List Price: $2.8 million The Property: The view from this condo on the 54th floor of the Heritage, the 57-story tower immediately west of the Cultural Center, takes in Millennium Park, Grant Park, and Lake Michigan. Even on the stormy day when we shot our photos and video, the views were breathtaking... Read more
WINNING COMBINATIONS: We crunched data from more than 1,700 public elementary, middle, and junior high schools in the Chicago area and picked the 121 best. PLUS: how to get into the best of the best and a look at education’s financial crisis Read more
List Price: $799,900 Sale Price: $799,000 The Property: Set on nearly an acre in Long Grove, this 11-room house sold Thursday for 63 percent of the $1.25 million that its sellers had paid for it new in 2005. Read more
For the great majority of Chicago-area homeowners, the real-estate charts in Chicago’s October issue (just hitting newsstands this week) reflect the dreary news in the housing market. But there are some people who will get a little boost when they check out how their neighborhood or suburb performed... Read more
List Price: $3.25 million Sale Price: $2.65 million The Property: Three years ago, Jim and Wendy Abrams bought and began renovations on the 17.5-acre Highland Park estate that the United States had seized from the jailed insurance executive Mickey Segal... Read more
