Billionaire Ken Griffin on Friday sold his five-bedroom, 7,400-square-foot Near North Side condominium on the 37th floor of the Waldorf Astoria for $10.22 million.
many of his high-end Chicago condominiums on the market — including some that he previously had lived in and several that he has never occupied.The Waldorf residence, at 11 E. Walton St., is different for two reasons. First, unlike the other condos, the 37th-floor unit is the one that until recently was Griffin’s legal residence. Second, Griffin took a sizable loss on the Waldorf condo. In 2014, he paid $13.
The condo has five full bathrooms, two half-bathrooms, two offices, two fireplaces, a bonus room, a private gallery entryway with floor-to-ceiling wood paneling, a living room with bespoke custom built-ins and Sapele mahogany floors, and an eat-in kitchen with custom cabinets, a custom built-in pantry and bar, stone countertops, two large wine refrigerators and stainless steel Wolf, Sub-Zero and Miele appliances.
The unit had a $130,209 property tax bill in the 2020 tax year, along with another $69,840 a year in homeowners association dues.Public records do not yet identify the condo’s buyer. The sale is the latest in a string of $10 million-and-up condo deals in Chicago. It joins Mexican billionaire German Larrea’s $20.56 million purchase of a high-floor duplex in the St.
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