George Lucas and his wife, Mellody Hobson, can now boast of the most expensive vertical property in the city of Chicago: it is a 1,500 m2 ‘galactic’ duplex that unites penthouses 65 and 66 of the Park Tower, at 800 of Michigan Avenue. In January of this year, the creator of Star Wars and his wife paid 10.4 million euros for the upper floor to Ken Griffin, founder of the investment firm Citadel, to join it with the one on the 65th floor, acquired in 2015 for 17, 4 million euros. The total cost of the operation, estimated at around 31.2 million euros, will make it the most expensive condominium in the history of Chicago.
The renovation of the residence will be carried out by architect Scott Fortman, of Gibbons, Fortman
The couple’s financial situation is more than buoyant: Forbes estimates Lucas’s fortune at $5.5 billion while Hobson is currently president of the board of directors of Dreamworks Animation, director of Starbucks and co-CEO of Ariel Investments, among others. other charges. Lucas and Hobson own residences in California, New York, Italy and France. Among them is the iconic Skywalker Ranch, near Nicasio (California), which began construction in 1978 – a year after the release of Star Wars, Episode IV – and which continues to be expanded to this day.
