Elysian Yields At the posh new Elysian, a unit on the 41st floor has sold for $4,433,500, the priciest sale yet at the 60-story hotel-and-condos tower at 11 East Walton Street. Read more
Calculated Cuts At 5014-5018 North Kenmore Avenue, where only three of 12 condos had been sold in a pair of new buildings, the developer, Gerry Carey, has made some price cuts. Read more
The Foundling 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. 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... Read more
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... Read more
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... Read more
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... Read more
Designed by David Adler for Elizabeth “Bobsy” Goodspeed, a leading Chicago socialite, this Lincoln Park penthouse has regained its 1920s glory 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... Read more
