Remember the couple who moved from New England to River Forest to rehab a bedraggled Frank Lloyd Wright house and put it back on the market? It worked, sold for more than they were asking. Same as happened with a Wright in Oak Park earlier this month. chicagobusiness.com/residential-re…

Lake Forest downsizers are going for 'white box' condos built in the town's downtown core. A few dozen have sold so far, including 9 last week. Here's why. chicagobusiness.com/residential-re…

A grand Georgian mansion built by the widow of a nearly bankrupt meatpacker who rebuilt her fortune on her own has sold for the 1st time in over half a century, still with most of its original 1930s style intact. The Lake Forest estate sold for $5.7 m. chicagobusiness.com/residential-re…

Another price cut today on the E LSD home of Bill Farley, former Fruit of the Loom CEO. Hit the market at $16 m in Aug 2023 (see my story below). Today's cut take it to $9.5 m, or about 59% of the original ask. chicagobusiness.com/residential-re…

Locally grown @properties Christie's will be acquired by Compass chicagobusiness.com/residential-re… via @crainschicago

Michael Jordan's Highland Park estate has sold (at last) for $9.5 million. That's less than one-third the $29 million he was asking when he put the property on the market nearly 13 years ago, in Feb. 2012. chicagobusiness.com/residential-re…

At the St Regis tower, troubles have piled up over the years, from loss of Chinese partner and Chinese condo buyers to having to leave a hole near the top. Plus, the 2020s have been terrible for Chicago's downtown condo market. chicagobusiness.com/residential-re…

Former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, marked their 40th wedding anniversary in a spartan space furnished with a second-hand sofa and an electric fan at the old Hotel Guyon while working with Habitat for Humanity on the west side of Chicago, Trib reported 7/11/1986

Lake Geneva's Aloha Lodge, sold in August for $21.85 m, was purchased by a Chicago executive. The history is deep: built by an owner of the Drake Hotel, named to honor last queen of Hawaii, long owned by a member of the Northern Trust founding family. chicagobusiness.com/residential-re…

Somehow this site across from the Apple Store on North Ave has sat unbuilt in all the years of revitalization in the area around North + Clybourn. A developer bought it in Dec, plans 48 apartments. chicagobusiness.com/residential-re…

The guy who bought Michael Jordan's longtime home in Highland Park is selling million-dollar shares in the property. Share owners will get to stay in the home, and bring up to 24 guests, one week out of every year. chicagobusiness.com/residential-re…

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The 'Home Alone' house in Winnetka sold. Listed at $5.25 m in May and under contract a week later, it sold yesterday for $5.5 m. chicagobusiness.com/residential-re…

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High-priced lakefront Winnetka mansion lands a buyer chicagobusiness.com/residential-re… via @crainschicago

Developer shrinks proposed apartment tower at Wells + LaSalle by about 150 units, 100 feet to get Ald's approval, Rachel Herzog reports. chicagobusiness.com/commercial-rea…

Fern Hill’s Old Town Redevelopment Plan Clears Final Council Vote blockclubchicago.org/2025/04/16/fer… via @BlockClubChi

25th Anniversary: Letter to Chicago vimeo.com/1076215900/67c…

The new pope is a Chicagoan chicagobusiness.com/politics/cardi… via @crainschicago