Top 100 Australian-listed companies: Response to Queensland flood disaster

1. BHP Billiton: $1.3 million (in addition, matching employee donations) 2. CBA: $1.35 million 3. Westpac: $1 million 4. ANZ: $1 million 5. NAB: $1 million 6. News Corp: $500,000 and Blue Ribbon campaign 7. Rio Tinto: $1 million ($700,000 to Premier Relief, $300,000 to Emerald community) 8. Wesfarmers: $7.5 million (plus $3.5 million from Coles customers) 9. Telstra Corp: Read more [...]

Civil engineer asking $3.5M for Palos Park 6BD [more]

Marcos G. Reyes has listed for sale a six-bedroom, 7.5-bath home at 121 Forest Edge Drive in Palos Park for $3.59 million. Reyes acquired the property for $474,000 in June 2004. The 12,000-square-foot house was built in 2006 in West Palos Park. It is located in the Shadow Ridge Estates subdivision. Laura Burns of Century 21 Pro-Team is the agent for the property. Reyes is the president and owner of Reyes Group Ltd., a contracting and construction management services firm based in Illinois. Before Read more [...]

Food delivery owner selling in Arlington Heights

Ronald Behm and Ellen Behm have listed for sale a three-bedroom, three-bath home at 216 N. Belmont Ave. in Arlington Heights for $529,900.The Behms acquired the property for $287,000 in Feb. 2004. The 2,167-square-foot house was built in 1924 in Central Arlington Heights. John Malone of Arlington Properties is the agent for the property. Ms. Behm owns Merry Feast, a fruit and vegetable service and delivery business based in Mundelein. Prior to establishing the business, she worked as an associate Read more [...]

Consulting firm exec listing Flossmoor 5BD

Dale Geary has listed for sale a five-bedroom, four-bath home at 1148 Dartmouth Road in Flossmoor for $539,000.The Gearys acquired the property for $546,000 in Sept. 1999. The 5,119-square-foot house was built in 2001 in East Flossmoor. It is located in Golfview Estates of Flossmoor subdivision. John Flynn of Baird and Warner Real Estate is the agent for the listing. Geary is a managing director at Sperco Associates, a business consulting firm founded in 1986.He attended Northern Illinois University.According Read more [...]

IT consulting firm CEO selling Glenview home

Stanislaus C. Menezes and Charlotte R. Lewis have listed for sale a four-bedroom, 4.5-bath home at 2757 Porter Court in Glenview for $899,000.Menezes and Lewis paid $528,000 for the property in Oct. 2005. The 3,577-square-foot home in West Glenview was built in 2007. Jane Lee of RE/MAX Top Performers is the listing agent. Menezes is founder, CEO and managing director of Lycon Technologies, a Glenview-based information technology consulting and staffing firm.He previously founded Infovison Inc., Read more [...]

Manufacturing CEO lists in Lemont for $1.7M [more]

Bruce Dement has listed for sale a five-bedroom, 4.5-bath home at 13540 Mccarthy Road in Lemont for $1.799 million. The 6,500-square-foot home in Greater Ruffled Feathers was built in 1995. Ann Pancotto of Coldwell Banker Residential is the listing agent. Dement is the CEO of Kastalon, Inc., an Alsip-based custom manufacturer of polyurethane and urethane products. He is currently an adjunct professor at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is also chairman of the board of governors of Read more [...]

Loan originator lists in Oak Forest

Michael A. Reimen has listed for sale a six-bath home at 5800 Independence Ave. in Oak Forest for $509,000.Reimen paid $510,000 for the 6,106-square-foot property in Aug. 2004. The home was built in 1977 in Central Oak Forest. Courtney Murphy Sinisi of RE/MAX '10' is the listing agent. Reimen is a loan originator at Wintrust Mortgage in Mokena. He previously served as a loan officer at American Home Mortgage and at Irwin Mortgage.He has a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University Read more [...]

Bank VP selling in Mount Prospect

Gladys Blancas and Augustin Blancas have listed for sale a 3,183-square-foot home at 210 N. School St. in Mount Prospect for $669,000.The Blancases paid $590,000 for the property in Jan. 2004. The house was built in 2004 in Central Mt. Prospect. Robert Sherman of Century 21 is the listing agent for the home.Blancas is the vice president and bank security officer at Midwest Bank and Trust. Prior to that, she was a senior AML investigator, an AVP at ABN AMRO-La Salle Bank, a bank protection manager Read more [...]

Photographer lists West End 2BD

Jessica Milberg and Julian Nicholas have listed for sale a two-bedroom, 1.5-bath home at 600 Pacific Ave. in Alameda for $489,000. David R. Valva of Valva Realty Company is the listing agent. Nicholas and Milberg acquired the property for $473,500 in Nov. 2008. The 999-square-foot house, which was built in 1915, is in West End. Milberg is a photographer and an invitation designer at Tim, Daisy, and Mike Photography. Beforehand, she was a print intern at Yellow Owl Workshop, a stamps and related Read more [...]