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Bill “Apprentice” Rancic sells condo in downtown Chicago for $1.425M

By Bob Goldsborough at 18 February, 2011, 5:18 am

Check out Bob’s breaking-news alert on the Chicago Tribune’s Chicago Breaking Business website about Bill Rancic, winner of the first “Apprentice” reality show on NBC, selling a condominium unit in downtown Chicago for $1,425,000. Rancic had purchased the condo less than 20 months earlier for $1,185,000. Rancic and his wife, fellow reality TV star Giuliana [...]

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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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Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson pays $1.32M to buy a town home in Chicago’s River West neighborhood, former IL State Senate President Philip Rock sells his house in Oak Park, IL for $740K, and pro hockey exec Dale Tallon sells his house in Lake Forest, iL for $527K

By Bob Goldsborough at 25 December, 2010, 3:01 am

Check out Bob’s Sunday Elite Street column in the Chicago Tribune from Dec. 19, where he broke the news of Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson paying $1,320,000 to purchase a town home in Chicago’s River West neighborhood. (in actuality, Bob broke the news of Hjalmarsson’s purchase a few days earlier, in an online-only alert on [...]

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Chicago’s opulent and historic, 9,768-square-foot Francis J. Dewes mansion in the city’s Lincoln Park neighborhood is listed for $9.9M

By Bob Goldsborough at 9 December, 2010, 3:55 am

Check out Bob’s recent exclusive breaking-news alert on the Chicago Tribune’s Chicago Breaking Business website, in which Bob breaks the news of the historic Francis J. Dewes mansion in the city’s Lincoln Park neighborhood coming on the market for $9,900,000. The mansion’s longtime owner, Fred Latsko, has completely restored the grandiose, German Baroque and French-style [...]

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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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Most expensive Chicago-area home on the market gets a $5M (yes, $5M) price cut: from $28M to $23M

By Bob Goldsborough at 9 December, 2010, 3:38 am

Check out Bob’s breaking-news alert recently from the Chicago Tribune’s Chicago Breaking Business website, where Bob broke the news of a mansion in Winnetka, Ill. that had been on the market for a Chicago-area record $28,000,000 undergoing a massive, $5,000,000 price reduction. Even at its current $23,000,000 asking price, the mansion, known as Le Grand [...]

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William Blair & Co. Chairman Edgar “Ned” Jannotta sells his mansion in Winnetka, IL for $6.5M after it once had been listed for $10.75M

By Bob Goldsborough at 9 December, 2010, 3:35 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 of Edgar “Ned Jannotta,” the 79-year-old chairman of Chicago investment bank William Blair & Co., selling his mansion in Winnetka, Ill. for $6,500,000 after it once had been on the market for $10,750,000. Jannotta [...]

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