Naperville Remembers the Alamo
List Price: $898,000 Sale Price: $800,000 The Property: The theatrical façade of this 12-room house in the East Highlands neighborhood of Naperville reminds me of the Alamo—or what that Texas...
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West Loop Condo Gets Help
Developer’s improvements assist him and current condo owners
A Passage to India—via Lake Forest
List Price: $6.495 million The Property: On a bitterly cold day, a welcoming home can transport visitors to a better place. At this Lake Forest estate, that place is an...
The Housing Crisis: The Fix Isn’t In
It’s a sign of simmering frustration over the housing crisis—now in its second half-decade—that Jamie Dimon, one of the nation’s top bank executives, complained last Friday that “there is no...
Library Restored in George Maher-designed House on Hutchinson Street
BRING BACK THE BOOKS: Homeowners remove hot tub in $5 million Uptown home
Old Town Triangle House Sold by Driehaus Daughters’ Trusts
List Price: $1.299 million Sale Price: $1.5 million The Property: Trusts in the names of the two daughters of the financial whiz and philanthropist Richard Driehaus have sold a storybook-style...
Thoroughly Modern Living in Lake View
List Price: $1.59 million (under contract) The Property: City homebuilder Bart Przyjemski has been doing so well with his contemporary-styled homes that he had this one in Lake View under...
Investment Fund Helps Foreclosed Homeowners Hang On
Momentum is gathering behind the idea of converting large numbers of empty foreclosed homes into rentals. The Tribune reported last week that Chicago is selling entire condo buildings to apartment...
A Big Unfinished Mansion in South Barrington
List Price: $1.795 million Sale Price: $1.47 million The Property: About a year ago, construction ground to a halt on this 16-room mansion in South Barrington, leaving much of its...
Sarah Susanka’s Not So Big House in Libertyville
List Price: $810,000 The Property: A traditonal-looking neighborhood is springing up next door to Libertyville’s charming downtown. SchoolStreet, a New Urbanist development on the site of a failed townhouse project,...