Former Chicago Bulls guard Zach LaVine, who played for the team for parts of eight seasons, on Friday took a loss on his three-bedroom, 4,500-square-foot condominium on the 28th floor of the building at 9 W. Walton Street, selling it for $6.4 million.

The 6-foot-5-inch LaVine, 30, played for UCLA before being drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Bulls traded for LaVine in 2017 in a deal that sent Jimmy Butler to the Timberwolves. In February, the Bulls traded LaVine to the Sacramento Kings.

Through an opaque land trust, LaVine paid $6.9 million in September 2022 to buy his 28th-floor unit from former Chicago Bears star linebacker Khalil Mack. LaVine first listed it in March for that same $6.9 million asking price, and went under contract to sell it in September.

The condo is a half-floor home that also has a 750-square-foot wraparound terrace with a hot tub and overhead heaters. Features include 3-1/2 bathrooms and a living room with custom millwork, O’Brien Harris shelving, a a 60-foot linear ventless fireplace framed in Iceland book matched porcelain. The condo’s kitchen has a 60-inch Wolf range, two full-size ovens, a steam oven, a warming drawer, a built-in Wolf coffeemaker, two full-size Gaggenau refrigerators, two Miele dishwashers and a 14-foot waterfall island made from Azul Imperial Quartzite.

Other features in the unit include heated stone hallways with inlaid runners, heated bathroom floors throughout and a primary bedroom suite with a sitting room, a built-in bar, a Sub-Zero beverage refrigerator and a primary bathroom with princess white quartzite counters, a towel-warming drawer, custom cabinetry, a dual shower with a TV and a rain shower, and a custom bathtub with a pop-up TV lift and a built-in champagne bucket.

Listing agent Nancy Tassone could not be immediately reached for comment. Jeffrey Lowe of Compass represented the buyer, whose name does not yet appear in public records.

The unit had a $119,590 property tax bill in the 2024 tax year. It also receives a $4,937-a-month bill for homeowners association dues, which is $59,244 a year in building assessments.

In addition to LaVine and, before him, Mack, other Chicago athletes who have owned in the building at 9 W. Walton have included former Chicago Blackhawks star Jonathan Toews, who sold a 29th-floor unit in 2019 for $6.95 million just one year after buying it; his teammate, former Blackhawks star Patrick Kane, who bought a 25th-floor unit in 2019 for $6.46 million; and former Chicago Cubs star Jason Heyward, who sold a 19th-floor unit in 2020 for $7.2 million. And other big names having owned in the building include billionaire Ken Griffin, who famously paid $58.75 million in 2017 for 9 W. Walton’s top four floors, and Gov. JB Pritzker, who late last year bought the top two floors from Griffin for $19 million.

Goldsborough is a freelance reporter.

 

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