The builders of two new houses nearing completion about three blocks from each other in Elmhurst have the same goal—to build a more environmentally friendly house—but they took very different routes. “I’m glad there’s so much flexibility [in green building],” says Bill Styczynski, the architect and builder behind a new house at 135 Oak Street…
List Price: $3.59 million
Sale Price: $3.12 million
The Property: On the 16th floor of the 27-story 840 North Lake Shore Drive building, this 4,300-square-foot condo has its dining room in the round projection on the southeast corner, which provides spectacular views down the drive and out across Lake Michigan. The seller, Bart Liang bought the unfinished space in 2005 and had it configured with…
List Price: $3,349,900
The Property: When the Winnetka resident and homebuilder Michael Hughes spent some time in the Hamptons a while back, he became smitten with what he calls the area’s “wonderful, relaxed, but elegant homes.” Hughes resolved to build something like them in his hometown.
This summer and fall, a new crop of students will be arriving in Chicago to start their studies at the city’s various law, medical, and other postgraduate programs—and each of those students needs a place to live. Leave it to two recent grads of Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management to see a splendid business opportunity in…
Study measures decline in home prices since market peaked
List Price: $1.15 million
Sale Price: $1.05 million
The Property: Classically beautiful from the keystone over the arched doorway to a prim trio of slender dormers, this 13-room home in Hinsdale was built on a big corner lot in 2001. Inside, there are five bedrooms, large formal rooms, and ten- and twelve-foot ceilings. According to Carol Lee Cikanek…
List Price: $869,000
The Property: This one-bedroom condo with a big terrace in a new South Loop high-rise is very stylishly finished. Make that stylishly almost finished.
The South Loop residents Roger Klees…
Many people hope that real-estate prices have hit bottom, but Richard Ross is willing to wager that home values will turn around within the year—at least in his neighborhood. Ross, who is selling his residence in a 136-year-old structure at 919 West Wisconsin Street, is betting that…
List Price: $1.2 million
Sale Price: $750,000
The Property: For more than 30 years, this mid-century modern house and a much older barn were the home and movie studio of Ted Peshak. For the old Coronet Studios in Glenview, Peshak directed hundreds of educational movies, including What To Do on a Date, School Rules: How They Help Us, and…
List Price: $425,000
The Property: This three-bedroom condo in Hyde Park, with a small gourmet kitchen, lots of wood trim, and a long row of south-facing windows, can be found inside one of the neighborhood’s grandest buildings—which itself sits on private Madison…
