Hall of Fame former Chicago Bears head coach Mike Ditka and his spouse, Diana, have positioned their longtime two-bedroom, 1,904-square-foot condominium on the thirty ninth flooring of a Streeterville high-rise in the marketplace for $599,900.
Known as “Iron Mike,” Ditka, 84, was a six-time All-Pro tight finish for the Bears. He later was the group’s head coach from 1982 till 1992, throughout which he led the Bears to their solely Super Bowl victory ever, in 1986. Ditka maintained a presence within the Chicago space even after his time because the Bears head coach got here to an finish, as he saved a home in Bannockburn till promoting it in 1997.
Also in 1997, Ditka lent his identify to a Magnificent Mile steakhouse — the primary of a number of that finally would open — through which he was an investor. After Ditka’s second and closing head teaching stint, with the New Orleans Saints, concluded in early 2000, he and his spouse resumed being space owners, paying $700,000 a number of months later for his or her Streeterville apartment.
Located within the Olympia Centre constructing, the corner-unit apartment has two bogs, a grand lobby, hardwood flooring, a kitchen with chrome steel home equipment and granite counter tops and a main bed room suite with two walk-in closets and loads of built-ins. The unit additionally has entry to the constructing’s frequent rooftop deck on the sixty fourth flooring.
“The energy in the apartment is palpable,” itemizing agent Emily Sachs Wong of @properties instructed Elite Street. “Great ideas happened here. The custom woodwork, reminiscent of old city clubs, makes it feel 100 percent Chicago.”
Wong instructed Elite Street that the couple listed the apartment as a result of they now not reside within the metropolis. Indeed, data present that they proceed to personal and reside in a 4,294-square-foot home in Naples, Fla., that they in-built 2002.
The Ditkas first listed the apartment on Oct. 13, and it at the moment has a contract pending to promote it.
The apartment had a $14,613 property tax invoice within the 2022 tax 12 months.
Goldsborough is a contract reporter.
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Source: www.bostonherald.com