Real Estate and Information
If you don’t know about The Glen, you’re in for a very pleasant surprise. It is a retail and residential development in Glenview, and it’s like no other. It is popular for many reasons including Glen Town Center (shopping, dining, entertainment), two golf courses (The Glen Club, Glenview National 9), the Park Center, Kohl Children’s […] Read more »
The Holiday Season is in full swing in Glen Town Center, and there’s nowhere I’d rather be! All of our upscale stores and Glen restaurants are decorated beautifully, and our streets are colorful and vibrant with twinkling lights and holiday decorations! We have many events and activities planned for this holiday season. Photos with Santa […] Read more »
In the relatively early days of The Glen (2002), a very cool movie was filmed here, Uncle Nino, starring Chicago native Joe Mantegna and Golden Globe winner Anne Archer. The location scout told the Chicago Tribune, “The producer wanted a setting that looked like the perfect all-American dream neighborhood.” They found it in the Southgate […] Read more »
Each year a census is done of The Glen by the Village of Glenview. The new census was released recently, and it is very interesting reading. Here are the highlights: There are 2,446 homes in The Glen. 5,545 people live in the 14 Glen neighborhoods, 10 of which have privately-owned homes of many varieties including […] Read more »
Ask anyone in The Glen (in Glenview Illinois) about our local book store, and you’ll hear rave reviews. “The Book Market at Hangar One” in Glen Town Center features new releases, bestsellers, bargain books, educational toys, gifts, soft seating, free family events, a kid’s corner, and a place to study or read. So, not only […] Read more »
The Glen is a luxury residential and retail development in Chicago’s North Shore community of Glenview. There are nine distinct private neighborhoods in The Glen. Today, I want to tell you about Regency at the Glen. This beautiful neighborhood is composed of 104 luxury townhomes, 38 ranch villas, and 2 single family homes. Four dramatic […] Read more »
At first, I heard what sounded like tapping. I was walking from my Glen home in the Tower Crossing neighborhood near Glen Town Center to Your Pie, the neighborhood pizza joint. As I got a little closer to Glen Town Center the tapping sounded more like knocking. I looked to the right, and by now […] Read more »
Living in The Glen (in Glenview Illinois) means having a lovely home, wonderful restaurants within walking distance, great shopping, Arclight Cinema and fun activities. As I’ve said so often about The Glen…it’s about the lifestyle. Glen Town Center is the hub of Glen living. It’s a shopping, dining and entertainment mecca. Today I want to […] Read more »
The Jewel of the Nile is a movie with Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner. It’s also an album by Nice & Smooth. The Jewel of the Seas is a cruise ship. Well, The Glen, a residential and retail development in Glenview Illinois, is not the Nile or a movie or a song or a ship…but […] Read more »
The marching bands. The floats. Candy thrown to children. It was the 4th of July in my town, Glenview Illinois. What a wonderful 4th of July in Glenview again this year, and the parade drew a huge crowd as always. People from throughout our village – many from The Glen – came out to celebrate […] Read more »