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Tag: Sale of the Week
Discounted Foreclosure in Hot Blaine School Neighborhood
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $1.849 million
Sale Price: $1.7 million
The Property: This 13-room house is across the street from Blaine Elementary, one of the city’s best-performing grade schools and an anchor for families who want to be in the Southport Corridor zone of hipness... Read more
Down (20 Percent) by the Riverside
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $899,000
Sale Price: $795,000
The Property: In December 2003, fresh off an extensive restoration, this house in a picturesque section of Riverside sold for $1 million... Read more
Nate Berkus’s Slow-to-Sell Condo Suddenly Sells Fast
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $1.89 million
Sale Price: $1.6 million
The Property: An Astor Street condominium that the interior designer and TV host Nate Berkus first put on the market in March 2011 was sold last Wednesday—just three days after the listing agent marked it as having a contract pending... Read more
St. Charles Mansion Sells After Six Years
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $1.995 million
Sale Price: $1.775 million
The Property: Previously priced by the builder at $4.8 million, this 11,400-square-foot house in St. Charles may seem awfully big to be considered eco-friendly... Read more
Former Motorola CEO Sells Water Tower Condo
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $1.595 million
Sale Price: $1.46 million
The Property: Ed Zander, the former chairman and CEO of Motorola, and his wife, Mona, have sold their 67th-floor condo at Water Tower Place... Read more
Old Town Stunner Sells After Three Years
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $1.08 million
Sale Price: $975,000
The Property: From the street, this house, built in 1886 in Old Town, is unassuming. It’s no visual competition for its neighbors on the block, including the zany and eccentric Carl Street Studios or the suave riff on Art Deco at Theophil Studios... Read more
WGN’s John Williams Sells La Grange Park Home
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $589,900
Sale Price: $590,000
The Property: Last Thursday, November 29, John Williams, the afternoon host on WGN Radio, and his wife, Brenda, sold their home of 11 years, a brick Tudor in La Grange Park... Read more
Penthouse Sells at Mies Landmark
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $1.975 million
Sale Price: $1.7 million
The Property: After more than two years on the market, a large, extensively renovated top-floor condo has sold at 880 North Lake Shore Drive, the landmark high-rise designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe... Read more
Elmhurst’s Priciest House Sale Ever
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $3.2 million
Sale Price: $2.56 million
The Property: This 15-room house near the heart of Elmhurst sold for more than any other residence in the town ever has, according to multiple listing service records that date back to 1980... Read more