Deal Estate - November 2010

12/01/10

Woodstock Institute to Screen Danny Schechter’s House-Crisis Documentary

When will the “I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore” moment come in the housing crisis? In his new documentary, Plunder: The Crime of Our Time, the New York journalist Danny Schechter makes it clear that he believes that moment is long overdue—and he does his best in the film to birth it...

Posted at 9:47 AM in Housing Bulletin | Permalink | Comments (0)

11/29/10

Foreclosure Comes to East Lake Shore Drive

List Price: $2,195,000
Sale Price: $1,900,000
The Property: The first modern-day foreclosure on tony East Lake Shore Drive is a three-bedroom condo with a large terrace in the Mayfair that sold November 17th...

Posted at 9:54 AM in Sale of the Week | Permalink | Comments (8)

11/24/10

Carol Moseley Braun Puts Her Hyde Park Home Up for Sale

The Hyde Park home of the former U.S. senator Carol Moseley Braun, who on Saturday launched her campaign to serve as Chicago’s next mayor, is on the market priced at $1.9 million.
Braun listed the house in March 2010, but “quietly,” says her agent, Diane Silverman of Urban Search Realty...

Posted at 6:23 AM in Housing Bulletin | Permalink | Comments (1)

11/22/10

Almost at the Top of Aqua

List Price: $2,500,000
Sale Price: $2,299,999
The Property: A 3,600-square-foot condo on the 80th floor of the 87-story Aqua is the latest sale over $2 million in the already-iconic tower. It is only the third condo sold in the building whose reported sale price exceeded $2 million—but there almost certainly are more...

Posted at 10:13 AM in Sale of the Week | Permalink | Comments (0)

11/18/10

A 1920s Winnetka Charmer

List Price: $859,900
The Property: Built in 1929 as a shingle-sided cottage and expanded in 1993, this house stands on a quiet street in western Winnetka with soccer fields, a bike path, and a forest preserve close at hand. The original parts of the house are warm and inviting, with a cozy window seat in the living room, a slate-floored sun room, and other timeless touches...

Posted at 11:21 AM in On the Market | Permalink | Comments (1)

11/17/10

Mixed Greens: Eco-Homes at Luxury and Modest Prices

New green homes are proliferating in the Chicago area, and three of the greenest are finishing up now in Bucktown and Waukegan. The Bucktown house, at 1610 North Honore Street, is an innovative conversion of an old two-flat into a single-family home, complete with a solar array over the garage and many reused materials...

Posted at 9:55 AM in Housing Bulletin | Permalink | Comments (1)

11/15/10

Krehbiels Sell Landmark Lake Shore Drive Mansion for $5.1 Million

List Price: $5,850,000
Sale Price: $5,158,125
The Property: Fred and Kay Krehbiel last Monday sold the Lawrence Rockwell residence on Lake Shore Drive that they had owned since 1988...

Posted at 9:31 AM in Sale of the Week | Permalink | Comments (2)

11/11/10

In Hyde Park, a 106-Year-Old House Gets a 21st-Century Makeover

List Price: $1.995 million
The Property: For more than 60 years, this Hyde Park home belonged to Bernard Meltzer and his wife, Jean. Meltzer, who died in 2007, was a University of Chicago law professor who served as a prosecutor in the Nuremberg war trials and helped formulate the United Nations Charter; his wife died in 2008...

Posted at 10:23 AM in On the Market | Permalink | Comments (2)

11/11/10

As Trade Rumors Swirl, Cubs’ Fukudome Buys on Lake Shore Drive

List Price: $1.44 million
Sale Price: $1.32 million (approximate)
The Property: Chicago Cubs outfielder Kosuke Fukudome, who on Wednesday was the subject of a rumor that he’d be traded to Boston, has bought a three-bedroom condo in a new Lake Shore Drive high-rise for about $1.32 million...

Posted at 9:54 AM in Sale of the Week | Permalink | Comments (0)

11/10/10

With Joe Walsh, the Northwest Suburbs May Send a Foreclosed Homeowner to Congress

In an era when foreclosures are rampant, Illinois’s 8th District may have tapped a foreclosed homeowner to represent it in Congress. Final votes are still being tallied, but on Tuesday, Joe Walsh, who lost his Evanston condo to foreclosure in October 2009, still had a 350-vote lead over the incumbent, Melissa Bean...

