Magazine archive: Sale of the Week

What $1 Million Buys This Month

What $1 Million Buys This Month

So far in August, three homes have sold for precisely $1 million, and they all went on the market—for the first time, at least—in the spring of 2009. Here’s a closer look...

Sellers Shrug Off Lower Sale Price on Oak Brook House

Sellers Shrug Off Lower Sale Price on Oak Brook House

List Price: $2.999 million 
Sale Price: $3.1 million 
The Property: This 11,000-square-foot house in Oak Brook’s Midwest Club...

Sun-Times Investor Moves from Park Newberry Condo to Elysian Penthouse

Sun-Times Investor Moves from Park Newberry Condo to Elysian Penthouse

List Price: $2.25 million
Sale Price: $1.95 million
The Property: Robert Parrillo, a Chicago lawyer who was part of the investor...

Early Oak Park Developer’s Home Sells Quickly

Early Oak Park Developer’s Home Sells Quickly

List Price: $890,000
Sale Price: $840,000
The Property: This substantial Victorian, built in 1906 for a man whose family...

Sale of the Week: The 11,000-Square-Foot Chimneys Cottage

Sale of the Week: The 11,000-Square-Foot Chimneys Cottage

A Lake Forest mansion recently owned by a retired VP from Baxter International, which features a stunning library addition by Howard van Doren Shaw and a hidden "speakeasy" bar, sells for less than...

It Took 2 Face-Lifts to Get This Lincoln Park Foreclosure Sold

It Took 2 Face-Lifts to Get This Lincoln Park Foreclosure Sold

List Price: $950,000
Sale Price: $949,900
The Property: When I wrote about this Lincoln Park house in October 2009, Brickyard Bank,...

Sears Exec Pays Most in 5 Years in St. Charles

Sears Exec Pays Most in 5 Years in St. Charles

List Price: $3.2 million
Sale Price: $3.1 million
The Property: A custom-built, 11,000-square-foot house on a little more than two...

Two Thumbs Up for Thea Flaum’s Presale Renovation

Two Thumbs Up for Thea Flaum’s Presale Renovation

List Price: $1.199 million
Sale Price: $1.149 million
The Property: Thea Flaum, the original producer of Gene Siskel and Roger...

Chicago’s Loftiest Foreclosure—and Possibly the World’s

Chicago’s Loftiest Foreclosure—and Possibly the World’s

List Price: $1,750,000
Sale Price: $950,000
The Property: When a 2,900-square-foot condo on the 83rd floor at the John Hancock...

A Record Sale in Lake Bluff

A Record Sale in Lake Bluff

List Price: $6.39 million
Sale Price: $5.5 million
The Property: The buyer of a secluded lakefront mansion on part of an old Armour...