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Mark Birkett has listed for sale a two-bedroom, 2.5-bath condo at 3057 N. Clifton Ave. in Lake View for $499,000.

Unit# 1 is part of the Clifton-Barry Condos. Tommy Hicks of Kale Realty is the listing agent.

Birkett is the vice president at GE Antares Capital in Chicago. He worked for Raytheon as a financial analyst.

He earned his bachelor’s in business administration from Villanova University in 1996 and his M.B.A. from the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross School of Business.

According to BlockShopper.com, there have been 919 condo sales in Lake View during the past 12 months, with a median sales price of $299,000.

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Sheryl and Jefrey Weingrow sold a two-bedroom, two-bath home at 3232 N. Kilbourn Ave. in Irving Park to Kochava and Hertzel Yitzhak for $350,000 on Jan. 6.

The 1,376-square-foot home was built in 2006 in the Kilbourn Park subdivision.

Ms. Weingrow is a general counsel at Xerox Capital Services, a provider of specialized financing and servicing programs.

She attended the Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law.

Ms. Yitzhak is a member of the faculty at the Ida Crown Jewish Academy in Chicago.

She has a B.A. from Stern College and an M.A. from Bernard Revel Graduate School.

According to BlockShopper.com, there have been 300 home sales in Irving Park during the past 12 months, with a median sales price of $210,000.

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Richard and Jennifer Naponelli bought a one-bedroom, one-bath condo at 505 N. Lake Shore Dr. in Gold Coast from Fran L. Berg for $350,000 on Jan. 8.

Berg paid $355,000 for the property in Sept. 2005. The 1,100-square-foot Unit #1606 is part of the 70-story Lake Point Tower development, which was built in 1968.

Mr. Naponelli has served as an associate at Madden, Jiganti, Moore & Sinars LLP, where he specializes in tax law, estate planning, estate administration, business and real estate transactions.

He earned his J.D. from Loyola University and his B.B.A. and M.S.A. from the University of Notre Dame.

Mr. Naponelli is a school nurse at the Catherine Cook School, a preparatory school serving preschool through eighth grade in Chicago. She previously worked as pediatric nurse at the Children’s Memorial Hospital, specializing on asthma, critical care, oncology, bone marrow transplant and post anesthesia recovery.

She earned her B.S in nursing from Lewis University.

According to BlockShopper.com, there have been 579 condo sales in Gold Coast during the past 12 months, with a median sales price of $350,000.

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Richard and Anne Morley bought a 4.5-bath home at 69 Tomlin Circle in Burr Ridge from D&T Tomlin Inv LLC for $2.021 million on Jan. 12.

The 7,124-square-foot house sold for $1,216,500 in April 2003. It was built in 1981 in the North Burr Ridge neighborhood.

Mr. Morley is a partner and managing member at the law firm of Gebert & Morley, LLC. His practice focuses on tax compliance and planning, estate and trust planning and administration, corporate transactional practice, and IRS controversy work. He was previously a judicial law clerk with the Supreme Court of Illinois and an accountant at Checkers, Simon & Rosner.

He holds an M.S.T. in taxation from the DePaul University harles H. Kellstadt Graduate School of Business (1987) and a J.D. from the Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago-Kent College of Law (1991).

Ms. Morley is the chief financial officer and treasurer at Aurora Investment Management LLC, a privately owned hedge fund sponsor. The company is a subsidiary of Natixis Global Asset Management, LP.

According to BlockShopper.com, there have been 106 home sales in Burr Ridge during the past 12 months, with a median sales price of $567,500.

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Nicholas and Mary Lagattuta sold a four-bedroom, 2.5-bath home at 324 Lincoln Ave. in Park Ridge to Mark and Ana Shaffer for $580,000 on Dec. 24.

The 2,165-square-foot house was built in 1968 in West Park Ridge.

Mr. Lagattuta is a partner and attorney at Lagattuta & DeGrazia PC in Schaumburg, where he specializes in criminal, divorce, personal injury, and real estate law. Prior to entering private practice, he served as a Cook County Assistant States Attorney.

He earned his bachelor’s in accounting and his J.D. from DePaul University.

According to BlockShopper.com, there have been 377 home sales in Park Ridge during the past 12 months, with a median sales price of $335,000.

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Nancy J. Meserow sold a three-bedroom, three-bath home at 1082 Spruce St. in Winnetka to Gennady Britva for $510,000 on Dec. 21.

Meserow acquired the property for $530,000 in July 2000. The 1,812-square-foot house was built in 1920 in the Central Winnetka neighborhood.

Meserow has been an associate at Tucker, Bower, Robin, & Merker, LLC. She specializes in workers’ compensation defense.

She earned her bachelor’s from the University of Colorado. She obtained her master’s and J.D. from Northwestern University.

According to BlockShopper.com, there have been 156 home sales in Winnetka during the past 12 months, with a median price of $962,500.

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Nicholas and Mary Lagattuta bought a four-bedroom, 3.5-bath home at 405 N. Lincoln Ave. in Park Ridge from Alonzo and Laura Monk for $658,000 on Jan. 5.

The Monks bought the property for $782,500 in Jan. 2005. The 2,786-square-foot house was built in 2005 in the West Park Ridge/Chippewa Woods neighborhood.

Mr. Lagattuta is a partner and attorney at Lagattuta & DeGrazia PC in Schaumburg, where he specializes in criminal, divorce, personal injury and real estate. Prior to entering private practice, he served as a Cook County assistant states attorney.

He earned his bachelor’s in accounting and J.D. in 1982 from DePaul University.

Earlier in December, the Lagattutas sold a four-bedroom at 324 Lincoln Ave. in Park Ridge for $580,000.

According to BlockShopper.com, there have been 384 home sales in Park Ridge during the past 12 months, with a median sales price of $328,500.

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Scott J. Kofkin and Sandra R. Kofkin have listed for sale a four-bedroom, 3.1-bath home at 465 Parkchester Road in Buffalo Grove for $445,500.

David Schwabe of RE/MAX Unlimited Northwest is the agent for the listing. The 3,216-square-foot home was built in 1991 in the Parkchester subdivision.

Mr. Kofkin is a partner at Kofkin, Springer, Scheinbaum & Davis, a Roselle-based firm that concentrates primarily in bankruptcy and related matters, including consumer and business cases, trustee and creditor representation, adversary litigation, appeals and creditor workouts.

Ms. Kofkin has been manager of account services at Advantage RMI, a marketing firm in the Chicago area.

She also worked as an account executive at Bentley, Barnes Lynn Inc.

She attended the University of Illinois.

According to BlockShopper.com, there have been 448 home sales in Buffalo Grove during the past 12 months, with a median sales price of $242,000.

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Bruce Miller of Jones Lang LaSalle will kick things off at the 8th Annual Commercial Real Estate Forecast Conference with an entertaining and informative 20-minute overview on the state of global, national and local commercial real estate capital markets and what is going to take to turn it around.

Miller is one of more than 50 speakers representing more than 40 companies participating in the annual event. Following Miller will be general sessions panels on the overall state of commercial real estate in Chicago, legal issues impacting real estate and the financial and investment markets. The conference concludes with breakout sessions that will feature a presentation on auctions and panel discussions on the suburban office, downtown office, industrial, investment, retail and property management sectors.

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