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Our mission

Chicago Cityscape is a community and real estate information platform working to accelerate equitable investment and desired development in every Chicago community.

Whether you're in real estate, community & economic development, the trades & construction, or policymaking

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Identify and prospect new clients and sales opportunities

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Find key data for feasibility studies and building permit applications

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Navigate state and Chicago regulations about where cannabis businesses can be located

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Create zoning assessments fast and accurately and add details most don't have

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Serve your members, efficiently execute your mission, and track investments

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Find accurate & comprehensive data quickly in a single source

Why people use Chicago Cityscape

  • Save time and money by having all the community and real estate data you need in one place
  • Get easy access to the most comprehensive Chicagoland data out there at an affordable price.
  • Be the first to know about new building projects, zoning changes, and more!
  • Discover opportunities and assets in often overlooked and underinvested neighborhoods.

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Features

Property Finder

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Property Finder makes finding Cook County properties based on your custom search parameters fast and easy.

Find property in 2 minutes

Incentives Checker

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In under a minute, know which development & financial incentives your proposed project might be eligible for.

Check if one will work for you

Proposed Projects

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Prospect 30 new construction projects every month in Chicago and review a twice-monthly newsletter of significant projects.

Build your contact list

Property Report

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Know everything we know about nearly one million properties in Chicago with Zoning Assessment, TOD Status, and nearby amenities.

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Chicago Cityscape has been seen on Curbed Chicago, Crain's Chicago Business, the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Magazine, and many other websites, as a source for insights and data analysis about Chicago properties that can't be found anywhere else.

What our members say about us

"We used Chicago Cityscape at Smart Chicago because we want to encourage the development of civic tech products that people can't live without. On a personal note, I love reading the insights that go along with the data— the narrative threads they pull together to make raw data real meaningful."

- Dan X. O'Neil / City Bureau board member, founder of former Smart Chicago Collaborative

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