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Atlanta Braves (and former Chicago White Sox) pitcher Scott Linebrink lists his eight-room home in Hinsdale, IL for $825K
By Bob Goldsborough at 7 March, 2011, 1:06 am
Check out Bob’s weekly real estate column in the Chicago Tribune from two weeks ago, where Bob broke the story of Atlanta Braves (and former Chicago White Sox) pitcher Scott Linebrink listing his house in Hinsdale, Ill. for $825,000. (Technically, Bob broke the news about Linebrink’s listing earlier that week, in a separate breaking-news alert [...]
Read More >>Former Chicago Bears wide receiver Muhsin Muhammad takes huge loss, sells his mansion in Libertyville, Ill. for $940K
By Bob Goldsborough at 18 February, 2011, 5:51 am
Check out Bob’s weekly real estate column in last Sunday’s Chicago Tribune, in which Bob breaks the news of former Chicago Bears wide receiver Muhsin Muhammad finally selling his 5,514-square-foot mansion in Libertyville, Ill. for $940,000. Now retired, Muhammad had paid $1,425,000 in early 2005 for the mansion. Not long ago, he had tried to [...]
Read More >>Actor and comedian Jeff Garlin pays $591,700 to purchase a vintage condo unit on Chicago’s Gold Coast
By Bob Goldsborough at 18 February, 2011, 5:44 am
Check out Bob’s breaking-news alert at the Chicago Tribune’s Chicago Breaking Business website, where Bob recently broke the news of actor and comedian Jeff Garlin paying $591,700 to purchase a vintage condominium unit on Chicago’s Gold Coast. Garlin will continue to own a house in Los Angeles’ Sherman Oaks neighborhood, which he purchased in 2003 [...]
Read More >>Two Chicago homes with ties to architect Frank Lloyd Wright recently sell
By Bob Goldsborough at 18 February, 2011, 5:41 am
Check out Bob’s recent weekly column in the Chicago Tribune, where he wrote about two Chicago houses with ties to Frank Lloyd Wright recently selling. (second item) First, a house that Wright designed in the Rogers Park neighborhood recently sold for $1,700,000, while a damaged Gold Coast home that Wright briefly lived in (but did [...]
Read More >>Former Chicago Bulls player Ben Gordon cuts the asking price on his town home in Northbrook, IL from $800K to $610K
By Bob Goldsborough at 18 February, 2011, 5:38 am
Check out Bob’s breaking-news alert on the Chicago Tribune’s Chicago Breaking Business website, where Bob recently broke the news of former Chicago Bulls player Ben Gordon (who now is with the Detroit Pistons) recently cutting the asking price for his town home in Northbrook, Ill. from $800,000 to $610,000. That’s well below the $660,000 that [...]
Read More >>Retired Chicago White Sox slugger Dan Pasqua sells his mansion in Orland Park, IL for $1.356M
By Bob Goldsborough at 18 February, 2011, 5:35 am
Check out Bob’s weekly column in the Chicago Tribune, where Bob recently broke the news (third item) of retired Chicago White Sox slugger (and current team community relations representative) Dan Pasqua selling his 17-room, 9,554-square-foot mansion in Orland Park, Ill. for $1,356,000.
Read More >>Former Tribune Co. CEO Randy Michaels lists his condominium unit in Chicago’s Streeterville neighborhood for $989K
By Bob Goldsborough at 18 February, 2011, 5:32 am
Check out Bob’s breaking-news alert from the Chicago Tribune’s Chicago Breaking Business website, where Bob broke the story that recently ousted Tribune Co. Chief Executive Randy Michaels had placed his three-bedroom, 31st-floor penthouse condominium unit on the market for $989,000.
Read More >>Designer and talk-show host Nate Berkus lists his condo on Chicago’s Gold Coast for $2.65M
By Bob Goldsborough at 18 February, 2011, 5:29 am
Check out Bob’s breaking-news alert on the Chicago Tribune’s Chicago Breaking Business website, where Bob broke the story of designer, talk-show host and Oprah Winfrey pal Nate Berkus listing his condominium unit on Chicago’s Gold Coast for $2,650,000. Bob also notes that Berkus owns a one-bedroom condo unit in Manhattan’s West Village neighborhood that he [...]
Read More >>Chicago Blackhawks player Bryan Bickell pays $510K for a town home on Chicago’s Northwest Side
By Bob Goldsborough at 18 February, 2011, 5:26 am
Check out Bob’s breaking-news alert on the Chicago Tribune’s Chicago Breaking Business website, where Bob broke the news of Chicago Blackhawks player Bryan Bickell paying $510,000 to purchase a town home on Chicago’s Northwest Side, in the Hamlin Park neighborhood.
Read More >>Former R. Kelly mansion in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood gets price cut from $3.89 million to $3.5 million
By Bob Goldsborough at 18 February, 2011, 5:21 am
Check out Bob’s breaking-news alert on the Chicago Tribune’s Chicago Breaking Business website, where Bob broke the news of R&B star R. Kelly’s former mansion in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood getting a price reduction from $3,890,000 to $3,500,000. Kelly owned the house, which is at 1010 W. George Street in Chicago, from 1994 until 2002.
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