List Price: $4,499,999 The Property: This four-story townhouse on Astor Street is a stunner both outside and in: although the exterior-with its ornately detailed brick, copper, and stone façade-dates to 1888, the interior got a complete overhaul in 2007. The home and two of its neighbors were designed by the great Chicago architect John Wellborn … Read more
To mark the Independence Day holiday, Deal Estate examined sales data from the Multiple Listing Service of Northern Illinois to find out how many homes were sold in the Chicago region on streets with names that evoke the spirit of ’76. Number of homes sold over the past 12 months on streets named Liberty: 59 … Read more
List Price: $1,249,000 Sale Price: $1,225,000 The Property: Though this eight-room house looks like a Roscoe Village old-timer, it’s actually been around for only seven years. “Part of the aesthetic I come from is to build new homes that are consistent with the architecture of the neighborhood,” says Ed Donley, the home’s architect, builder, owner, … Read more
List Price: $575,000 (update 7/5/07 – price reduced to $535,000) The Property: This carefully renovated Prairie-style bungalow manages to be both livable and attentive to its role as a Chicago landmark. Many original details are intact, such as the distinctive hexagonal-mullioned windows and hand-hewn ceiling beams in the living, dining, and sun rooms. Others have … Read more
Call it a wave of price cuts or a market adjustment, but there is no way to mask the fact that people selling residential real estate locally have been dropping their asking prices in droves. Deal Estate combed through data from the Multiple Listing Service of Northern Illinois and found that one out of three … Read more
Preservationists and the federal government face off over the fate of the 17-acre estate on the North Shore owned by the jailed insurance mogul Michael Segal.
Bondy Studio McKinley ParkFrom $159,000 to $365,000 Bridgeport Boom Heads WestA southwest side manufacturing district boasts buildings perfect for loft living “McKinley Park is absolutely poised for growth,” says Nicole Greifenkamp of The Habitat Company, an affiliate of McKinley Park Developers, which is converting an old warehouse in that southwest side neighborhood to loft condos. … Read more
Deal Estate toured a house with three agents who offered their assessments
Illustration: Courtesy of Joseph Freed Homes Wicker ParkFrom $389,900 to $419,900 Living Above the StoreA Wicker Park Development echoes the neighborhood’s past The 1200 block of North Milwaukee Avenue in Wicker Park is changing fast. Much of it is the work of Joseph Freed Homes, which is redeveloping the major shopping center there, selling condos … Read more
A developer and his architect restore the greenery of an infamously spoiled David Adler/Jens Jensen estate in Lake Forest.
