Two mansions on the same stretch of East 1st Street in Hinsdale sold for nearly $7 million each within days of one another this summer, both to buyers whose identities remain hidden behind anonymous land trusts. The home at 219 East 1st Street closed for $6.9 million on August 10, while 244 East 1st Street sold for $6.8 million just eight days later on August 18.
Both deals were handled off the public market, according to The Real Deal, which reported that 219 East 1st Street had been asking $8 million and sold all cash to an unidentified land trust, while 244 East 1st Street had been listed for $7.3 million before selling to a different, equally anonymous land trust. The 244 East 1st Street sale price also excluded a $200,000 personal-property kicker covering furniture, per the same report. Illinois land trusts were used in both deals, according to Schottler & Associates.
Inside the Two Estates
The 219 East 1st Street mansion spans three levels and 7,434 square feet, with 14 rooms including five bedrooms and six bathrooms, hardwood floors, and an oversized kitchen island, the outlet's report notes. Its walkout lower level houses a fitness studio, a prep kitchen, a golf simulator, another sports simulator, and an indoor swimming pool. Before this year's sale, the same address traded in an off-market deal in May 2021 for $6.55 million, handled by Coldwell Banker broker Dawn McKenna, according to Traded — meaning the property appreciated roughly $350,000 over five years before this summer's $6.9 million close.
Down the block, the 244 East 1st Street home was built in 2022 and offers 5,736 square feet of above-ground living space plus 3,143 square feet in the basement, on a 0.58-acre lot, the report states. Both listings were marketed on private networks rather than the public MLS, according to the same outlet.
Neither Sale Cracked Hinsdale's 2026 Record
Despite their price tags, both East 1st Street sales fell short of Hinsdale's 2026 sales record, which still belongs to 719 South Park Avenue at $7.2 million, per the outlet's reporting. That record-setting home was sold in March by former Portillo's President and CEO Michael Osanloo and his wife Mary, who bought the original 1922 lot in 2018 for $2.2 million, tore down the existing structure, and completed a 12,478-square-foot French-style residence in 2021, according to a separate The Real Deal report. McKenna's team represented the seller in that record sale, according to the outlet.
Hinsdale's celebrity real estate scene has also drawn attention this year through former Chicago Blackhawks defender Adrian Aucoin, who is trying to sell his three-story home at 423 North Bruner Street for $5.7 million. The 6,459-square-foot residence, custom-designed by architect Michael Abraham and built in 2017, features seven bedrooms, eight bathrooms, and a heated chlorine pool. In 2021, Information Resources CEO Andrew Appel purchased a 17,581-square-foot mansion in the area for $7.7 million.
A Historically Tight Market
The back-to-back near-$7 million sales come as Redfin reports that Hinsdale homes averaged 48 days on the market over the three months ending August 2026, with typical homes going pending in about 57 days and hot homes in about 32 days, and that the median sale price was $1.5 million. Those figures provide context for two mansions on the same street closing within days of each other at nearly identical price points.
IvyGro cites data on Hinsdale's demographics and housing occupancy. Still, Hinsdale's numbers trail the broader suburban Chicago luxury market. The priciest suburban sale of 2026 through August was the $17.5 million purchase of the historic Pabst mansion in Glencoe last July — a deal Hoodline previously covered — while Naperville set its own city record that same month with an $8.3 million sale, according to Homes.com News.
Nearby Burr Ridge has tested similar territory: the 7.34-acre Saddle Hill Farm estate listed for $10 million in August 2025, roughly 45% above that suburb's all-time residential sale record of $6.9 million set in 2022, The Real Deal has reported. Whoever bought the two East 1st Street mansions in Hinsdale, their names remain locked away in land trust filings, part of an off-market ecosystem where top local brokers keep trading multimillion-dollar properties within tightly held private networks.
