Earlier this week, we mentioned that a nearly $5 million condo available at 209 E Lake Shore Dr ranks among the priciest homes on the exclusive strip known as East Lake Shore Drive. But the priciest crib we’ve found on these blocks, a three-bedroom four-bath condo located at The Breakers, 199 East Lake Shore Dr, will run you $6.2 million.
What does that get you? According to Neil Harris’ Chicago Apartments: A Century of Lakefront Luxury, architect Benjamin Marshall divided each unit at The Breakers “into public, private, and service sectors — or living, sleeping and servants’ quarters…revealing Marshall’s careful planning and sensitivity to his wealthy clients.” The three-bedroom Breakers unit on the market, #6E, is dripping with that sensitivity. There’s 5,000 square feet of it, in the solarium, paneled library, private terrace, two fireplaces, wine room, master spa…you get the idea.