Sun-Times reporter spends $320K for Aldine condo

Rummana Hussain bought a two-bedroom, two bath condo at 814 W. Aldine Ave. in Lake View for $320,000 from Richard Perkins and Andrew Roth on June 16.

Perkins and Roth paid $359,000 for Unit #2S in March 2006. The building dates back to 1906, and was converted to condominiums in 2006.

Hussain is a general assignment reporter, editor and occasional columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times. She has specialized in national and international coverage for the paper, including issues of immigration and the political situation in Pakistan.

She joined the paper in 2001 after previously working the education and criminal court beats for the Chicago Tribune. She has also worked for the now-defunct City News Bureau of Chicago.

She earned her master's in journalism from Northwestern University and her bachelor's in communications from Loyola University in Chicago.

Address: 814 West Aldine Avenue
Buyer(s): Rummana Hussain
Seller(s): Richard C Perkins and Andrew D Roth
Sale date: Jun. 16, 2008

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