Thursday, March 14, 2013
The 6,200 square foot home features six bedrooms and seven bathrooms.
From elegant and stately mansions to modern, environmentally-friendly abodes, the North Shore is full of one-of-a-kind homes. Each week, Patch features one ‘Wow House’ that catches our attention. This week, it's a $1.8M Glenview Cape Cod at 1430 Pleasant Ln. The house sits on nearly an acre of land, near Waukegan Road, and boasts six bedrooms and seven bathrooms in 6,200 square feet. The house also features a large patio overlooking the yard, diving pool and hot tub. For more information about the property, contact Renee Dickman at (847) 510-5002 or rdickman@koenigstrey.com. Is your home a ‘Wow’ House? Want to nominate a spectacular, unusual or just plain cool property on the North Shore? E-mail us: stan.golovchuk@patch.com. For more news …
Monday, February 18, 2013
Patch has rounded up the priciest 'Wow Houses' we've run in the past year. If you like to ogle North Shore homes for sale, take a peek.
It's Presidents Day. Which may have you thinking about that impressive white house at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. But we've got plenty of impressive abodes here on the North Shore, too. Each week, Patch features a "Wow House" for sale in our area. Today, we've pulled together the most expensive ones from our North Shore sites over the past year. Some are still for sale, others now have new owners. They all feature photos. So if you like to peruse photos of impressive homes for sale, click through to check out these impressive homes. $5.9 Million Deerfield House Has Nine Fireplaces This dream home boasts 18 rooms including seven bedrooms, eight bathrooms, nine fireplaces and a grand ballroom. Jim McMahon's former $5.45M Northbrook Home For Sale …
Friday, February 8, 2013
Take a peak at Northbrook and Glenview's real estate market with our weekly photo gallery.
In the market for a new home? Click through the image gallery to see a selection of homes in the Glenbrook area that are holding open houses Sunday. Times and prices are listed below each photograph. Feel free to add photos, prices and locations of more open houses this weekend. Know of open houses? Want Patch to feature them? Email stan.golovchuk@patch.com
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
In Patch's ongoing real estate column, we look at a 5,000-square-foot, 102-year-old Evanston home designed by Dwight Perkins, a Prairie School architect who worked with Frank Lloyd Wright.
Looking for a home for sale on the North Shore? Or do you just like to ogle pictures of gorgeous real estate? Each week, Patch features North Shore Wow Homes that fits the bill. Today's installment is a $1.7 million Evanston home at 2700 Lincoln St., built in 1911 and designed by Dwight Perkins, a noted Prairie School architect who worked with Frank Lloyd Wright. The three-story, 5,000-square-foot home has six bedrooms and four-and-a-half baths, and is located on 1/3 acre in north central Evanston. Prairie School details include 80 architectural windows to bring the "outside in," as well as crown molding, hardwood floors and period lighting. The living room features a wood-burning fireplace with oak mantel, while the formal dining room …
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Thursday, January 31, 2013
Want to see who sold their home in Cook County? Patch has compiled a searchable ongoing list of property sales in Cook County, based on data from the Cook County Recorder of Deeds.
Want to know how much that house down the block sold for or how many million dollar home sales there were in your community last year? Patch has put together a searchable real estate database of Cook County property sales that is updated twice a month as new data is received from the Cook County Recorder of Deeds. You can search by address (the field will fill in automatically as you start typing, but be patient — it may take a moment to catch up with you), or search a full town or a specific price range within a town. You can also search by the buyer or seller's name (and those fields will fill automatically as well). If no price is listed, or other information is missing, it is because it was not included in the information from the …
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
In Patch's ongoing real estate column, we look at a Georgian-style brick home surrounded by lush trees.
Looking for a home for sale on the North Shore? Or do you just like to ogle pictures of gorgeous real estate? Each week, Patch features North Shore Wow Homes that fits the bill. Today's installment is a $3.14-million house at 1750 Braeside Ln., built in 1998, near the Sunset Ridge woods in east Northbrook. The 8,500-square-foot home rests on a 1.2 acre lot and features six bedrooms, five full bathrooms and two partial bathrooms, an outdoor pool and a golf range. For more information, visit the home's Coldwell Banker listing.
Monday, January 28, 2013
RE Solutions, the court-appointed receiver, is studying how to boost sales at the Glenview shopping center.
A Chicago-based receivership company has been tasked with improving business at Glen Town Center, Chicago Tribune reported. Glen Town Center Developer OliverMcMillan is in court facing a $56 million foreclosure lawsuit that claims it has not made a loan payment on its 267,000-square-foot Glenview mixed-use retail project since July 2009. Earlier this month, Cook County Circuit court appointed RE Solutions as the receiver and the company is looking at why the shopping center is still underperforming even though 94 percent of the retail space is leased, Chicago Tribune reported. The highly anticipated 267,000-square-foot mixed-use retail center opened in 2003 and was supported by the Village with a $12 million revenue-sharing agreement …
Thursday, December 27, 2012
This Highland Park home is 2.6 acres overlooking a ravine and Lake Michigan. It includes a 55-foot marble entry hall that leads the way to meticulously restored home with a private path to the beach.
From elegant and stately mansions to modern, environmentally-friendly abodes, the North Shore is full of one-of-a-kind homes. Each week, Patch features one ‘Wow House’ that catches our attention. This week, a Highland Park limestone estate on nearly two acres of beach front property. Designed by Arthur Huen, this Limestone historic landmark mansion sits on 2.6 acres and overlooks a ravine and Lake Michigan. Located at 105 South Deere Park Road, this home includes a 55-foot marble entry hall that leads the way to meticulously restored home with a private path to the beach. There's also a remodeled cherry kitchen and a master suite, which is joined by a sitting room and master bathroom with a steam shower, whirlpool tub and original …
Friday, December 21, 2012
The basketball legend's Highland Park home was listed at $29 million in February. Will the price need to go down for it to sell?
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
In Patch's ongoing real estate column, we look at a Georgian-style brick home surrounded by lush trees.
Looking for a home for sale on the North Shore? Or do you just like to ogle pictures of gorgeous real estate? Each week, Patch features North Shore Wow Homes that fits the bill. Today's installment is a $2.8-million house at 38 Bridlewood Ln., built in 1978 near the Sunset Ridge woods in east Northbrook. The 4,550-square-foot home features five bedrooms, five baths, limestone floors, custom millwork, built-in glass china cabinets and inground pool. For more information, visit the home's Coldwell Banker listing.
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