The president of baseball operations for the Chicago Cubs sold his Ravenswood home for $3.5 million, slightly below the asking price.
Jed Hoyer and his wife, Merrill, sold their six-bedroom, 7,500-square-foot home after listing it for $3.65 million in March, the Chicago Tribune reported. The couple paid $3.1 million for the home in July 2019 and its 2020 tax bill was $37,007.
Hoyer was general manager of the Cubs from 2011 to 2020, including the 2016 season when the team won the World Series. He has been the president of baseball operations since 2020.
He bought the home after selling a five-bedroom home in Lincoln Park for $2.4 million. Hoyer told Elite Street at the time that he was looking for both a larger house and a larger lot.
The home, built in 2006, was designed by the Morgante Wilson architectural firm. It has five-and-a-half bathrooms, oversized windows and high ceilings. The mostly black-and-white kitchen has commercial-grade appliances, a large center island and an eating nook that connects to an adjacent sitting room.
On the second floor, the newly redesigned primary bedroom suite has walk-in closets and a sitting area. There’s also a family room with lofted ceilings and three more bedrooms.
The third level of the home has a full bath and bar and can be used as a bedroom or craft room. The lower level houses a guest room, recreation room, home theater and golf simulator.
The house has a one-and-a-half-car attached garage as well as a heated, two-and-a-half-car detached garage. There’s also a screened-in porch overlooking North Hermitage Avenue. The back yard has an oversized sports court.
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