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
List Price: $990,000
Sale Price: $1,355,000
The Property: In another sign that homebuyers may be turning their attention to the bargains available on the foreclosure market, the bank that had control of this 16-room Glenview house received seven offers…
List Price: $3.995 million
The Property: This very large, lavish house, set on two acres in western Lake Forest, has a nice array of formal spaces—such as the big dining room and the dark-paneled office—complemented by high-end finishes…
B. J. Armstrong, the retired Chicago Bull who is now a sports agent and an analyst on ESPN, has sold a Highland Park house that he put on the market in the summer of 2008. The sale closed Monday at $1.8 million, down more than $1 million…
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…
Related: PHOTO GALLERY » The penthouse’s interior in all its splendor LAKE VIEW LIST PRICE: $5.75 million The marvelous view across Lincoln Park to Lake Michigan has not changed much since 1927, when this two-story apartment atop a then-new 18-story co-op building became the masterfully designed home of Charles and Elizabeth “Bobsy” Goodspeed. Key rooms … Read more
List Price: $1.495 million
Sale Price: $1.425 million
The Property: The bland façade of this U-shaped Winnetka house, with its front door set in a wall of glass, only hints at what lies inside: glass walls on three sides of a courtyard that give the…
List Price: $499,900
The Property: Fourteen years ago, Jim and Lisa Whittington bought a tiny Sears Catalog house built in the 1920s in the leafy, charming Sauganash neighborhood on the city’s far northwest side. Although it was originally a two-bedroom house with…
Among the architectural treasures of Glencoe are two small collections of homes designed by eminent 20th-century architects—and each of those neighborhoods has a derelict house, a victim of the recent housing bust.
Ravine Bluffs is a cluster of six homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in the 1910s. The derelict house there now has a savior, a Chicago architect who…
List Price: $1.325 million
Sale Price: $1.225 million
The Property: Jim Karas, the Chicago-based fitness trainer to the stars as well as the author of three top-selling fitness books, will close on his purchase of a Gold Coast condo later this month.
