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"Chicago Cityscape is an efficient and centralized source for zoning, permitting, and licensing info that I need for my practice. It is a one-stop-shop for real estate development data that saves me time and shows new information I haven’t found elsewhere."
- Braeden Lord / Attorney, Taft Law
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Cityscape Real Estate Pro features include:
Great customer support
Customer support is standard. Plus, we'll schedule a 30-minute of onboarding session; a 1-hour one-on-one consultation after the first 30 days is included (by request).
Access all of our data
Export anything you see – permits, businesses, demolitions, property owners & taxes, zoning – into Excel or GIS for further analysis
Notifications for everything
Get our exclusive demolitions notifications, and receive notifications for an unlimited number of Place Reports, Company Profiles, and Property Reports
Exclusive insights
Get the heads up on Proposed Projects, understand zoning standards, TOD status, unlock an unlimited number of Property Reports, and use our site selection tools.
Full Cityscape Real Estate Pro features list:
Save time
Chicago Cityscape has been designed to get you the information you need to take your property portfolio to the next level, without having to scrounge around for it: current zoning, TOD status, property ownership, and more.
Great support
We offer timely and professional support over email to all members within 24 hours (use this contact form). Each new member is welcome to a 30-minute personalized tour within the first 30 days. We also offer in-depth trainings to use Chicago Cityscape and other data resources for a fee.
Offer it to your entire office
Each additional person (seat, or license) in your office can save time with their own Cityscape Real Estate Pro membership at a discounted price.
Incentives Checker
Every Property Report you look up will show which of 39 financial & development incentives that your proposed or existing property might be eligible for, in Chicago, Cook County, and Illinois. Learn more about Incentives Checker.
Protect your property
Get notified the day after a building violation is issued against your Chicago properties by using Property Tracker.
Unlimited address lookups
Get as many Property Reports as you need, complete with information about zoning (Chicago), financial incentives, property owner and taxes data, and TOD opportunities.
Export data
Download nearly everything you see, as spreadsheets and maps. This includes property values, owner/manager info, tax history, assessments, and more.
Dig deep into contractor, architect, and developer histories
We compile the history of every contractor, architect, and developer working in Chicago since 2006, and link to them to every other company they've worked with. In maps, charts, and spreadsheets.
Track everything
Sign up for notifications about contractors, property owners, specific properties, new business licenses, neighborhoods and wards, and daily demolition reports.
Avoid fines
Use Property Tracker to get notifications when permits and licenses at your properties are about to expire.
Get insights
Know which contractors and real estate developers are the most prolific in any neighborhood, ward, or other place. See who the most active companies are this month. Use our alternative methods for finding developable land.
Customize
If any of our 46,031+ maps aren't specific enough, you can draw your own, or ask us to draw one for you.
See future zoning changes
Chicago Cityscape is the only source for detailed info about proposed and upcoming zoning changes in Chicago.
Find developable land
Property Finder uses unique methods to find land suitable for development, based on your qualifications including proximity to transit, existing zoning district, and current vacancy and land use.
Map anyone's properties
Our database of Cook County properties makes it easy to see all of specific person's or entity's properties on a downloadable map.
"Obtaining all of the information needed to compel investors would have been impossible without Chicago Cityscape: GIS is too esoteric and idiosyncratic, and frankly intimidating to a non-initiated viewer. Having a simple, clean, and clear source of primary information about the built environment and local context made this entire project possible. Paid for itself a thousand times over."
- Mike Healy (Guild Row developer)
"Chicago Cityscape represents a smart solution to the problem of uncoordinated public information. The City of Chicago data portal and other available public databases can in their complexity to use discourage users, Chicago Cityscape's database makes retrieving information easy for all levels of user sophistication. Utilizing the data and report pages can create new ideas to solve old problems. It assists in my community volunteer activities to identify potential solutions for legislation, property inventory management, volunteer resource optimization, development/demolition watch and city infrastructure transparency."
- Gladys Alcazar-Anselmo (East Village Association)
"Chicago Cityscape is really awesome and an amazing consolidation of a ton of data. Cityscape always seems to anticipate new content needs and then add it!"
- Garret Glaser (Townes Glaser Development)
"Chicago Cityscape is an incredible resource for anyone and everyone who works in the real estate industry. It is much faster, easier to use and more robust than the databases operated by the city. The time saved pays for itself many times over."
- AJ LaTrace (Real estate reporter, former editor Curbed Chicago)
"Cityscape is invaluable in researching the complexity of Chicago parcels and regulations. It's a tremendous value and they're constantly adding new and useful features."
- Ari Parritz (Vermilion Development)
"I love Chicago Cityscape. The time and frustration it saves is worth every penny!"
- Paul Price (Laborers International Union of North America (LiUNA!))
"Our team easily found a menu of available incentives attractive to potential buyers on Cityscape – great intel for offering memorandums. This valuable info would have taken us days to compile without Cityscape."
- Scott Maesel (SVN Commercial Real Estate Advisors)
"Data is key to Emerald South's success. As a data driven organization, we take an asset-based approach to make efficient and effective decisions. Chicago Cityscape is a tool that allows us to improve our data collection and management while telling the rich story of our community."
