Marathon Pharmaceuticals CEO Buys Lakefront Highland Park Mansion

The chairman CEO of Northbrook-based Marathon Pharmaceuticals paid nearly $11 million for a 16-room, blufftop mansion on Sycamore Place in Highland Park last month.

Jeff Aronin and his wife, Lisa purchased the property which had been listed at $16 million as late as June, according to Crain’s Chicago. They paid $10.88 million in what is the second-highest known sale of a home in the history of Highland Park.

Records indicate sellers Sheila and Joe Gutman bought the home in 2006.

The 15,000-square-foot mansion was built in 1908 and has a stretch of rocky waterfront that extends more than 200 feet and is connected to Millard Park.

The property contains a tennis court and a putting green.

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