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Tag: Sale of the Week
A Shell Off the Shelf in Lincoln Park
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $2.3 million
Sale Price: $1.73 million
The Property: In early August, buyers picked up a shell of a home left unfinished since early 2009. Situated in a quiet, pedestrian-only enclave of new, large homes... Read more
Former Home of MCA Founder Joe Shapiro Sold at Foreclosure
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $879,000
Sale Price: $904,000
The Property: Formerly filled with one of Chicago’s finest collections of 20th-century art, this stone-and-stucco house in Oak Park had deteriorated so much in recent years that the real-estate agent who sold it at foreclosure on August 16 describes it as “destroyed inside...” Read more
In Hyde Park, Time Was on Their Side
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $1.65 million
Sale Price: $1.494 million
The Property: Built in the late 1880s, this Hyde Park house predates the two late 19th-century spurs to the area’s growth: the founding of the University of Chicago (which opened in 1892) and the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893... Read more
The Summer’s Fourth Condo Sale at $6 Million or More
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $6.95 million
Sale Price: $6.4 million
The Property: An 8,100-square-foot condo on the 47th floor of the Fordham, at 25 East Superior Street, is the fourth downtown condo to have sold for $6 million or more since late June... Read more
In Evanston, Where Britannica Ruled the Waves
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $4.4 million
Sale Price: $3.8 million
The Property: Two longtime philanthropists linked to the old Chicago-based Encyclopedia Britannica have sold their lakefront home in northeast Evanston... Read more
Dirk Lohan Leaves Architects’ Corner in Old Town
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $1.89 million
Sale Price: $1.795 million
The Property: On July 20, Dirk Lohan, the architect of the Soldier Field renovation and the high-rise office building at 353 N. Clark among many other notable buildings, sold his home in Old Town... Read more
Yet Another Chicago Condo Sale at $6 Million or More
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $7.25 million
Sale Price: $6.55 million
The Property: An extensively restored and modernized nine room co-op condo at 209 E. Lake Shore Drive is the third downtown condo to have sold for $6 million or more since late June. Read more
Buyers Get Bargain on Barrington Hills Estate
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $8.9 million
Sale Price: $7.5 million
The Property: A Barrington Hills estate that encompasses two golf holes, a pond stocked with fish, and more than a thousand trees—not to mention a 30,000-square-foot house—sold Thursday after being on the market just shy of three years... Read more
Riding High at the Bristol
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $6.795 million
Sale Price: $6 million
The Property: A two-story penthouse at the top of the Bristol, a condominium building at 57 East Delaware Place, sold Tuesday for $6 million... Read more