List Price: $1,849,900
Sale Price: $1,575,000
The Property: Five years ago, this 7,000-square-foot townhouse in a former industrial section of Chicago’s River North neighborhood sold for $3 million…
List Price: $1.048 million
The Property: From its green tile roof to the frieze over the front windows and entry, this Oak Park house offers a classic welcome. Its Mediterranean exterior speaks of the 1930s, but inside, where the grace of that era is still intact in the large rooms, walnut doors, and vintage features, the home has been entirely updated in the past eight years—that is, since the interior designer Amy Calain moved in…
Separate bills working their way through the Illinois House and Senate contradict one another on a central point. One says distressed properties in a surrounding neighborhood should be considered in an evaluation of a home’s value; the other says that information is not relevant…
The JPMorgan Chase chairman is in the news for the generous moving stipend he got when he departed Chicago for New York City. But you try moving a $13 million house in this market….
DOWN, BUT NOT OUT: It’s a “good correction,” says group’s local president
List Price: $5.375 million
Sale Price: $5.1 million
The Property: Last week, Steve and Kim Prosniewski—he’s a trader who produced a 2010 movie about the decline of Chicago’s trading floors—completed the sale of their 15-room Winnetka home…
List Price: $1.99 million
The Property: Two distinct eras in Lincoln Park’s history—its late-1870s boom years and its 1970s revival—coexist beautifully in this row house. The façade’s decorative cornice and carved window coping are hallmarks of the first era, while inside, the gracefully curved hanging staircase and piano-shaped ceiling of the master bedroom are signs of the second era’s inventiveness…
PROJECT GIVEAWAY: Developer passes along savings reaped in townhouse-unit deal
CATCH AND RELEASE: Condos in the 20-story Marquee on South Michigan Avenue go on sale as rental leases run out
ARE WE THERE YET?: Gregory Crecos, head of head-hunting firm Gregory Michaels & Associates, sells a distinctive, renovated home that includes an elevator and expanded coach house
