Jennifer Pritzker real estate strategy shifting to multifamily and commercial

Billionaire Jennifer Pritzker is shifting her real estate strategy to focus on multifamily and commercial properties.

Pritzker’s Tawani Enterprises listed six Chicago-area homes recently, in addition to an Evanston mansion it sold in March, according to Crain’s.

A spokesperson said it’s part of Pritzker’s shifting focus that includes the Chestnut Row luxury townhomes in the Gold Coast and a 50-unit rental building on Morse Avenue in Rogers Park.

The newest listings are bed-and-breakfasts in Evanston. One, on Forest Place, is listed for $5.2 million. The other, on Church Street, is listed for $4.2 million.

She’s also listing a three-flat on Lake Shore Drive in Lakeview for $4.8 million — $4 million less than she paid for it, according to Crain’s.

Kimberlee Carr at Tawani’s in-house brokerage Honnete Real Estate has the listings.

In March she sold a 4,000-square-foot home on Judson Avenue in Evanston for $1.2 million, and listed a 19th century rowhouse at 1234 North State Parkway in Chicago for $4 million. In February she listed a Winnetka mansion for $3.9 million.

Last year she put on the market another Evanston mansion for $2 million, and has since lowered the asking price below $1.6 million. The home has a contingent contract with a buyer, according to Crain’s.

Pritzker, who retired from the Army in 2001 as a lieutenant colonel, is part of the Pritzker family of billionaires that includes her cousins, Gov. J.B. Pritzker, and former U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker. [Crain’s] — John O’Brien