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Chicago Real Estate
Illinois
Chicago real estate offers some of the best choices in the American real estate market, regardless of whether you are looking for an apartment, condominium, single-family home, or land to realize your dreams for the future. Through USALifestyleRealEstate.com, you are guaranteed to find a qualified broker or real estate agent who can help you find a property that is a great real estate investment and matches your lifestyle.
Top Lifestyles
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City Life
Commuter trains- Third most populous city in the United States
- 72 skyscrapers, including the Willis Tower, also known as the “Sears Tower,” which is the tallest building in the nation
- A “Very Walkable” city, according to Walk Score
- Easy transportation throughout the city, with subway lines, buses, and MetraRail commuter trains
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Lake
Sailing on Lake Michigan- Lake Michigan has 26 miles (42 km) of lakefront with 15 miles (24 km) of beaches.
- The Chicago Air & Water Show is held annually at North Avenue Beach.
- Oak Street Beach is a training area for triathletes and distance swimmers.
- 15+ yacht clubs
- The Race to Mackinac, which is one of the oldest annual freshwater distance races in the world, begins at the Chicago Yacht Club.
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Professional Sports
Soldier Field football stadium- Teams: the Chicago Bears (football), the Chicago Blackhawks (hockey), the Chicago Bulls (basketball), and the Chicago Cubs and the Chicago White Sox (baseball)
- Championships: six NBA championships (Chicago Bulls), five World Series wins (two for Chicago Cubs, three for Chicago White Sox), four Stanley Cups (Chicago Blackhawks), and the 1985 Super Bowl (the Chicago Bears)
- Sporting News named Chicago the Best Sports City in 1993, 2006, and 2010.
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University City
University of Chicago- 50+ colleges and universities
- Three world-renowned research institutions: Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, and the University of Illinois at Chicago
- Loyola University Chicago is the largest Jesuit Catholic university in the nation.
- The University of Chicago and Northwestern University were both included in the top 12 colleges and universities in the 2011 U.S. News & World Report national university rankings.
- Nearby Joliet Junior College was the first junior or community college in the nation.
OTHER POPULAR LIFESTYLES
- Arts and entertainment, bicycling, boating/sailing, gambling, golf destination, history, retirement community
Highlights
- 35 million visitors annually
- Called the “Windy City” and the “Second City”
- Home to 11 Fortune 500 companies
- Chicago is considered the birthplace of the skyscraper.
- The Art Institute of Chicago has one of the largest collections of Impressionist works in the world.
- The Historic Route 66 begins in front of the Art Institute of Chicago.
- Chicago produced the first steel rail and was the site of the first skyscraper, the first Ferris wheel, the first mail-order business, the first blood bank, and the first drive-through bank in the country.
- Nearby cities and towns: Cicero; Oak Park; Berwyn; Evanston; Milwaukee, WI (2 hours)
FAST FACTS
| Population | 2.7 million (9.6 million in metropolitan area) |
| Size | 232 square miles (601 km2) |
| Climate | Chicago can experience extremes in temperatures with hot and humid summers and freezing winters. |
| Nearby Airports with Hub Connections | O’Hare International Airport (ORD): Direct connections include Anchorage (ANC), Atlanta (ALT), Boston (BOS), Charlotte (CLT), Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW), Detroit (DTW), Fort Lauderdale (FLL), Honolulu (HNL), Houston (IAH), Las Vegas (LAS), Los Angeles (LAX), Miami (MIA), New York (JFK), Newark (EWR), Orlando (MCO), Philadelphia (PHL), San Francisco (SFO), Seattle (SEA), Washington, DC (IAD) |
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