Priciest unit sold at Lucien Lagrange-designed Elysian

GOLD COAST LIST PRICE: N/A SALE PRICE: $4,433,500 At the posh new Elysian, a unit on the 41st floor has sold for $4,433,500, the priciest sale yet at the 60-story hotel-and-condos tower at 11 East Walton Street. The buyers, David and Libby Savner, recently moved back to Chicago from the Washington, D.C., area after David … Read more

5014-5018 North Kenmore Avenue markdowns may lure buyers to Uptown

UPTOWN FROM $359,000 TO $479,900 At 5014-5018 North Kenmore Avenue, where only three of 12 condos had been sold in a pair of new buildings, the developer, Gerry Carey, has made some price cuts. They range from 6 percent off a three-bedroom, two-bath third-floor unit to 14 percent off a four-bedroom, three-bath unit spread across … Read more

Builder Peter Allen rescues stalled West Town project after original developer leaves

WEST TOWN FROM $289,900 TO $359,900 The developer who put up a row of nine four-story buildings in the 2800 block of West Chicago Avenue abandoned the project after selling the condos in five of the buildings. The remaining four—two on each end of the row—sat unfinished until Peter Allen, who has built several condo projects on … Read more

Jack Ryan Selling Vacant Wilmette Lakefront Property

Jack Ryan, who in 2004 dropped out of a contest against Barack Obama for a U.S. Senate seat, is selling a vacant lakefront lot in Wilmette. He and his wife, Amanda, are asking $4.95 million for the property, which is a little over 1.3 acres and has about 120 feet of beach frontage. “We had a beautiful home planned for [the site], but we’re not sure we’ll be spending…