Posted at 10:23 AM in Housing Bulletin | Permalink | Comments (4)

11/08/10

Evanston House Occupies Former Daniel Burnham Estate

List Price: $1.495 million
Sale Price: $1.100 million
The Property: For such a squat and unlovely thing, this 48-year-old house occupies a prime piece of Evanston property with great views and plenty of historical cachet. The lot, a third of an acre, was once part of the six-acre estate of the architect and urban planner Daniel Burnham...

Posted at 9:30 AM in Sale of the Week | Permalink | Comments (1)

11/04/10

A David Adler-Designed Home in Lincoln Park

List Price: $3.6 million
The Property: Just south of the Elks Memorial in Lincoln Park is a short block of four attached homes that hardly draw attention to themselves, with their flat brick front that confines frills to the fanlight windows over their street-level front doors...

Posted at 12:43 PM in On the Market | Permalink | Comments (3)

11/03/10

For Sale: A Segment of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Coonley House

The Coonley House in Riverside is among the most magnificent of Frank Lloyd Wright’s designs in Chicago. This week I had the great pleasure of roaming its main rooms and gardens with Dean and Ella Mae Eastman, the couple who renovated a major portion of the property and have put part of it up for sale...

Posted at 12:08 PM in Housing Bulletin | Permalink | Comments (0)

11/01/10

A Half-Priced Mansion in St. Charles

List Price: $779,000
Sale Price: $755,000
The Property: This luxurious 13-room home in the Burr Hill Club neighborhood of St. Charles sold in 2006 for $1.499 million. But in July, the foreclosing lender told John Wright, the Weichert Realtors agent representing the house, to cut the asking price from $819,000 to $779,000...

Posted at 9:47 AM in Sale of the Week | Permalink | Comments (0)

