In its October 2008 issue, Chicago presents its annual residential real-estate chart, which, among other things, reveals how many homes were sold this past year in nearly 300 city neighborhoods and suburbs. There wasn’t space to show how those sale numbers compared to last year, but in the ongoing housing meltdown, the huge decline in…
June sale surpasses record price for a Lake Point Tower condo
Grand courtyard becomes centerpiece of Northwest Side Rehab
List Price: $1,999,975
Sale Price: $1,400,000
The Property: This twenty-year-old house in west Lincoln Park fits congenially with its historic neighbors, thanks to its red brick exterior, arched windows, and slim cornice. Inside, it’s much more contemporary, with crisp expanses of…
List Price: $2.49 million
The Property: On the outside it’s a crisp and reserved brick and limestone structure from the 1920s. But inside, this former three-flat, now a 4,000-square-foot single-family home, is totally 21st century. That modern aesthetic begins in the foyer with the lighted acrylic…
Back in the summer of 2006, a subdivision called Settlers Ridge was the hottest thing in Sugar Grove, a small town west of Aurora in Kane County. The homebuilder Kimball Hill had begun work on what was intended to become a model of…
Area’s wealthiest suburbs not rich in racial diversity
Smaller parking spaces and free mopeds remedy tight squeeze
Sixty-four wooden doors overcome hard knocks to find new homes in Shangri-La condos
List Price: $1.995 million
Sale Price: $1.91 million
The Property: Michael Sears, the former Boeing chief financial officer who was imprisoned for a conflict-of-interest violation with an Air Force official, has sold a Gold Coast condo he had bought after serving his time. The 3,737-square-foot condo on the second floor of the Regent (at 190 East Walton Place) has four bedrooms, each with its own private …
