Cook County condo sales steady in April at $660M

Palmolive condo deal for $5.2M marked last month’s priciest

@properties' Carrie McCormick and Engel and Volkers' Jennifer Ames with the Palmolive Building
@properties' Carrie McCormick and Engel and Volkers' Jennifer Ames with the Palmolive Building (Carrie McCormick, Engel and Volkers, Google Maps, Getty)

Some steadiness came to Cook County’s condo market in April after sales nearly doubled the previous month as the spring selling season got underway.

Carrie McCormick with @properties bagged last month’s priciest condo sale in the area, with a $5.2 million sale of a 32nd-floor unit in the Palmolive Building, where there’s currently a crowd of high-end sellers that have been forced to make cuts from their asking prices. Jennifer Ames of Engel & Volkers was the buyer’s agent.

While April’s priciest condo sale in Cook County and the median condo sale price both jumped from March’s figures, there was a slight decline in total deal and dollar volume. April’s total dollar volume was $660 million across 1,739 deals, down slightly from March when sales volume reached $671 million across 1,796 deals.

Here’s where April’s condo sales took place:

(Note: It’s possible more April deals could later boost volume statistics for the month as agents load deals into MLS systems; the March figures have increased slightly since the middle of last month)

Leaflet map created by Adam Farence | Data by © OpenStreetMap, under ODbl.

April’s median condo sale was $285,500, up nearly 4 percent from March’s median of $275,000.

A South Shore building claimed last month’s priciest sale per square foot. A 735-square-foot condo at 6730 S. South Shore Drive listed by Brenda Curtis of Curtis & Associates Realtors sold for $825,000 at a price of more than $1,122 per square foot to lead the metric. The buyer’s agent was Redfin’s Wanda Austin-Wingood.

Rounding out the top five priciest condo sales last month after the Palmolive unit were deals for $2.9 million deal at 132 East Delaware Street; $2.8 million at the St. Regis; $2.3 million for the penthouse at 305 South Racine Avenue; and $2.1 million for a unit at 415 East North Water Street.

April Condo Market Summary: 

Most Expensive

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Palmolive Building, 159 E Walton Pl Unit 32A | Price $5,200,000 | $965 psf | Year built: 1928

Least Expensive

West Lawn, 4300 W Ford City Dr Unit A303 | Price $19,000 | $22 psf | Year built: 1970

Highest Price Per Square Foot

South Shore, 6730 S South Shore Dr #505 | Price $825,000 | $1,222 psf | Year built: 1964

Lowest Price Per Square Foot

West Lawn, 4300 W Ford City Dr Unit A303 | Price $19,000 | $22 psf | Year built: 1970

Newest

Old Town, 1719 N Burling St Unit 4N | Price $1,850,000 | Unknown price psf | Year built: 2023

Oldest

Wicker Park, 1647 W North Ave #1 | Price $372,000 | $345 psf | Year built: 1876

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