537 West Melrose

📍 537 W Melrose St, Chicago, IL 60657

📋 Property Overview

537 West Melrose offers 1 bd / 1 ba in Lake View East, Chicago, Illinois. Interior space is 600 sq ft. Rents run from $1,900 to $1,960 a month. Features in the home include range, smoke-free units, recently renovated and dishwasher. The building offers green community, 24hr maintenance, package receiving and bike storage. Pets are allowed (cats). Residents have access to parking. Leases run 12 months. Availability: Available now. The Walk Score here is 95, meaning most errands can be done on foot. Transit Score is 82. That is 17% below the local median of $2,300.

🚶 Getting Around

• Walk Score95/100

  Walker's Paradise

• Transit Score82/100

  Excellent Transit

💵 Costs & Lease

Lease length

12 months

Units available

2 units

Amounts are as published by the source and may change. Confirm before applying.

📐 Floor Plan Details

• STUD/1BAStudio · 1 ba · 320 sq ftNone available right now
• 1-BR/1BA1 bd · 1 ba · 590 sq ft$1,9002 units available

🧾 Move-in Costs & Lease

Move-in fee

$300 Studio and $400 1 & 2 Bedroom

Lease length

12 months

Lease options

12 Months *Please contact leasing office for other lease terms

Available

Available now

Application fee

$60 per applicant, paid to RivoRent

Property amounts are as published by the source and may change. Confirm before applying. The application fee is RivoRent's own and is the same on every listing.

🛡️ Renters Insurance — Estimated Cost

Based on what Illinois renters actually paid: NAIC industry data for 2023 (average HO-4 premium, 686,697 policy-years), adjusted to July 2026 with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics tenants' insurance index. It is a market average, not a price for this building and not a price for you.

Your own price depends most on your credit-based insurance score, your claims history and which carrier you choose. In published Ohio figures the same coverage ranges from $127 a year at excellent credit to $933 at poor credit. We do not ask for any of that, so we cannot narrow this for you.

✅ Who Qualifies

Must have 3x the rent in total household income (before taxes)

🐾 Pets

Pets

Allowed

Types

Cats

One-time pet fee

$25

Limit

2 pets

✨ Features & Details

• Pet Friendly
• On-site laundry
• Hardwood floors
• Dishwasher
• Cats allowed
• 24hr maintenance
• Parking
• Air conditioning
• Refrigerator
• Bathtub
• Ceiling fan
• Microwave
• Oven
• Range
• Recently renovated
• Smoke-free units
• Stainless steel
• Bike storage
• Elevator
• CC payments
• E-payments
• Green community
• Internet access
• Lobby
• Online portal
• Package receiving
• Smoke-free community
• 600 sq ft

📊 Property Facts

Walk Score

95 · Walker's Paradise

Transit Score

82 · Excellent Transit

🚗 Parking

• Parking

🎓 Nearby Schools

• Nettelhorst Elementary School · PK-86/10 · 0.1 mi
• Inter-American Elementary Magnet School · PK-86/10 · 0.7 mi
• Hawthorne Elementary Scholastic Academy · K-88/10 · 0.7 mi
• Agassiz Elementary School · PK-85/10 · 0.8 mi
• Alcott College Prep · PK-85/10 · 0.8 mi
• Greeley Elementary School · PK-86/10 · 0.9 mi
• Walt Disney Magnet School · PK-88/10 · 1.1 mi
• Lincoln Elementary School · K-88/10 · 1.2 mi
• Blaine Elementary School · PK-86/10 · 1.3 mi
• Brennemann Elementary School · PK-87/10 · 1.3 mi

🏡 Floor Plans