Rocky Wirtz's daughter got way more than the asking price for her Wilmette home

Hillary Wirtz, a fourth-generation member of the beverage and professional hockey dynasty, sold her Wilmette house quickly and for well above the asking price.

Wirtz and her wife, Erin-Aileen Quaglia, sold their house on Lake Avenue yesterday for $1.6 million. They put it on the market a month ago at just under $1.2 million.

The buyers paid about 33% more than the sellers were asking for the five-bedroom house they'd renovated extensively.

Selling for more than the asking price is not unusual in ever-desirable Wilmette in this tight inventory market. About 54% of homes in the lakefront suburb sold above the asking price last month, according to Rocket Homes' tracker. Among the recent sales is a small Frank Lloyd Wright design on Gregory Street that came on the market in March at $899,000, went under contract in four days and sold May 9 for just over $1 million. Those buyers, who are not yet identified in public records, paid about 11% more than the asking price.

Wirtz is director of equity and inclusion at the family's Breakthru Beverage Group and took a seat on the firm's board in August, shortly after the death of her father, Rocky Wirtz. Her brother, Danny Wirtz, became co-chairman of Breakthru Beverage, one of the nation's largest alcohol distributors, at the same time she joined the board. He is also the head of Wirtz Corp., which owns the Breakthru Beverage investment, the Chicago Blackhawks and a large real estate portfolio, and is co-owner of the United Center.

With Quaglia, Hillary bought the Lake Avenue house in 2019 for $945,000, according to the Cook County clerk. They then "did a lot to the house, but they kept its integrity and charm," Compass agent Julie Miller told Crain's when it came on the market. She and fellow Compass agent Grace Miller represented the house.

Among the upgrades the couple made during their time in the house, she said, were replacing all windows except for those with leaded glass; updating the primary bath, the mudroom and the kitchen appliances; and putting in a new patio and landscaping.

Built in 1898, the three-story house has an English gambrel roof, also known as a barn-style roof, a mix of windows and bays, leaded glass and a broad front porch on the facade. Inside is mostly modernized, with some historical features, including a broad brick fireplace with built-in benches, wood ceiling beams and miniature columns atop a partial wall in one of the front rooms.

After going up for sale April 15, the house spent just three days on the market before going under contract to the eventual buyers. Not yet identified in public records, they were represented by Lisa Weis and Christie Ascione of @properties Christie's International Real Estate.