A full-floor home at One Chicago, the tower on West Superior Street between Dearborn and State, sold for $7.87 million, the highest-priced home sale publicly reported in the Chicago, Illinois metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026. The five leading closings reported across the metro that week combined for $21.24 million in Chicago-area real estate.
The sales were recorded in Chicago, Northbrook, Wilmette and Evanston, with two of the week’s closings inside the city itself. They run from a 2023 residence in a downtown high-rise to a 1901 Tudor Revival in Evanston’s Lakeshore Historic District, and Compass and @properties Christie’s International Real Estate each handled the listing side of two of this week’s leading transactions.
No. 1 — $7,870,528 · 14 W Superior St Unit 6900, Chicago, Illinois
A full-floor home at One Chicago produced the metro’s highest reported sale of the week. The residence at 14 W Superior St closed on August 4, 2026 for $7,870,528, and it offers four bedrooms, five bathrooms and a reported 6,085 square feet in a 2023 building developed by JDL Development.
One Chicago holds 77 homes that begin on the 44th floor, at the meeting of the Gold Coast and River North and a short walk from the lakefront. The residence has direct elevator access, and arrival runs through a covered motor court with dedicated valet. Wide-plank European oak floors, stepped ceiling detailing and full-height windows carry through the open plan.
The kitchen was designed by O’Brien Harris, and the primary bath is finished in floor-to-ceiling slab porcelain with custom vanities and Kallista fixtures. Generous setbacks allow for unusually large terraces, including a private ownership amenity deck, and residents hold a membership at the Life Time Athletic Resort and Spa club, with dining and a flagship Whole Foods at street level.
Nancy Tassone of Jameson Sotheby’s Intl Realty was the listing agent. Jonathon Spradling of @properties Christie’s International Real Estate represented the buyer. The $7,870,528 closing put Tassone at the listing side of RealtyWire’s highest-priced reported home sale in the Chicago metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026.
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No. 2 — $3,822,500 · 30 Bridlewood Rd, Northbrook, Illinois
A Nantucket-style stone and shingle house set on 2.2 secluded acres along a private Northbrook lane took the metro’s No. 2 reported sale. The 1960 residence at 30 Bridlewood Rd traded for $3,822,500 in a transaction recorded August 3, 2026, and carries a reported 10,152 square feet.
Six bedrooms each have their own ensuite bath, and the interior holds a recreation room, a private theater seating eight, a fitness studio with a Marley dance floor, three fireplaces and an attached three-car garage. Outdoors, a saltwater pool with an integrated spa anchors a stone terrace set with an outdoor stone fireplace, and a separate heated pool house stands alongside. Bridlewood sits minutes from town, the train and District 225 schools.
Kari McNeil and Pam MacPherson of @properties Christie’s International Real Estate were the listing agents. Barbara O’Connor of Baird & Warner represented the buyer. The house went under contract 17 days after the current listing date and ranked No. 2 in RealtyWire’s Chicago Metro Area Top 5 home sales for the week.
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No. 3 — $3,400,000 · 1121 Forest Ave, Wilmette, Illinois
A reported 6,064 square feet spreads across four finished levels at 1121 Forest Ave in Wilmette, which closed on August 3, 2026 at $3,400,000. The house holds six bedrooms, five full bathrooms and a half bath.
Ten-foot ceilings, oak hardwood flooring and double crown molding run through the main level, where a coffered ceiling anchors the formal dining room and the kitchen carries double quartzite countertops, a 48-inch Sub-Zero and a 48-inch Wolf six-burner double-oven range. Upstairs, a primary suite wrapped in grasscloth wall coverings has two walk-in closets and a bath with heated marble floors, a steam shower and dual marble vanities. The lower level carries radiant-heated floors, a gas fireplace with a quartzite surround, a wet bar and an exercise room.
The house stands steps from Wilmette’s downtown and blocks from Lake Michigan, and it previously changed hands for $2,025,000 in 2020.
Julie Hartvigsen of Compass was the listing agent. Bonnie Tripton of @properties Christie’s International Real Estate represented the buyer. The $3,400,000 sale ranked No. 3 in RealtyWire’s Chicago Metro Area Top 5 for the week ending August 9, 2026.
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No. 4 — $3,150,000 · 1218 Sheridan Rd, Evanston, Illinois
Ernest A. Mayo designed the Tudor Revival residence at 1218 Sheridan Rd in Evanston’s Lakeshore Historic District, built in 1901 and sold for $3,150,000 in a closing recorded August 7, 2026. The six-bedroom house carries five full bathrooms and a half bath across a reported 8,462 square feet.
A reception hall opens onto Tudor-arched passages that create an axial view down the length of the main floor, a hallmark of Mayo & Mayo’s ‘vista beyond’ concept. The living room has beamed ceilings and a fireplace clad in narrow Roman brick, beneath a pointed arch set with five leaded glass windows.
An oak-paneled staircase rises to a mezzanine library with vaulted ceilings and walls of bookcases, and the third floor carries a game room that was formerly a ballroom. The lower level holds a wine cellar and tasting room with barrel-vaulted ceilings, and an all-season porch by Morgante & Wilson opens to a stone patio with an outdoor kitchen. The property previously changed hands for $2,307,500 in 2018.
Geoff Brown, Sres of Compass was the listing agent. Michael Gerhardt of RE/MAX Premier represented the buyer. The house went under contract 13 days after the current listing date and ranked No. 4 in RealtyWire’s Chicago Metro Area Top 5 for the week. Compass was the listing brokerage on two of this week’s five leading reported sales in the metro.
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No. 5 — $3,000,000 · 1900 N Fremont St, Chicago, Illinois
A corner lot on a quiet one-way stretch of North Fremont Street in Lincoln Park produced the week’s No. 5 reported sale. The house at 1900 N Fremont St changed hands for $3,000,000 in a transaction recorded August 6, 2026, and carries a reported 5,390 square feet.
The house was later unified into a single residence and once held a neighborhood tied house, a piece of Chicago’s brewing history. Inside, 12.5-foot ceilings and preserved original tin detailing define the front room, which carries a built-in bookcase and a gas fireplace. Five bedrooms and three bathrooms sit on a single upstairs level.
The rear garden is landscaped around a custom masonry fireplace built from antique Chicago Common brick, and a rebuilt coach house adds a full bathroom, a built-in queen Murphy bed and independent climate control. The property previously changed hands for $2,050,000 in 2017.
Emily Sachs Wong of @properties Christie’s International Real Estate was the listing agent. Wong represented both sides of the transaction, acting for the seller and the buyer. The $3,000,000 closing ranked No. 5 in RealtyWire’s Chicago Metro Area Top 5 for the week, and @properties Christie’s International Real Estate was the listing brokerage on two of this week’s five leading reported sales.
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RealtyWire selected these transactions from publicly reported residential sales identified for the calendar week ending Sunday, August 9, 2026. The report may exclude private, off-market, delayed or nondisclosed transactions. Prices, property details and professional representation are reported as available at publication and may be updated following confirmation from transaction participants.
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