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Castle Can Be Yours, But Don’t Expect to be Friends with the Neighbors
You may have seen it as you drove along the Kennedy Expressway; it’s the mansion that looks like a castle. Its famous owner, who never moved in, has put it up for sale.
Rudy Acosta, who started his own Chicago-based, hip-hop recording company called The Legion Records and made a lot of money doing it, wanted [...]
Multi-Million-Dollar Chicago Mansion Under Contract
Guess not everyone is affected by the struggling Chicago real estate market: An East Lincoln Park mansion with an asking price of $8.5 million is under contract after being on the market for less than a month.
The three-story, single-family home, located at 1866 N. Howe St., was built in 2004 on a double lot next [...]
Cubs President Gets Winnetka Estate for a Steal
Cubs president Crane Kenney has purchased a Winnetka home for close to half its original asking price.
Kenny and his wife, Kelly, paid $1.5 million for the 3,791-square-foot mansion, 1010 Mt. Pleasant St., which was first listed for $2.2 million in July of 2008. The private home, located on a cul-de-sac, was reduced to $1.9 million [...]
Former Bull Nets Home Sale, $1 Million Loss
Former Chicago Bull Ben Wallace got rid of two things on April 1: His Lake Forest mansion and close to $1 million.
And that’s no April Fool’s Day joke.
Wallace sold his 6,983-square-foot home last Thursday for $2.0575 after paying $3 million for the Lake Forest estate in 2006.
Built in 2005, the gated estate is situated on [...]
One of Last Mansions on LSD on Market
One of the four remaining mansions on Lake Shore Drive is for sale.
Designed by the Holabird & Roche architectural firm and built in 1895, this single-family home, at 1258 N. Lake Shore Drive, is currently listed at $4.4 million. It was previously priced at $4.9 million.
The 5,162-square-foot Brownstone has four bedrooms, five baths and one [...]
