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The past half dozen years have seen many upper-bracket North Shore homes languish on the market for extended periods of time, experience multiple price cuts, and sell for fractions of their original list price. The completely renovated Italianate villa at 175 Sheridan Rd in Winnetka came on the market early in July with an asking ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on February 5, 2013
The 3-bedroom, 2-bath home at 1129 Willow Rd in Winnetka has been on the market for almost 4 months despite a sub-$500K price tag. The market time is a sign that buyers have found it deficient in some manner compared to the competition. There’s nothing comparable currently on the market in Winnetka, but similar homes ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on January 23, 2013
If you like the idea of waking up to Lake Michigan views, you may want to view this home tour of 303 Sheridan Road in Winnetka. Koenig & Strey associate, Beth Groebe walks us through this 5-bedroom classic stone and cedar home that was designed by Spencer S. Beman in 1937. The current owners have ...
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Posted by sponsored post on January 3, 2013
Koenig & Strey‘s Winnetka office ran an immensely successful Toys for Tots drive this holiday season. Donors, many of them daily repeaters, and almost all of them anonymous, gave gifts that would be welcomed in the most affluent households in the community. On Sunday, December 17, Koenig & Strey agents gathered at the office to ...
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Posted by sponsored post on December 20, 2012
The Thanksgiving holiday is a time for sharing with family, with friends and with the larger community. Chicago’s North Shore communities rank among the most affluent in the area – and in the entire country. Their wealth can easily obscure the fact that some residents of the North Shore are needy, and some may be ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on November 5, 2012
Grand homes and tree-lined streets can be found throughout Winnetka and this cedar-shingled Colonial home at 213 Linden certainly fits the profile. With six bedrooms, a brand new kitchen and large rooms, there’s plenty of room to spread out. The lush outdoor spaces compliment the traditional home in the Crow Island and New Trier school ...
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Posted by sponsored post on August 13, 2012
There are certain types of signs you see only in certain types of neighborhoods. Sheridan Road in Winnetka, where I encountered the above sign, isn’t the type of neighborhood where you’ll typically find signs like that. In neighborhoods where you do, you’ll also often find signs like these: I get the same message from all ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on July 16, 2012
Coldwell Banker’s Julie Deutsch and Maureen Mohling have seen and sold many of the North Shore’s grandest homes. The Italianate villa at 175 Sheridan Rd in Winnetka, they say, is among the very best. It was completely gutted and rebuilt over a two-year period and is, in effect, a new home, albeit one dating to ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on July 11, 2012
I’m fortunate to spend many of my days in beautiful environments all around Chicago and its suburbs. My day yesterday began with Pat Cohen in a unit on the 91st floor of the Hancock. The view was great despite the haze and windows that were awaiting their next washing. It was fun hashing over old ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on July 10, 2012
Library Place, formerly known as Library Plaza, was built in 1965 and includes eight townhomes. In 2007, a developer purchased the entire property, renovated the units and offered them for sale with prices ranging from the mid-$500s to the mid $700s. Sales were slow, until Chicago home builder J. Lawrence Homes acquired the properties earlier ...
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Posted by sponsored post on June 20, 2012
Although I’d been past it 100s of times I never paid attention to the home at 1487 Tower Rd in Winnetka. It caught my eye yesterday, and I instantly thought “it has the look of a Zook.” Homes designed by R. Harold Zook are a familiar sight in Hinsdale, where 31 of them were built ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on June 20, 2012
A 1,730 square foot 3-bedroom, 3-bath condo at 660 Winnetka Mews just came on the market for $329,000. It had previously sold for $485,500 in October of 2001. The unit has an updated kitchen with white cabinets and granite countertops. All three bedrooms are generously sized. There’s a fireplace in the large living room, and ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on April 6, 2012
We’ve been following the market for rental homes and condos on the North Shore for several years and the market appears to be as tight as I’ve seen it. There are more properties available than there were in the late spring and early summer of last year but, and this is purely an impressionistic take, ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on March 22, 2012
If the notion of a second-rate neighborhood in Winnetka seems strange to you, you probably don’t live in Winnetka. “That’s not a great neighborhood. It’s just north of Elder Lane [park]. I think he’s smoking something,” was the off-the-cuff reaction from a knowledgeable Winnetka agent I called for a quick take on a newly-listed lakefront ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on March 12, 2012
From Winnetka’s New Trier High School: New Trier High School students in the Class of 2011 achieved an average composite score of 27.5 on the ACT, the highest score the school has ever posted and among the top average composite scores in the nation among public open-enrollment high schools. … Overall, New Trier students achieved ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on January 3, 2012
YoChicago’s videos at YouTube were watched more than 55,000 times during the past 30 days. Our video at the Home Alone house, featured above, received the most views during that period. The second most popular video was an introduction to the Gold Coast by Sergio & Banks’ Tina Culver. Reflecting the season, third place honors ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on December 11, 2011
Tonight, Tuesday November 15th, Winnetka’s Village Trustees will be discussing Winnetka’s affordable housing plan, an issue that’s stirred much heat in “the crown jewel of the North Shore.” Groups of Winnetka residents have organized both to advance and to thwart adoption of the plan, which includes proposals to allow owners who have coach houses to ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on November 15, 2011
Five years ago it would have been unthinkable to find a teardown candidate in Winnetka‘s sought-after Greeley School area for $225,000. That was before the market drought and the recent flooding in Winnetka. According to the listing copy for 972 Tower Rd: Lot is triangular with average width of 49.74 and max depth of 150′. ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on October 7, 2011
The recently-built home at 882 Elm in Winnetka carried an asking price of $1,980,000 when we first became aware of it. It was nearing completion in June of 2006 when we shot the above photo. The 5-bedroom home has 5 full and 2 half baths, and sits on a 50 x 188 lot at the ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on September 22, 2011
I’ve just finished scouring the new rental listings on the North Shore for bargains to bring to your attention. I couldn’t find any. Perhaps the reason is that the number of new MLS-listed homes and condos for rent in the area was lower than usual this past week, with just 39 new offerings coming to ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on September 12, 2011
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