Chicago Cityscape New feature updates

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SSA boundaries have been updated

We've updated our Places database to show the expanded boundaries of the following Special Service Areas (Chicago's name for business improvement districts):

Additionally, SSAs 40 (Michigan Ave-Roseland) and 41 (103rd St-Roseland) were combined into new SSA 71 (Roseland). The maps for SSA 40 and SSA 41 were marked as "dissolved". 

Several SSA managers (which are often Chambers of Commerce) use Chicago Cityscape to find new businesses in their districts, and keep a list of property owners. If you're interested, contact us for a demonstration.

This also updates the data for Incentives Checker.

Proposed Projects is even more insightful

We designed Proposed Projects earlier this year to help lead gen leaders in Chicago (business development, sales, account managers) fine tune their sales funnel and paring back information to get to the core: What is the project scope, what is its timing, and who's building it. 

We've made two changes that do a better job of that core idea:

  1. The Proposed Project details page tells you the project's current stage 
  2. The same details page says whether permits have been issued

These two changes are important for all lead gen leaders because different businesses are looking to connect with the project builders at different stages. Some are ready to contact the proposer as soon as an application has been filed with City Hall, others can wait until it's approved, while still others don't need to contact anyone until after a building permit has been issued and the building is under construction. 

This screenshot shows the updated Proposed Projects details page – look at "Stages of Proposed Projects" at the bottom. This particular project's zoning change application was approved by City Hall on February 19, 2020, and the necessary renovation permit was approved on April 8, 2020.

Amazon facilities added to Transportation Snapshot

The depth of data and analysis available in our Address Snapshot tool and its three additional snapshots (currently Land Use, Environmental, and Transportation) continues to grow. Based on data collected by a recent report by WBEZ and the Better Government Association, and spurred to do it this week because of a contentious proposed new distribution center in the Bridgeport community area, we added the locations of all of the Amazon warehouses in Illinois. 

Chicago currently has five Amazon facilities (fulfillment centers, sortation centers, etc.) with a sixth under construction in Pullman. The seventh facility was narrowly approved by the Chicago Plan Commission on Thursday, with all of the alders and city hall representatives on the commission and one other member voting in favor and six of the seven non-officials voting against. 

The map of Amazon facilities is in addition to the intermodal yards map we added a while ago. The purpose is twofold: 

  1. Our users who are looking for commercial or industrial sites can use Transportation Snapshot to assess a particular property's access to TDL facilities (that's transportation, distribution, and logistics) 
  2. On the other hand, people can use Transportation Snapshot to assess the potential impacts of trucking and its negative aspects (pollution and traffic safety)

What transportation information are you looking for?

How to access Transportation Snapshot...

Like all of our address or property-based snapshots, start by looking up an Address Snapshot. Then, under the "Additional Snapshots" heading, click on Transportation Snapshot. 

Other additional snapshots are Land Use Snapshot and Environmental Snapshot; Lending Snapshot is coming soon. 

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