Mitch Hurst

GHOST STORIES

ON THE EVENING of October 30, 1928, Elfrieda Knaack was found severely burned in the furnace of Lake Bluff Village Hall. She would die in the hospital three days later. The rest of the story is a mystery. Knaack, a local schoolteacher, refused to tell authorities how she might have ended up in the furnace,

A Bank with A Heart

Out of his Regions Bank office in Oakbrook, Vice President and Mortgage Production Manager Howard Ackerman oversees a team of mortgage originators who offer a wide array of mortgage products for those who are buying or remodeling their homes, purchasing their first homes, or purchasing vacation homes. Born in New York City, Ackerman received his

Staunch Advocate

In 2013, Susan Burklin left a successful 28-year career as a sales representative to join @properties as a real estate broker. Switching careers, especially a thriving one for an uncharted one, can be risky business, but for Burklin she was following her passion. “I had always wanted to go into real estate and had thought

Local Legend

FOR THE MAN who built the Wintrust Bank empire, Ed Wehmer is remarkably unassuming. For sure, the former rugby player knows how to compete in the dog-eat-dog world of banking, but he doesn’t wear it on his sleeve. The Lake Forest resident would much rather talk about his North Shore roots and his family than

Distinctive Dentistry

When Dr. Jeffrey Weller was young his family would make swings through Iowa during driving vacations to visit his uncle who, it turns out, would have a lasting influence on him. “He was a dentist and back then we traveled by car more than by plane for family vacations. We would visit and hang out

Experience Counts

THE CURRENT HOT REAL ESTATE on the North Shore offers many challenges for buyers and sellers. With record low inventory, many homes are sold before they ever hit the MLS, or the Private Listing Service for that matter, and most receive multiple offers. While it’s a seller’s market, potential sellers who want to upsize or downsize

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