Hall of Fame former Chicago Bears participant and head coach Mike Ditka and his spouse, Diana, on Nov. 7 bought their longtime two-bedroom, 1,904-square-foot condominium on the thirty ninth flooring of a Streeterville high-rise for $575,000.
Known as “Iron Mike,” Ditka, 84, was a six-time All-Pro tight finish for the Bears, and later, he additionally was the staff’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 stored a 5,121-square-foot home in Bannockburn till promoting it in 1997.
Also in 1997, Ditka lent his title to a Magnificent Mile steakhouse — the primary of a number of that finally would open — wherein he was an investor. After Ditka’s second and last head teaching stint, with the New Orleans Saints, concluded in early 2000, he and his spouse paid $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 loos, a grand lobby, hardwood flooring, a kitchen with stainless-steel home equipment and granite counter tops and a major 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.
Ditka and his spouse received a “good price” for the apartment, itemizing agent Emily Sachs Wong of @properties advised Elite Street. And the couple acquired “multiple offers” for the unit, she added.
Wong beforehand advised Elite Street that the couple listed the apartment as a result of they not stay within the metropolis. Indeed, information present that they proceed to personal and stay in a 4,294-square-foot home in Naples, Fla. that they in-built 2002.
The Ditkas first listed the apartment on Oct. 13 for $599,900, and it went below contract to promote simply 10 days later.
The apartment had a $14,613 property tax invoice within the 2022 tax 12 months.
Public information don’t but establish the consumers.
Goldsborough is a contract reporter.
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Source: www.bostonherald.com