- Demetri Alexakos (Director, Emerald South Economic Development Collaborative)
"Chicago Cityscape's property finding and zoning tools have made it possible for me to find, acquire, and rehab more residential buildings."
- Alec Greenberg (Principal, Base 3 Development)
"WestLaw and LexisNexis revolutionized legal research for litigators. Cityscape is doing the same for zoning and land use attorneys."
- Liz Butler (Partner, Taft Law)
"I just wanted to drop a line and say how amazing the zoning changes filter on the Ordinances page has been working for me. The summary portion, especially, has been a real time-saver. This way, I don't have to open the entire Councilmatic document to know what's being proposed. Great stuff!"
- Colm Hughes (The Blue Book Building & Construction Network)
"Chicago Cityscape solves the pain of having to go through multiple city and county websites to gather information by providing all the info in one screen. Features such as zoning appeal information, TOD eligibility, demolition and building permits in neighborhoods are just what I need as an architect to cater to my clients. I would highly recommend Chicago Cityscape as the premier source of Chicago's real estate analysis."
- Prashanth Mahakali, AIA (PMPC Architects)
"Chicago Cityscape is the first (and increasingly, only) place I look for information on new developments in my Albany Park neighborhood. Previously, I'd do research via multiple websites and government data sets, which was really difficult and time-consuming. But with Chicago Cityscape's clean display and features like clickable maps and PINs I'm able to find meaningful data that shapes my community group's efforts to monitor development and attract more business."
- Shylo Bisnett (Albany Park Neighbors)
"Site selection for cannabis businesses has rarely been so important. I don't know any better tool for it than Chicago Cityscape, especially for the price."
- Ian Brown (Land use attorney)
"I like Chicago Cityscape because of the concise information on properties and they quickly answer any question I have."
- Rick Gordon (Marcus & Millichap)
"Chicago Cityscape is hands-down the best resources for researching and tracking trends and new building permits, and has made our work more accurate and detailed. The interface and user experience is top notch, and the technical support is excellent. We love Cityscape Pro!"
- Kyle Terry (Real estate analyst)
"Chicago Cityscape is the one of the most valuable tools available to Chicago-area real estate professionals. As a lender, I use the: Address Report for collateral due diligence and to help clients with site preparations; mapping tools for vendor searches, neighborhood and market research, and site optimization; reports to monitor portfolios for violations and court case, as well as generate leads; and news to stay on top of local development stories. Chicago Cityscape has saved me countless hours searching various websites and provides consolidated property information all on one page. I recommend Chicago Cityscape to any real estate lender, architect, developer, general contractor, and management company."
- Kyle Harvey (Senior loan officer, Community Investment Corporation)
"There's no way we would have been able to convey or contextualize the extent of vacant land on the former CHA sites without guidance from Chicago Cityscape. They were instrumental in collecting and presenting information in a compelling way."
- Ashley Meeder (Polikoff-Gautreaux Fellow & Staff Counsel, Impact for Equity)
"Chicago Cityscape is an efficient and centralized source for zoning, permitting, and licensing info that I need for my practice. It is a one-stop-shop for real estate development data that saves me time and shows new information I haven’t found elsewhere."
- Braeden Lord (Attorney, Taft Law)
"I rely on Chicago Cityscape as my secret to success: Being able to get alerts sent to my email any time my top customers pull permits, allowing me to anticipate the needs of my clients, and stay ahead of my competitors. The ever-evolving features allow me to sort and track in multiple ways, making Chicago Cityscape an invaluable resource to track all the permits that are important to me. I know I wouldn’t be as successful in my construction sales role if it weren't for Chicago Cityscape over the past two years."
- Sandra, Construction Materials Sales Manager
"Chicago Cityscape is an invaluable resource that has become a very important tool for us. Its accurate, comprehensive data provides essential information necessary for our work. Without question, Chicago Cityscape has directly improved our work quality and productivity."
- Adam Natenshon (Director of Operations, Preservation Chicago)
"Chicago Cityscape's tool empowers small economic and community development organizations like ours to do our work better and more efficiently."
- Martin Sorge (former executive director, Uptown United & Uptown Chamber of Commerce)
"When it comes to finding accurate and complete construction news in Chicago, there isn't a better platform than Cityscape. I can't imagine doing my job without being a Cityscape Pro member. They've enabled me to provide my subscribers with timely updates to hard to get, high-value private construction projects. Cityscape is a lifesaver!"
- Colm Hughes (The Blue Book Building & Construction Network)
"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)
"As a Chicago based real estate investor and developer I have benefited a great deal from my access to Cityscape. I find myself using it on a daily basis to help evaluate potential opportunities ranging from acquisition / renovation projects to ground up developments. It helps me perform an "initial sniff test" to confirm whether a potential rehab is in an ADU area, or if a development site is within the required distance of a train station to qualify as a Transit Oriented Development (TOD)."
- Gabe Horstick (Base 3 Development)
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- For recurring Cityscape Real Estate Pro memberships, cancel within the first 30 days and request a refund (this is our 30-day guarantee for new members). For memberships that renew, cancel within 48 hours of the payment and then request a refund.
- For non-recurring (fixed length) Cityscape Real Estate Pro memberships (which last a fixed number of months), cancel within 48 hours of the payment and then request a refund.
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