	12/01/10 Woodstock Institute to Screen Danny Schechter’s House-Crisis Documentary When will the “I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore” moment come in the housing crisis? In his new documentary, Plunder: The Crime of Our Time, the New York journalist Danny Schechter makes it clear that he believes that moment is long overdue—and he does his best in the film to birth it... Posted at 9:47 AM in Housing Bulletin \| Permalink \| Comments (0)
	11/29/10 Foreclosure Comes to East Lake Shore Drive List Price: $2,195,000 Sale Price: $1,900,000 The Property: The first modern-day foreclosure on tony East Lake Shore Drive is a three-bedroom condo with a large terrace in the Mayfair that sold November 17th... Posted at 9:54 AM in Sale of the Week \| Permalink \| Comments (8)
	11/24/10 Carol Moseley Braun Puts Her Hyde Park Home Up for Sale The Hyde Park home of the former U.S. senator Carol Moseley Braun, who on Saturday launched her campaign to serve as Chicago’s next mayor, is on the market priced at $1.9 million. Braun listed the house in March 2010, but “quietly,” says her agent, Diane Silverman of Urban Search Realty... Posted at 6:23 AM in Housing Bulletin \| Permalink \| Comments (1)
	11/22/10 Almost at the Top of Aqua List Price: $2,500,000 Sale Price: $2,299,999 The Property: A 3,600-square-foot condo on the 80th floor of the 87-story Aqua is the latest sale over $2 million in the already-iconic tower. It is only the third condo sold in the building whose reported sale price exceeded $2 million—but there almost certainly are more... Posted at 10:13 AM in Sale of the Week \| Permalink \| Comments (0)
	11/18/10 A 1920s Winnetka Charmer List Price: $859,900 The Property: Built in 1929 as a shingle-sided cottage and expanded in 1993, this house stands on a quiet street in western Winnetka with soccer fields, a bike path, and a forest preserve close at hand. The original parts of the house are warm and inviting, with a cozy window seat in the living room, a slate-floored sun room, and other timeless touches... Posted at 11:21 AM in On the Market \| Permalink \| Comments (1)
	11/17/10 Mixed Greens: Eco-Homes at Luxury and Modest Prices New green homes are proliferating in the Chicago area, and three of the greenest are finishing up now in Bucktown and Waukegan. The Bucktown house, at 1610 North Honore Street, is an innovative conversion of an old two-flat into a single-family home, complete with a solar array over the garage and many reused materials... Posted at 9:55 AM in Housing Bulletin \| Permalink \| Comments (1)
	11/15/10 Krehbiels Sell Landmark Lake Shore Drive Mansion for $5.1 Million List Price: $5,850,000 Sale Price: $5,158,125 The Property: Fred and Kay Krehbiel last Monday sold the Lawrence Rockwell residence on Lake Shore Drive that they had owned since 1988... Posted at 9:31 AM in Sale of the Week \| Permalink \| Comments (2)
	11/11/10 In Hyde Park, a 106-Year-Old House Gets a 21st-Century Makeover List Price: $1.995 million The Property: For more than 60 years, this Hyde Park home belonged to Bernard Meltzer and his wife, Jean. Meltzer, who died in 2007, was a University of Chicago law professor who served as a prosecutor in the Nuremberg war trials and helped formulate the United Nations Charter; his wife died in 2008... Posted at 10:23 AM in On the Market \| Permalink \| Comments (2)
	11/11/10 As Trade Rumors Swirl, Cubs’ Fukudome Buys on Lake Shore Drive List Price: $1.44 million Sale Price: $1.32 million (approximate) The Property: Chicago Cubs outfielder Kosuke Fukudome, who on Wednesday was the subject of a rumor that he’d be traded to Boston, has bought a three-bedroom condo in a new Lake Shore Drive high-rise for about $1.32 million... Posted at 9:54 AM in Sale of the Week \| Permalink \| Comments (0)
	11/10/10 With Joe Walsh, the Northwest Suburbs May Send a Foreclosed Homeowner to Congress In an era when foreclosures are rampant, Illinois’s 8th District may have tapped a foreclosed homeowner to represent it in Congress. Final votes are still being tallied, but on Tuesday, Joe Walsh, who lost his Evanston condo to foreclosure in October 2009, still had a 350-vote lead over the incumbent, Melissa Bean... Posted at 10:23 AM in Housing Bulletin \| Permalink \| Comments (4)
	11/08/10 Evanston House Occupies Former Daniel Burnham Estate List Price: $1.495 million Sale Price: $1.100 million The Property: For such a squat and unlovely thing, this 48-year-old house occupies a prime piece of Evanston property with great views and plenty of historical cachet. The lot, a third of an acre, was once part of the six-acre estate of the architect and urban planner Daniel Burnham... Posted at 9:30 AM in Sale of the Week \| Permalink \| Comments (1)
	11/04/10 A David Adler-Designed Home in Lincoln Park List Price: $3.6 million The Property: Just south of the Elks Memorial in Lincoln Park is a short block of four attached homes that hardly draw attention to themselves, with their flat brick front that confines frills to the fanlight windows over their street-level front doors... Posted at 12:43 PM in On the Market \| Permalink \| Comments (3)
	11/03/10 For Sale: A Segment of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Coonley House The Coonley House in Riverside is among the most magnificent of Frank Lloyd Wright’s designs in Chicago. This week I had the great pleasure of roaming its main rooms and gardens with Dean and Ella Mae Eastman, the couple who renovated a major portion of the property and have put part of it up for sale... Posted at 12:08 PM in Housing Bulletin \| Permalink \| Comments (0)
	11/01/10 A Half-Priced Mansion in St. Charles List Price: $779,000 Sale Price: $755,000 The Property: This luxurious 13-room home in the Burr Hill Club neighborhood of St. Charles sold in 2006 for $1.499 million. But in July, the foreclosing lender told John Wright, the Weichert Realtors agent representing the house, to cut the asking price from $819,000 to $779,000... Posted at 9:47 AM in Sale of the Week \| Permalink \| Comments (0)

November 2010

12/01/10

Woodstock Institute to Screen Danny Schechter’s House-Crisis Documentary

11/29/10

Foreclosure Comes to East Lake Shore Drive

11/24/10

Carol Moseley Braun Puts Her Hyde Park Home Up for Sale

11/22/10

Almost at the Top of Aqua

11/18/10

A 1920s Winnetka Charmer

11/17/10

Mixed Greens: Eco-Homes at Luxury and Modest Prices

11/15/10

Krehbiels Sell Landmark Lake Shore Drive Mansion for $5.1 Million

11/11/10

In Hyde Park, a 106-Year-Old House Gets a 21st-Century Makeover

11/11/10

As Trade Rumors Swirl, Cubs’ Fukudome Buys on Lake Shore Drive

11/10/10

With Joe Walsh, the Northwest Suburbs May Send a Foreclosed Homeowner to Congress

11/08/10

Evanston House Occupies Former Daniel Burnham Estate

11/04/10

A David Adler-Designed Home in Lincoln Park

11/03/10

For Sale: A Segment of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Coonley House

11/01/10

A Half-Priced Mansion in St. Charles

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