Celebrity Real Estate

Chicago TV anchor Kathy Brock lists her home in Winnetka, IL for $1.695M, Chicago TV anchor Marion Brooks sells her downtown Chicago for $450K, and Chicago Bears head coach buys a house in Wilmette, IL with his son for $455K

By Bob Goldsborough at 10 January, 2011, 4:53 am

Check out Bob’s weekly real estate column in this Sunday’s Chicago Tribune, in which Bob wrote about Chicago TV anchor Kathy Brock listing her home in Winnetka, Ill. for $1,695,000. Bob also broke the news of Chicago TV anchor Marion Brooks selling her condo unit in Chicago’s West Loop for $450,000. In addition, Bob writes [...]

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Former Chicago Blackhawk and current Carolina Hurricanes forward Tuomo Ruutu lists his two-bedroom condo in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood for $499K

By Bob Goldsborough at 10 January, 2011, 4:42 am

Check out Bob’s weekly column in the Chicago Tribune’s Real Estate section from last week, where Bob broke the news of former Chicago Blackhawks forward Tuomo Ruutu — now with the Caroline Hurricanes — listing his two-bedroom condominium unit in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood for $499,000. The unit previously had been on the market for [...]

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Former pro football player and current Chicago sportscaster Mike Adamle lists his nine-room home in Evanston, IL for $1.299M

By Bob Goldsborough at 10 January, 2011, 4:37 am

Check out Bob’s weekly real estate column in the Chicago Tribune’s Real Estate section from a few weeks back, where he broke the news of former pro football player and current Chicago sportscaster Mike Adamle having his house in Evanston, Ill. on the market for $1,299,000. Also featured: Bob breaks the news of a 38.5-acre [...]

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Former Chicago Cubs pitcher Ted Lilly reduces the asking price of his house — just two blocks west of Wrigley Field! — from $2.4M to $2.1M; also, outgoing Northwestern University School of Law Dean David Van Zandt lists his 18-room, 6,300-square-foot mansion in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood for $4.7M and Chicago sports anch

By Bob Goldsborough at 9 December, 2010, 3:49 am

Check out Bob’s recent Elite Street real estate column in the Chicago Tribune, in which Bob reports on former Chicago Cubs pitcher Ted Lilly cutting the asking price of his mansion just two blocks west of Wrigley Field from $2,400,000 to $2,100,000. In addition, the column contains news of Northwestern University School of Law Dean [...]

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Chicago TV anchor Jeff Goldblatt lists his four-bedroom house in Deerfield, IL for $749K

By Bob Goldsborough at 9 December, 2010, 3:41 am

Check out Bob’s exclusive report recently on the Chicago Tribune’s Chicago Breaking Business website, where Bob broke the news of Chicago TV news anchor and reporter Jeff Goldblatt recently listing his four-bedroom, ranch-style house in Deerfield, Ill. for $749,000. Goldblatt, 41, recently left Chicago’s FOX affiliate, WFLD-Ch. 32, and now is reporting and anchoring for [...]

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Chicago Cubs outfielder Kosuke Fukudome pays $1.44M to buy a condo in Chicago’s Streeterville neighborhood

By Bob Goldsborough at 9 December, 2010, 3:32 am

Check out Bob’s breaking-news alert recently from the Chicago Tribune’s Chicago Breaking Sports website, in which Bob reports on Chicago Cubs outfielder Kosuke Fukudome recently paying $1,440,000 to purchase a three-bedroom condominium unit on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago’s Streeterville neighborhood.

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Former WFLD-Ch. 32 anchor David Novarro lists his house in Naperville, IL for $699,999; is on his way to a new job in New York City

By Bob Goldsborough at 9 December, 2010, 3:29 am

Check out Bob’s exclusive breaking-news alert on the Chicago Tribune’s Chicago Breaking Business website recently, in which Bob broke the news about former WFLD-Ch. 32 news anchor David Novarro having his home in Naperville, Ill. on the market for $699,999. Novarro, who just announced that he is taking a new job at WABC-TV in New [...]

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DePaul University Blue Demons basketball coach Oliver Purnell pays $3.075M for a mansion in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood

By Bob Goldsborough at 9 December, 2010, 3:21 am

Check out Bob’s weekly real estate column in last Sunday’s Chicago Tribune, in which Bob reported on DePaul University Blue Demons head men’s basketball coach Oliver Purnell paying $3,075,000 to buy a mansion in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood, near the school. Also featured in the column: the full information in a previous breaking-news alert that [...]

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Retired race car driver and current Rahal Letterman Racing team owner Bobby Rahal pays $3.295M for a mansion in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood, and has a 13,192-square-foot mansion in New Albany, OH on the market for $4.75M

By Bob Goldsborough at 9 December, 2010, 2:45 am

Check out Bob’s post that was published on the Chicago Tribune’s Chicago Breaking Business website yesterday, about retired race car driver and current Rahal Letterman Racing team owner Bobby Rahal having recently purchased a mansion in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood for $3,295,000. Bob exclusively interviewed Rahal about his housing situation, including about his 13,192-square-foot mansion [...]

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Former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun lists her town home in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood for $1.9M

By Bob Goldsborough at 24 November, 2010, 3:20 am

Check out Bob’s exclusive post on the Chicago Tribune’s Chicago Breaking Business site, which was uploaded on Tuesday night, where Bob breaks the news of Chicago mayoral candidate and former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun listing her five-bedroom town home in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood for $1,900,000. Braun’s listing agent says the former senator, who [...]

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