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