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Corgan pays $6.8 million for mansion on the lake
January 22, 2004
Former Smashing Pumpkins and Zwan founder and solo rock star Billy Corgan has paid $6.8 million for an 18-room lakefront mansion in the northern suburbs that was designed by celebrated architect David Adler.
Built in 1926, the seven-bedroom Normandy chateau-style mansion sits on more than 6 acres and first was listed in 2000 for $11.9 million. It later was reduced to $9.5 million, then to $8.5 million and finally to $7.5 million before its sale.
The house has a music room, garden room, gallery, great hall, seven fireplaces and 6½ baths, French parquet flooring and Chinese wallpaper, according to listing information. The property has 354 feet of private beach.
The sellers had owned the mansion since 1946 and Corgan is only the home's third owner, according to listing agent Honore Frumentino of Koenig & Strey.
Corgan is no stranger to Adler's work, having paid $2.95 million in 2002 for a renovated, 3,500- square-foot, six-room, full-floor condo in an Adler-designed building on the North Side that once was a mansion. At that time, Corgan's tour manager and spokesman, Tim "Gooch" Lougee, confirmed that the singer-songwriter was staying at the condo but had intended to lease out the unit. It's not clear whether Corgan plans to reside in both homes.
The rocker previously lived in a Victorian painted lady on the North Side that he bought in 1993 for $455,000 and sold in 2000 for $1 million.
Corgan could not be reached for comment, and Lougee did not return a telephone call.
Frumentino, who would not confirm the buyer's identity, said, "The sellers are very, very thankful that they sold it to a passionate preservationist. They're pleased that the house will remain in all its glory and will remain intact."
Corgan's purchase price is the 10th highest for a home here, surpassed by:
• The $12 million sale of a lakefront house on the North Shore in 2000
• The $11.45 million sale of that same property in 2001
• Two $10 million-plus condo sales on the Gold Coast in 2002
• The $9.9 million purchase last year by Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. CEO Bill Wrigley of a north suburban lakefront mansion
• The $9.5 million sale of former MarchFirst CEO Robert Bernard's North Side mansion in 2002
• An investment banker's $9.5 million purchase of a mansion in Winnetka in 2002
• The $8.5 million sale of a lakefront house in Wilmette in 2002
• The $7.95 million sale last summer of White Sox slugger Frank Thomas' west suburban mansion.
In addition, Corgan's purchase is the highest price on record that a celebrity has paid for a Chicago-area house, surpassing the $4.79 million author Scott Turow paid in 2001for a north suburban lakefront house.
However, the original sale prices for some of the area's highest-priced celebrity homes aren't available. Basketball great Michael Jordan, for instance, built his massive North Shore mansion from scratch, so no purchase price is available. Talk-show queen Oprah Winfrey gradually bought and combined multiple condominiums in her Near North Side building to create a unit that would surpass the value of Corgan's mansion, according to agents who sell in the area. And Thomas also built his recently sold mansion from scratch.
Corgan's former bandmates also have shown an affinity for the north suburbs. Former Smashing Pumpkins and Zwan drummer Jimmy Chamberlin paid $832,500 in late 2001 for a house on 4.28 acres in the far north suburbs, and former Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha paid $1.05 million in 1998 for a house in the near north suburbs that he sold for $1.16 million in 2001. Iha, who now lives in New York City, still owns a house on the Far North Side of Chicago that he bought in 1994 for $260,000.
• Bears kicker Paul Edinger has paid $477,500 for a five-room North Side condo.
Listed for $485,000, the three-bedroom unit is in a new building and has a master bath with whirlpool and private outdoor patio, according to listing information.
Igor Dolgikh of Jameson Realty Group in Chicago had the listing. Edinger was represented by Ron Hollaender of Coldwell Banker. Hollaender said he did not know whether Edinger would keep his north suburban house, which he bought in 2002 for $293,000, according to public records.
• A 13-room North Shore mansion designed by I.W. Colburn has sold for $2.85 million.
Built in 1960, the two-story, seven-bedroom house originally had been listed for $4.15 million and later was reduced to $3.9 million, then to $3.6 million and finally to $3.35 million before its sale. The house, which is a block from Lake Michigan, has 10-foot ceilings, five full baths, three half baths, five fireplaces, three bluestone patios, a tennis court, greenhouse, separate studio building built in 1993 and garage parking for four cars, according to listing information. An underground tunnel that doubles as a 1,000-bottle wine cellar links the house to the studio.
• The price of an eight-room, 3,400-squarefoot Colonial on a private North Shore lake has been cut to $1.745 million from $1.795 million. On 1.14 acres, the two-story, four-bedroom house was built in 1961 and has 3½ baths, three fireplaces, a private dock, a large kitchen and remodeled floors and infrastructure, said listing agent Sandy Limacher of Coldwell Banker's Winnetka office. Just 11 houses surround the lake, she said.
Source: ChicagoTribune
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