In an era of proliferating McMansions, it’s nice to see the real thing grab the attention of homebuyers. In Evanston, two developers have reclaimed a Georgian mansion perched on a ridgetop, transforming it from a rundown school-district outpost into four condominiums. “This really was the grandest house in Evanston,” says Mike Niazmand, a longtime Evanston … Read more
Wary of suburban sprawl, a Kendall County clan designs an innovative housing development to replace the farm it has nurtured for generations.
List Price: $1,755,000 Sale Price: $1,755,341 The Property: Thanks to its extra-wide lot—31 feet, compared to the city norm of 25—the second floor of this brick and limestone house accommodates four bedrooms, not just three. “People find it advantageous to have all the family bedrooms on the one floor,” says John McNaughton, the real-estate agent … Read more
Developers add residences atop onetime retail shops
Two new buildings provide a West Side neighborhood with a dramatic new portal
Curtain goes up on condos in Lyric Opera’s former warehouse
List Price: $3,977,000 The Property: Filling its slender lot nearly to the perimeter leaves this new Lincoln Park mansion with only a few slivers of open ground. No problem: there is still a yard—only it’s upstairs and spread across several levels. Two of the levels are directly off the family room, right where you might … Read more
You might expect the guy who built and sold one of the more expensive “green” houses in Chicago to be a lifelong environmentalist whose crusade is finally paying off. But no: Paul Ahlrich initially jumped onto the green housing bandwagon for the potential payoff. “I did these [houses] to learn how to build green so I could keep making money in a bad market,” Ahlrich says of the houses at 2652, 2656, and 2658 West Walton Street; the westernmost house (2658) sold on July 27th for $923,000…
List Price: $1,399,000 Sale Price: $1,376,420 The Property: At the northern tip of Stanton Point, a slim peninsula that juts half a mile into Fox Lake, this newly built five-bedroom house is one of four new homes planned for the site of the old Jukebox Saturday Night bar. “It’s a one-of-a-kind point, the best place … Read more
A color-coded look at the distribution of median household income across Chicago’s neighborhoods and suburbs.
