Chicago Illinois Real Estate Blog

Wally Polino of Chicago died in his sleep sometime last night. Wally was a fireman for over 20 years on Chicago’s Truck 51 and one of the coolest mother ******’s I’ve ever met.

Wally always said the intensity of actually being in a fire could never be matched in a movie, but that Backdraft did it [...]

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Joanne H. Sweeney bought a five-bedroom, 6.5-bath home at 159 Ravine Road in Hinsdale from Donna L. Rogers for $939,000 on Feb. 5.
Rogers paid $1.045 million for the property in Oct. 1998. The 4,243-square-foot home was built in 1998 in the Hinsdale Highlands neighborhood.
Sweeney is a partner in the litigation department at the Chicago office [...]

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David C. Hartwell and Amy C. Hartwell bought a five-bedroom, 3.5-bath home at 399 E. Deerpath Road in Lake Forest from Therese C. Sulentich for $1,038,450 on March 5.
Sulentich paid $1.05 million for the 4,008-square-foot house in Aug. 2005. It was built in 1909 in the neighborhood of Lake Forest East.
Mr. Hartwell is a founding [...]

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Howard and Veronica Norber have listed for sale a four-bedroom, three-bath condo at 846 W. Aldine Ave. in Lake View for $649,000.
The Norbers paid $665,000 for the property in June 2006. Unit #1 is one of three units at 846 W. Aldine Ave., which was built in 1900. Edward Jelinek of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage [...]

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Kathleen Penland has listed for sale a two-bedroom, two-bath condo at 1555 N. Dearborn Parkway in Gold Coast for $465,000.
Unit #6A is part of the 25-story the Constellation development, which was built in 1958. Daphne McDougall of Baird & Warner Real Estate is the listing agent for the property.
Penland is a founding partner and head [...]

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Paul H. Scheuerlein and Melinda S. Faber have listed for sale a five-bedroom, 3.5-bath home at 825 Grey Ave. in Evanston for $575,000.
Scheuerlein and Faber paid $465,000 for the property in Sept. 2004. The 2,858-square-foot home was built in 1951 in the West Evanston neighborhood. Janice Hazlett of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage is the agent [...]

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Gary and Suzanne Rovner have listed for sale a three-bedroom, 3.5-bath condo at 755 W. Dickens Ave. in Lincoln Park for $719,000.
The Rovners paid $330,000 for Unit #5 in Feb. 2003. There are 42 units in the condo development at 755 W. Dickens Ave., which is also known as Dickens Court. Lucy Osuchowski of Century [...]

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Albert Adriani has listed for sale a four-bedroom, 3.5-bath home at 505 The Lane in Hinsdale for $749,000.
The 2,042-square-foot Colonial-style house was built in 1986 in the North Hinsdale neighborhood.
Adriani, who is also the listing agent for the home, is a broker with Coldwell Banker.
According to BlockShopper.com, there have been 277 home sales in Hinsdale [...]

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Matthew Zieba and his wife, Joanna, have listed for sale a three-bedroom, two-bath condo at 2024 W. Roscoe St. in Roscoe Village for $549,900.
The Ziebas paid $508,000 for the property in July 2005. The 2100-square-foot Unit #2 is one of two condos at 2024 W. Roscoe St., which was built in 1999. Philip Sencer of [...]

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Leslie M. Darling has listed for sale a two-bedroom, 2.5-bath condo at 1705 W. George St. in Lake View for $549,000.
Darling acquired the property for $525,000 in May 2006. Unit #61 is part of the Columbia Place development, which was built in 2005. Jamie Connor of Conlon Real Estate Co. is the agent for the [...]

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