Chicago Illinois Real Estate Blog

James D. Wangelin has listed for sale a four-bedroom, three-bath home at 735 Cleveland Road in Hinsdale for $1.275 million.
The 3,345-square-foot house in the South Hinsdale neighborhood was built in 1938. Beth Burtt of Brush Hill Realtors is the listing agent.
Mr. Wangelin is a partner in the Chicago office of Sedgewick, Detert, Moran & Arnold [...]

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Come Friday, if Chicago wins the Olympic host city contract, Douglas Park and Washington Park could become primo real estate.
But if previous host city experience is any guide, those skyrocketing prices will fall after the games.
Just ask Atlanta.
"In the years leading up to the Olympics, I would say that we were wildly optimistic that it [...]

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Leonard A. Gail have listed for sale a three-bedroom, 3.5-bath home at 1933 N. Orchard St. in Lincoln Park for $1.875 million.
The 2,972-square-foot house was built in 1994. Jennifer Ames of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage is the listing agent for the home.
Mr. Gail is an attorney at Massey & Gail LLP. He has served as [...]

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Tricia Fox and Stephen P. Eisenberg sold a two-bedroom, two-bath condo at 21 E. Huron St. in Near North to Debra and Lindsay Greenhill for $775,000 on Aug. 20.
Fox and Eisenberg bought the property for $797,000 in May 2007. Unit #805 is one of the 213 condos at the 49-story the Pinnacle condominiums, which was [...]

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A developer has bailed out of a proposed retail development in Wicker Park.
A venture led by Evan Oliff has sold a site at 1372 N. Milwaukee Ave., for $7.7 million, about 28% more than the loan on the property, according to documents filed with the Cook County Recorder’s office. As a result, Mr. Oliff, president [...]

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Bruce A. Zivian sold a 3.5-bath townhome at 2138 W. Churchill St. in Bucktown to Paula J. Tordella for $674,500 on Aug. 18.
The 2,181-square-foot townhome is one of 22 units at the Churchill Row Townhomes development.
Zivian is a partner at the Chicago office of the law firm K&L Gates. He also serves on the [...]

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HomeServices of America Inc. on Tuesday announced it has acquired Koenig & Strey GMAC Real Estate from Brookfield Residential Property Services for an undisclosed amount.
Koenig & Strey is one of Chicago’s largest residential real estate brokerage firms, with approximately 900 agents at 21 offices throughout the Chicago area. The firm had $2.6 billion in sales [...]

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Anna and Todd Loess have listed for sale a four-bedroom, 3.5-bath home at 6107 Puffer Road in Downers Grove for $425,000.
The Loesses paid $463,000 for the property in Sept. 2005. The 2,097-square-foot house, which was built in 2003, is in the Downers Grove South neighborhood. Excellence Realty Executives is the listing agency for the home.
Ms. [...]

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Gabriel and Lila Crowson have listed for sale a four-bedroom, 3.5-bath home at 837 W. Hillside Ave. in Elmhurst for $799,000.
The Crowsons acquired the house for $318,500 in Aug. 2006. The 3,055-square-foot house in the Elmhurst South was built in 2007.
Mr. Crowson is a senior associate at Howrey LLP, where he specializes in commercial litigation. [...]

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