Former Chicago Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein and his spouse, Marie, on Monday publicly positioned their six-bedroom, 7,000-square-foot brick and limestone mansion in Lakeview available on the market for $3.75 million.
Now a advisor for Major League Baseball, Epstein, 48, oversaw the Cubs’ baseball operations from 2011 till stepping down in November. Among his achievements was main the crew to the 2016 World Series title.
In Lakeview, Epstein and his spouse paid $3.25 million in late 2011 for the home, which on the time was newly constructed. In buying the house, the Epsteins outbid then-Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Sharp.
Now, with Epstein’s time with the Cubs over, he and his spouse have put their home available on the market. On Sept. 1, the couple first listed the home on the market for $3.6 million by means of the true property brokers’ personal itemizing community, and the home briefly went underneath contract. After that deal fell by means of, the Epsteins and itemizing agent Jeff Lowe of Compass determined to listing the mansion publicly at a better $3.75 million asking worth.
Lowe declined to touch upon the deal that fell by means of or on his purchasers’ identities. However, he informed Elite Street that the explanation for the upper asking worth is as a result of whereas the mansion was listed within the personal itemizing community, purchaser site visitors was very robust. In addition, he mentioned, he subsequently realized of an off-market comparable dwelling worth of which he had not been beforehand conscious. Those two information factors prompted Lowe and his purchasers to revise the asking worth.
Situated on an extra-wide, 37.5-foot lot, the home has 5 full bogs, two half bogs, millwork and built-ins all through, excessive ceilings, a front room with a customized limestone fire, a curved staircase with a skylight and a kitchen with a marble island, a walk-in pantry and commercial-grade home equipment, together with an espresso machine, two dishwashers and a separate beverage fridge.
Other options embrace an excellent room with excessive ceilings, a walkout patio and a main bed room suite with floor-to-ceiling home windows, a fire, two walk-in closets, a moist bar and a marble toilet with separate vanities, a steam bathe and a separate soaking tub. The dwelling additionally has an excellent room, an hooked up four-car storage with a rooftop deck and a decrease stage with radiant warmth, a theater room, an outsized bar and a further rec room with built-ins.
The home had a $41,497 property tax invoice within the 2020 tax yr.
Bob Goldsborough is a contract reporter.
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