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Posts tagged "Lake Forest"

A Lake Forest estate with a clay tennis court

Le Corbusier allegedly described a home as “a machine for living in.” For many people it’s a place where memories are made. Forest & Bluff magazine offers a look at the memory-making potential of 1200 N Green Bay Rd in Lake Forest, a home that recently came on the market for $6,250,000. The gracious 11,000... Read more »
By Joe Zekas,
May 13, 2012 at 7:25 pm
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Two video tours of a David Adler home in Lake Forest

When it comes to touring homes with some architectural interest and history, the man to watch is Dennis Rodkin, Chicago Magazine’s Deal Estate columnist. Rodkin approaches a historic home with a more refined sensibility and a broader base of knowledge than architecture neophytes like me. Compare his tour of a David Adler-designed home in Lake... Read more »
By Joe Zekas,
February 17, 2012 at 4:11 pm
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A North Shore real estate news roundup

If you’re homeward bound to the North Shore, the local media can help you learn the flavor of the different communities and keep you up-to-date on real estate news.. Not all of the stories linked below qualify as actual “real estate news,” but they may affect your decision on where to move. Evanston sued by... Read more »
By Joe Zekas,
February 5, 2012 at 5:57 pm
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Tour a restored David Adler gatehouse in Lake Forest

David Adler was one of the most prolific and prominent architects and designers during the era of the “great American house,” and the North Shore suburb of Lake Forest is a showcase for some of his best. Adler’s clients were often willing to spend lavishly on detailing even the outbuildings on their estates to create... Read more »
By Joe Zekas,
January 25, 2012 at 11:01 am
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French Provincial in Lake Forest

It’s not unusual to see a cupola atop a Lake Forest country estate. You won’t often see one, however, on a French Provincial style home. The imposing 9,000 square foot home at 464 Ridge Rd in Lake Forest was built in 2004 and offers the period details and graciously-scaled rooms you’d expect to find in... Read more »
By Joe Zekas,
January 13, 2012 at 10:00 am
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Lot for sale on site of Lake Forest's fabled Villa Turicum

One way to view Lake Forest’s Villa Turicum is as one of the nation’s most costly debacles in private residential real estate. Completed nearly a century ago at a reported cost of $5 million, Edith Rockefeller McCormick’s storied 44-room Italianate mansion on more than 250 lakefront acres was abandoned, fell into disrepair and sold for... Read more »
By Joe Zekas,
December 23, 2011 at 6:54 pm
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Lake Forest mansion back on the market for $12M

When Chicago Magazine’s Dennis Rodkin visited the Schweppe Mansion in July of 2009 it was listed for sale for $18 million, and subsequently reduced to $15M. The home, at 405 N Mayflower Rd, eventually sold for $9M following a foreclosure. It came back on the market two days ago, priced at $12,000,000. Watch the video... Read more »
By Joe Zekas,
December 3, 2011 at 1:38 pm
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North Shore real estate news roundup, November edition

If you’re homeward bound to the North Shore, the local media can help you learn the flavor of the different communities and keep you up-to-date on real estate news.. Not all of the stories linked below qualify as actual “real estate news,” but they may affect your decision on where to move. Grunsfeld home in... Read more »
By Joe Zekas,
November 27, 2011 at 12:56 pm
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Another Stanley Anderson home hits the market in Lake Forest

Back in April we called attention to a 7-bedroom, 7-bath home at 700 N Mayflower Rd in Lake Forest designed by architect Stanley Anderson, a protégé of Howard Van Doren Shaw. Last year we reported that more David Adler homes were on the market in Lake Forest than at any previous time. Anderson was one... Read more »
By Joe Zekas,
November 1, 2011 at 11:07 pm
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Is Lake Forest overtaxing some of its subdivisions?

SSA’s – Special Service Areas – are common at suburban subdivisions. The typical pattern is that a suburb issues bonds to finance infrastructure improvements (roads, etc.) at a subdivision and home buyers pay a special SSA tax whose proceeds are used to retire the bonds. Buyers are made aware of the SSA and agree to... Read more »
By Joe Zekas,
October 26, 2011 at 1:38 am
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