Dennis Rodkin
Residential Real Estate Reporter at Crain's Chicago Business
Contributor at WBEZ-FM (Chicago, IL)
I cover residential real estate for @CrainsChicago and do the "What's That Building?" segments on WBEZ.
Articles
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4 days ago |
chicagobusiness.com | Dennis Rodkin
Israel Idonije, who played nine seasons with the Chicago Bears and in retirement has opened hospitality and fitness venues in the South Loop and launched a line of comic books, bought a condo in the St. Regis. In early May, Idonije paid $1 million for a one-bedroom condo on the 21st floor of the undulating green tower on Wacker Drive designed by architect Jeanne Gang and her firm, Studio Gang, according to the records of the Cook County clerk.
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5 days ago |
chicagobusiness.com | Dennis Rodkin
The CEO of a Chicago-based company that makes eco-friendly package wraps sold her Lake Geneva mansion for $7.6 million, more than $1 million dollars off her asking price. Kathy Bolhous, CEO of Charter Next Generation, and her husband, Rod Bolhous, sold the five-bedroom house on Knollwood Drive on the north shore of Geneva Lake on May 28.
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1 week ago |
chicagobusiness.com | Dennis Rodkin |Ann Dwyer
Two new federal lawsuits have hit Illinois counties' sales of properties for back taxes, an increasingly precarious system since the U.S. Supreme Court declared them unconstitutional in all states two years ago. And a State senator introduced a last-minute amendment Thursday that calls for a moratorium on the tax sales until next spring.
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1 week ago |
chicagobusiness.com | Dennis Rodkin
An ordinance designed to slow gentrification in some of the city's hot spots by creating a route to ownership for renters in buildings that go up for sale is hitting snags three months after it went into effect. The Northwest Side Housing Preservation Ordinance, passed in September, took effect March 1.
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1 week ago |
chicagobusiness.com | Dennis Rodkin
Jeannine and Tyler Vradenburg were contented city residents, raising their two children in Roscoe Village, but Jeannine longed to get back in touch with horses, a big part of her youth. "There was this horse girl inside of me," Jeannine Vradenburg says.
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This nicely rehabbed Astor Street mansion I showed you in Jan sold today for over asking. January: sellers planned to list this spring at $3,375,000. It never listed because buyers contacted the agent, and today bought it for $3,525,000. My Jan story: https://t.co/9SGXcboiSF
Price cut of half a million dollars today on this David Adler design in Lake Forest. A Tommy Hilfiger exec did a big rehab in 2014, listed it August 2023 for < $7 m. Lates price cut takes it to just below $5 m. My Aug 2023 story: https://t.co/VnAAcWevle
Broadcast news legend Walter Jacobson landed a buyer for his Astor Street co-op quickly. Ten days from list to contract (including 1 price cut). https://t.co/zDtmAbP1gS