Movers & Shakers
JP Morgan Chase Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon slashes the asking price of his 13,500-square-foot Chicago mansion from $9.5M to $6.95M
By Bob Goldsborough at 5 September, 2010, 3:36 pm
Check out Bob’s breaking-news alert from the Chicago Tribune’s Chicago Breaking Business site on Friday, where he broke the story of JP Morgan Chase & Co. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon slashing the askng price of his 18-room, 13,500-square-foot mansion on Chicago’s Gold Coast from $9,500,000 to $6,950,000. In the same post, Bob [...]
Read More >>WMAQ-TV news anchor Marion Brooks has her seven-room condo unit in Chicago's West Loop neighborhood under contract after listing it for $429K
By Bob Goldsborough at 5 September, 2010, 2:49 pm
Check out Bob’s weekly real estate column from today’s Chicago Tribune (which was uploaded to the Internet on Friday) in which Bob breaks the news of WMAQ-TV/”NBC-5″ news anchor and reporter Marion Brooks having her seven-room condominium unit in Chicago’s West Loop neighborhood under contract after having it on the market for $429,000 (and prior [...]
Read More >>Dallas Stars and former Chicago Blackhawks winger Adam Burish lists his 2BR duplex penthouse condo unit in Chicago's River North neighborhood for $1.05M
By Bob Goldsborough at 5 September, 2010, 2:39 pm
Check out Bob’s weekly column in the Chicago Tribune’s real estate section from one week ago, in which Bob broke the news of Dallas Stars winger (and former Chicago Blackhawk) Adam Burish recently placing his two-bedroom, duplex penthouse condominium unit in the Caravel building in Chicago’s River North neighborhood on the market for $1,050,000. Also [...]
Read More >>ESPN commentator and AOL Fanhouse columnist Jay Mariotti goes under contract to sell his Vernon Hills, Ill. home, which had been listed for $655K
By Bob Goldsborough at 5 September, 2010, 2:30 pm
Check out Bob’s breaking-news alert in the Chicago Tribune from Aug. 23, when he broke the news of now-suspended ESPN commentator and AOL Fanhouse columnist (and former Chicago Sun-Times columnist) Jay Mariotti, who recently went to contract to sell his four-bedroom, 4,200-square-foot house in Vernon Hills, Ill. after it had been listed for $655,000. Mariotti [...]
Read More >>Chicago Bears cornerback Charles Tillman lists his 5BR house in Green Oaks, IL for $1.399M
By Bob Goldsborough at 5 September, 2010, 2:27 pm
Check out Bob’s weekly real estate column in the Chicago Tribune from two weeks back, when he broke the news of Chicago Bears cornerback Charles Tillman listing his five-bedroom house in Green Oaks, Ill. for $1,399,000. Also featured: Bob wrote about a mansion in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood that just sold for $8.5 million, and [...]
Read More >>Chicago TV reporter Sarah Schulte reduces the asking price of her condo in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood to $659,900; also, Naperville, IL gets its highest listing ever at $5.19M
By Bob Goldsborough at 3 August, 2010, 9:52 pm
Check out Bob’s July 25 weekly real-estate column in the Chicago Tribune, where Bob breaks the news of Chicago TV reporter Sarah Schulte cutting the asking price of her condominium unit in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood to $659,900. Also featured: Bob exclusively reports on a 19-room, French Provincial-style house at 1164 Shamrock Court in Naperville, [...]
Read More >>Chicago billionaire Nicholas Pritzker lists his 45-acre lakefront estate in Covert, MI for $4.95M
By Bob Goldsborough at 20 July, 2010, 11:18 pm
Check out Bob’s exclusive breaking-news alert that ran on the Chicago Tribune’s “Breaking Business” website today that broke the story of Nicholas Pritzker of Chicago’s (highly secretive) billionaire Pritzker family listing his 45-acre estate in Covert, Mich. — complete with a 7,325-square-foot, contemporary-style mansion and 425 feet of frontage along Lake Michigan — for $4,950,000.
Read More >>Chicago TV reporter Leah Hope has her Chicago condo under contract after it was listed for $549K; meanwhile former WLS-TV political reporter Andy Shaw cuts the asking price of his B&B in Chicago from $3M to $2.85M
By Bob Goldsborough at 6 July, 2010, 10:56 pm
Check out Bob’s real estate column in the Chicago Tribune from this past Sunday, where he broke the news of current WLS-TV reporter Leah Hope having her three-bedroom, Chicago condo under contract to sell after it was listed for $549,000. Also featured: Bob reports on former WLS-TV political reporter Andy Shaw, who now heads the [...]
Read More >>Former Chicago Bear Marty Booker sells his condo unit in Chicago's West Loop for $465K; he also reduces his asking price for his 13-room house in Grayslake, IL to $430K
By Bob Goldsborough at 6 July, 2010, 10:46 pm
Check out Bob’s real estate column in the Chicago Tribune from June 27, where he broke the news of former Chicago Bear (and current free agent) Marty Booker selling his condo unit in Chicago’s West Loop for $465,000 and also cutting his asking price of his 13-room house in far north suburban Grayslake, Ill. from [...]
Read More >>Major-league pitcher Neal Cotts sells his condo in Chicago's River North area for $307K; former Tribune Co. chairman and CEO pays $2.625M for a penthouse condo on Chicago's Gold Coast; actor Vince Vaughn finds a renter for a Chicago town home at $7K/month
By Bob Goldsborough at 18 June, 2010, 10:52 am
Check out Bob’s Sunday real estate column in the Chicago Tribune (available online now), where he breaks the news of former Chicago White Sox and Chicago Cubs pitcher Neal Cotts taking a big loss on his condominium unit in Chicago’s River North neighborhood, which he just sold for $307,000 after paying $375,000 for it in [...]
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