West Loop for people who want the location without the volume.

The 60661 market

For a long time West Loop Gate meant large, older towers — Presidential Towers,
180 North Jefferson, the Jackson. Good locations, dated buildings.  New construction has been slow to reach these specific blocks, which is what makes a boutique building here unusual.

The neighborhood’s median rent sits around $2,579. A new studio at Fulton Market
Suites starts at $2,295 — below that median, in a building that opened years after
most of what surrounds it. In a market where “new” and “affordable” rarely appear in the same sentence, West Loop Gate is where they still do.

New in West Loop Gate.

Studios from $2,295 · One bedrooms from $2,695 · Two bedrooms from $4,295

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