A five-bedroom, 12,000-square-foot mansion on Lake Michigan in Winnetka will be placed on the market next week for $12.85 million.
Built in 2005 and renovated from top to bottom in 2017, the painted white brick mansion will have one of the highest price tags of any home in Chicago’s suburbs, trailing only three houses: the 6,174-square-foot former W. Clement Stone mansion in Winnetka, which has a price tag of just under $15 million; basketball great Michael Jordan’s 32,683-square-foot mansion in Highland Park, which is on the market for $14.85 million; and a 9,990-square-foot mansion on 12.9 lakefront acres in Lake Bluff, which is available for just under $13 million.
In Winnetka, the mansion coming on the market for $12.85 million sits on a 0.8-acre property and has 7½ bathrooms, black inlay windows, Phillip Jeffries linen wall coverings, all-new lighting fixtures, pastel Ann Sacks tiles, Holly Hunt white draperies with light blue taping and newly redone, whitewashed fireplaces with new white millwork. The mansion also has a reception foyer with a bridal staircase with wrought iron balusters, a dome ceiling in the dining room with an Aerin Collection fixture, a living room with a wood-burning fireplace with a white Carrara marble surround, a butler’s pantry with two wine refrigerators and a kitchen with two dishwashers, a double Miele oven and a large island with soapstone countertops.
Other features include a primary bedroom suite with a private deck, a screened porch with refinished bluestone floors, a lower level that has been reconfigured with a separate theater area and a recreation area, a second mudroom, a third-floor gym with all-new floors and beveled mirrors, a newly built-out office on the third floor, a heated, six-car garage and a brand-new roof.
Outside on the property are a pool, a hot tub, viewing patios, a staircase to a 94-foot-wide beach, a dog run area and a new gumball breakwater wall along an adjacent north pier that helps keep the beach more stable despite fluctuating lake levels.
“There has never been a turnkey lakefront property that delivers an experience like (this one),” listing agent Jena Radnay of @properties Christie’s International Real Estate told Elite Street. “It’s all here — the beach, the pool, the spa, the rehabbed house and an awesome in-town location. It’s truly a lakefront oasis.”
Through an opaque land trust, the sellers paid $5.35 million for the mansion in 2016.
The mansion had a $131,493 property tax bill in the 2021 tax year.
Bob Goldsborough is a freelance reporter.
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