A Guide to West Loop: Where to Eat, Shop, and Play
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In Sheridan Park, Prairie Style Meets Arts and Crafts
List Price: $799,000
The Property: There’s a pretty street view framed by the long rectangular porch of this Prairie-style house built in 1908 in the Sheridan Park section of Uptown. Inside the living room, there is another framed landscape view: a mural of woods and a mountain meadow that’s set into the mahogany beams above the brick mantel…
Laura Ricketts Plans New Mansion on Wilmette Lakefront
Laura Ricketts, a co-owner of the Chicago Cubs, and her partner, Heidi Grathouse, have filed plans with the Village of Wilmette for a new mansion to be built on the 1.2-acre lakefront site they bought two years ago…
Rodkin on a Condo’s Value Loss Due to Obstructed Views
Readers ask questions, and our real estate expert answers. This week, a reader named Ryan asks if there’s a way to estimate the loss of a condo’s value due to future building projects obstructing the lake view.
Posh Penthouse Purchased for Bargain-Basement Price at Water Tower Place
List Price: $2.649 million
Sale Price: $1.95 million
The Property: The homeowners who struggled to sell their posh top-floor penthouse at Water Tower Place eventually gave the property back to their lender, which sold it May 16 for $1.95 million…
Crate & Barrel’s Carole Segal Flips a Winnetka Mansion—Literally
List Price: $6.499 million
The Property: Most people who talk about flipping a house don’t mean it quite as literally as Carole Segal does. At a Winnetka mansion she set out to restore and resell, Segal, who launched Crate & Barrel nearly 50 years ago with her husband, Gordon, flipped the front and back of the house…
Pangea Is Reviving Neighborhoods, Building by Building
“We don’t want to fix up just a building,” says Al Goldstein of Pangea Properties. “We’re fixing neighborhoods, bringing them back…”
Rodkin on Selling When Your Mortgage is Underwater
Readers ask questions, and our real estate expert answers. This week, a reader named Larry asks for advice on selling his home even though his mortgage is underwater.
The Kenwood Home That Houses the ‘Boss’
List Price: $1.65 million
Sale Price: $1.525 million
The Property: Because trees obscure most of its front, you can’t see much of the façade of this Kenwood Victorian…
In Bucktown, A Room with a View of a Room with a View
List Price: $2.499 million
The Property: The view from the rooftop deck of this house takes in much of what makes Bucktown so great: a mix of vintage and contemporary homes, landmark buildings, church spires, and a blanket of trees. What’s more, the vista includes the lakefront and downtown skylines—and there’s also another interesting perspective inside…