Blockshopper.com founder buys Lincoln Park townhome

Blockshopper.com founder Brian Timpone and his wife, Patricia, bought a four-bedroom, 3.1 bath townhome in the Camden Passage complex at 2024 N. Racine for $730,000 from Robert and Annica Nolan on June 14.

The Nolans paid $640,000 for Unit #D in Nov. 2005.

Mr. Timpone, 34, founded Blockshopper in the spring of 2006 with the intent of fusing real estate and community news. Blockshopper, which has sites in Chicago and St. Louis, is planning a nationwide rollout in 2007-08.

He is a co-founder and owner of 1871media.com, now uxCast.com, a content software solutions provider.

Blockshopper is just one of the many media ventures the south suburban native has been involved with over the years. He's the Publisher of a chain of legal newspapers, The Madison County Record, The West Virginia Record and The Southeast Texas Record. He also publishes LegalNewsline.com, a web-based newswire covering state supreme courts and state attorneys general.

He was a Content Executive with Zacks.com, and co-founder of ePrairie.com and GolfSpan.com.

The former television reporter has worked with major networks such as CBS, CNN, CNBC, NBC.

Mr. Timpone has dabbled in politics, serving as the spokesman for the Illinois General Assembly's Minority Leader, Lee Daniels. He's also managed media communication and strategy for a handful of statewide political campaigns.

He's a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and attended Marian Catholic High School in Chicago Heights.

He and Patty also own property at 1725 N. Dayton, Unit #A, for which they paid $519,000 in Feb. 2005.

There are 19 townhomes in Camden Passage, which was built in 1988.

Address: 2024 North Racine Avenue
Buyer(s): Patricia Timpone
Seller(s): Robert J Nolan
Sale date: Jun. 14, 2007

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