For Illinois home buyers with a spare $10-$20 million — or anyone who enjoys scrolling luxury Zillow listings for fun — the state’s real estate market currently features eight ultra-high-end homes listed above that price point.
The properties are concentrated heavily in Cook and Lake counties and include a "rare urban mansion," sprawling estates, ""the ultimate in equestrian luxury,"a nd homes featuring massage rooms, "zen" rooms, waterfalls, an art gallery and more.
The listings range from approximately 9,300 square feet to nearly 25,000 square feet, along with hundreds of acres, and collectively represent hundreds of millions of dollars in Illinois real estate inventory.
Here are the homes currently listed above $10 million, ranked from highest to lowest asking price:
The most expensive home currently listed in Illinois, the 12,000-square-foot waterfront property sits on 490 acres, featuring 11 bedrooms and 16 bathrooms.
A 25,000-square-foot mansion on one of Chicago's most prestigious streets, the Gold Coast home is on "an exceptionally wide and long lot like no other," and features 6 bedrooms and 6 bathrooms and is for sale for the first time in 40 years. Features include a grand curved staircase, sweeping lake views, original marble fireplaces and more.
Another Gold Coast mansion, the listing calls this 1888 home and carriage house "a rare piece of Chicago history." Both buildings total 6 bedrooms, 7 baths and 13,000 square feet, featuring a bar, a spa with sauna, a massage and zen room, an integrated waterfall and glass-blown ceilings.
The 15,000-square-foot estate on Lake Michigan includes 6 bedrooms and 9 baths. It features sweeping water views, a pool, spa, and boathouse, plus a monumental staircase and marble fountain from the original Harold F. and Edith Rockefeller McCormick estate.
This 15,000-square-foot new-construction luxury home offers 6 bedrooms and 10 baths. The home "represents one of the most comprehensive lifestyle homes ever built in Winnetka," according to the listing. Main floor amenities include a 50-foot art gallery, 60-foot in-ground pool, sports simulator room, home theater and a wellness center with steam, sauna, cold plunge, whirlpool spa massage room and fitness center.
This new, 17,000-square-foot lakefront-adjacent estate features 7 bedrooms and 9 bathrooms. It boasts oversized windows with nonrestricted lake views, a future private beach, a refrigerated wine cellar and a sports court.
A rare urban mansion in Lincoln Park, this 13,400-square-foot home boasts 10 bedrooms and 10 baths. Built in 1885, the home provides "an opportunity for an extended family habitat, live-in nanny, or even business associates to be close" with a huge coach house over the attached 5-car garage. "The current owners have had celebrations of life, baptisms, graduation, marriage proposals, birthdays, and all holidays, whether it's in the side yard or the wine cellar that holds 20-30" in what they've used as a multi-generational home.
This 20-acre property offers "the ultimate in equestrian luxury," offering a state-of-the-art facility with 28 premium stalls, a massive indoor arena, four grooming areas with custom built-ins, a solarium and more, close to the Lamplight horse show. It also features an additional 20-stall stable and an additional 2,800-square-foot home on the property.
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