The Little Italy and University Village make up a unique neighborhood with diverse housing stock with easy access to the Loop, public transportation and University of Illinois campus, located to the southwest of Chicago’s downtown and adjacent to the rapidly growing Illinois Medical District.
Many of the traditional three-flat buildings and storefronts of Maxwell Street have been replaced by new developments, both residential and commercial as well as a growing number of single-family homes. Few neighborhoods in the city have the variety of real estate of this neighborhood, including two-flat homes, small condominium buildings, converted lofts and warehouses and small town house communities. It may require the assistance of your Realtor to negotiate the varied pockets of Little Italy and University Village!
The average sales price for a one- or two-bedroom attached property in the University Village and Little Italy neighborhood is currently around $308,000. A three-bedroom home carries an average price up to $468,000. And while the neighborhood has seen the arrival or $1 Million dollar plus homes in the area, the average price of a single family home still sees values at $524,000.
Despite the changes in the neighborhood, vestiges of the historic neighborhoods remain, including the local shops and restaurants of Taylor Street. Vendors still set up shop on Sunday mornings, although the market has moved a few blocks east of its original Maxwell Street location. And arguably the city’s best Italian ice—the premier treat for a hot summer day—can still be found on Taylor Street at Mario’s Italian Lemonade. Across the street is a Chicago classic, Al’s Italian Beef.
Once home to Italian and Jewish immigrants and the marketplaces they built, Little Italy and University Village began saw great change in the early 1960s, when the University of Illinois relocated its Chicago campus to the Near West Side from Navy Pier in a controversial move. However time as seen the old neighborhood and the new University come together as a vital and diverse community.
Adjacent to Little Italy is the Tri-Taylor neighborhood, a residential area which abuts the Medical District to the South. Tri-Taylor’s real estate includes variety of accessably priced housing possibilities which include new-construction and rehabbed lofts, 19th-century row homes, townhomes, single-family homes, two- and three-flats and vintage apartments.
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Housing Inventory of University Village / Little Italy
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Population Demographics of University Village / Little Italy
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Crime in University Village / Little Italy
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