February 2019

No. 9 Walton has been one of downtown Chicago’s hottest buildings over the past couple years, and some of the Windy City’s premier celebrities and CEOs have all purchased a unit inside the building since construction wrapped up last year.

According to a recent report from The Real Deal, the building’s newest buyer is John Groetelaars, CEO of Chicago-based hospital bedmaker Hill-Rom Holdings.

As mentioned by The Real Deal, the unit was purchased from a trust for nearly $3.5 million and has right around 2,700 square feet of total living space. The Tribune also ran a story that the 3-bedroom, 3.5 bathroom condo was purchased directly from JDL Development and was originally listed for $3.65 million back in November.

With so much interest in the building, some

Chicago celebrities Bill and Giuliana Rancic have sold their 19th century brownstone on Bellevue Place, according to a recent report from Crain’s. The television personalities and co-owners of RPM Steak and RPM Italian first listed the 7,200 square foot home back in March for $6.8 million, and later reduced that asking price to just under $6 million.

The new buyer, who is still unknown at this point, has apparently paid $5 million for the property, or right around 73 percent of the original asking price.

As noted by Crain’s, the Rancic’s paid $2.15 million for the Bellevue Place property back in 2013 and have since done extensive renovations, which included adding onto the home, which as mentioned, now includes 7,200 square feet.

Not surprisingly, the