News About The Glen

Summer in Glenview means outdoor dining in The Glen

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A couple of months ago I wrote a blog about the unofficial – but very real – sign of spring in Glenview, the opening of the Glenview Dairy Bar. Well, there’s also a sign of summer, and its right here in The Glen…outdoor dining in Glen Town Center.

We have 17 restaurants in The Glen, popular with locals and with people from throughout Chicagoland‘s North Shore. My sister and two nieces visited from out of town last weekend. We walked through Glen Town Center from our Tower Crossing townhome, barely a block away. We passed outdoor diners at Your Pie (a great little pizza place), State and Main, Flight Wine Bar, Ra Sushi Bar & Restaurant, Uno Mas, Bravo Cucina Italiana, Yardhouse, and several more wonderful restaurants. We decided on Curragh Irish Pub. The food was terrific, but the ambiance of dining outdoors on a lovely summer evening was even more so.

One of the great things about living in The Glen is our proximity to restaurants, shops, Arclight Cinema, and so much more. In fact, you can walk to Glen Town Center from any of the homes in The Glen whether they be single family homes, row homes, duplexes or condos. In many ways it’s like living in the city, though with less traffic and noise. In fact, we refer to The Glen lifestyle as “urban living in the suburbs”. The best of both worlds! And if we want to actually go to the city, our local Metra can get to the loop in 30 to 45 minutes.

So, stop by for dinner sometime. You’ll enjoy the food and fall in love with our community. And if you do, give me a call. I am an award winning Realtor who lives in and focuses on Glen homes.

Margaret Ludemann    Realtor, The Glen Realty Group

847-401-1802   margaretludemann@gmail.com

There are signs of spring. And there is THE sign of spring in Glenview.

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When I moved to The Glen many years ago, I discovered the Glenview Dairy Bar nearby. I remember driving by it the first time.  It looked so sweet and quaint in a 1950s kind of way. The hand painted sign tipped me off that it’s a local business…a family business. But really, it’s more than a business. It’s a Glenview institution, and it’s part of all of us…all of us who live here and love it here.

The Glenview Dairy Bar holds a special place in the hearts of those of us who are so fortunate to live in Glenview. On our first visit each spring we all look for the picture…the picture of the year’s first customers, having camped out all night.  It’s like seeing the first robin in the spring. It means the long winter is over!

Sure we go there to enjoy the ice cream, but also to remember summers past. Of being a kid. Of lazy summer evenings with family and friends.  We also go there to create new memories that we can call up on a cold winter day.  So here’s to the Glenview Dairy Bar!  It’s open seven days a week at 1015 Harlem Ave.  Maybe I’ll see you there.

Margaret Ludemann

Realtor, The Glen Realty Group, @properties

847-401-1802   margaretludemann@gmail.com

Golfing in The Glen

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It’s spring, and that means golf.  Here in The Glen we are fortunate to have two – count them TWO – wonderful golf courses, both within walking distance of any Glen home.

A wonderful thing about living in The Glen is the availability of  The Glen Club and Glenview Prairie Club.  Both courses are of high quality and they are open to the public. The Glen is a Chicago area north shore residential and retail development.  There are over 2,000 luxury homes of all types, and home prices range from the $300’s to over $2 million.

The Glen Club is well known and highly regarded. It’s an 18 hole championship course designed by the legendary Tom Fazio. The course is beautiful to look at and challenging to play. Golf Magazine has rated it the fourth best courses you can play in Illinois and among the Top 100 in the United States. When it opened in 2001 Sports Illustrated listed it as a top 10 new course. A stately 48,000 square feet clubhouse provides overnight lodging and first class dining. The club offers private corporate memberships, but it is also available to non-member individual golfers.

The Glenview Prairie Club offers Paddle Tennis courts as well as golf. The course is meticulously maintained (by The Glen Club!), and it is beloved by Glen residents who prefer a shorter round of golf.

Many Glen homes have great views of these picturesque golf courses. Fifty-five magnificent “estate” single family homes in the Southgate subdivision border The Glen Club’s course as do nine stunning townhomes in Tower Crossing. Several homes in the lovely Westgate and Patriot Commons neighborhoods also have great views.

If you are a golfer who may be interested in living in the Glen please contact me for additional information. I am a long time Glen resident and an award winning Realtor with @properties.

Margaret Ludemann, The Glen Realty Group, @properties

847-401-1802   margaretludemann@gmail.com

Check out the great schools serving The Glen

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Kids in The Glen (in Glenview, Illinois) are very fortunate for a lot of reasons. Chief among them are the outstanding schools serving our area. Parents who are considering moving to The Glen may want to check them out carefully as my husband and I did nearly 14 years ago. School quality was one of the most important reasons why we chose to live here. And we haven’t been disappointed.

So, here is the list of schools along with their websites so that you can do your own investigation. I know you will be as impressed as my family has been.

Glenview School District 34 covers grades K through 8. The district website is http://www.glenview34.org/

Within District 34 there are three schools serving Glen children, as follows:

For grades K through 2, Glen students attend Westbrook Elementary School. https://wb.glenview34.org/

For grades 3 through 5, Glen students attend Glen Grove Elementary School.  https://gg.glenview34.org/

For grades 6 though 8, Glen students attend Attea Middle School. http://at.glenview34.org

High school students attend the award winning Glenbrook South High School in Glenbrook School District 225. The district’s website is https://www.glenbrook225.org/   The school’s website is https://www.glenbrook225.org/gbs/home

For smaller children there is a wonderful pre-school in the Glenview Park Center which is located in the heart of The Glen. Here is the website: http://www.glenviewparks.org/facilities-parks/park-center-preschool/

I am a long time Glen homeowner and an award winning Realtor focused on selling homes in The Glen. If you may be interested in living in The Glen, please contact me at margaret.ludemann@gmail.com or 847-401-1802.

Margaret Ludemann, The Glen Realty Group℠, @properties

Now’s the best time to buy or sell a home in The Glen

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OK, I know you’ve heard it before, but here it is again. If you want to sell your home, now is the best time of the year to get it listed on the MLS. It’s March folks. Spring is in the air. Home buyers come out of hibernation and start looking around.

There is logic in this timing. Buyers with kids want to make their purchase so that they can close on it before the start of the next school year. So if you are a buyer, get going. You’ll get into your new Glen digs in time for the kids to make friends around the neighborhood, and be ready to start school in August.

Last year in The Glen, greater Glenview, and neighboring North Shore communities it took about two months for a listed home to come under contract with a buyer. The time between “under contract” and closing is typically four to six weeks. While I wasn’t a math major in college, I’m pretty sure that gets us to late June or July.

So, if this is the year to move to a larger home or to downsize, now’s the best time to sell or purchase. I am an award winning Realtor affiliated with The Glen Realty Group, and I would be delighted to work with you. I can be reached at 847-401-1802 or margaretludemann@gmail.com.

Margaret Ludemann, Realtor, @properties