Coldwell Banker’s top producing agent on the North Shore. Marla Schneider has participated in over $500 Million in real estate transactions. This may be a bold statement to make, “I am the best in the business.” Marla and her team has been a top producer in the Coldwell Banker Real Estate Glenview office for thirteen years in succession, top listing agent, historical volume record setter, and have received Coldwell Banker’s most distinguished awards.  

To meet the growing needs of her business The Marla Schneider Team has expanded into a seven member team consisting of buyer’s agents, a listing coordinator, a client services manager, and Marla. The team has extensive knowledge of Glenview Real Estate and Chicago’s North Shore, and the Northern Suburbs. We’ve had the pleasure of helping buyers and sellers all across Cook and Lake County and continue to develop our expertise in most of Chicago’s surrounding areas.  

The Marla Schneider Team and Coldwell Banker would like to welcome you to our website were you can find a wealth of knowledge to help make your next real estate transaction a smooth one.  

We are proud to introduce Glenview, where we call home!!! 

Farmers first came to the area in the 1830s. John Kennicott arrived from New England in 1836 and became the first physician to practice in the area. Kennicott also ran a nursery, and in 1856 he had as many as 134 varieties of apple trees along with various other trees and shrubs. His son, Robert, was a naturalist and explorer who traveled to Canada and Alaska under the sponsorship of institutions like the Smithsonian and the Chicago Academy of Sciences. The Kennicotts' 82-acre preserve, named the Grove and located on the village's west side on Milwaukee Avenue between Glenview Road and Lake Avenue, is a National Historic Landmark.  

Workers at Baxter Laboratories, 1942
The village was originally called South Northfield. In 1872 the Chicago & Milwaukee Railroad laid a single track to the area and named the local station Glenview. A second track was added in 1892 to carry passengers to the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. In the 1890s members of the Swedenborgian Church purchased 40 acres of the Clavey farm, located at the northwest corner of Lake and Telegraph (later Glenview and Shermer Roads). They built Victorian-style homes, a clubhouse, school, and church in a secluded, wooded area which they named the Park.  

In 1895 the village's residents adopted the name Glenview and in 1899 incorporated. Residents included the Swedenborgians, descendants of early Yankee settlers, and German farmers. Roadhouses and inns served commuters and area residents. Two of these establishments, the Blue Heron roadhouse (later Eleanore's of Glenview) and the Glenview House, continued to operate into the twenty-first century.  

In 1923 the Curtiss-Reynolds Airport was built. The property was condemned in the early 1940s to make way for the Glenview Naval Air Base, which eventually became the headquarters for the U.S. Naval and Marine Air Reserve Training Command. The base closed in 1995, and developers turned the site into a mixed residential and retail area. The base's golf course became part of Glenview Park District.  

By 1950 the population was 6,142. In 1967 the University of Illinois at Chicago purchased a five-acre parcel west of Greenwood and east of Milwaukee for use as a botanical laboratory and conservation area. Peacock Prairie, as it is called, is one of the last remnants of virgin prairie in the state of Illinois.  

By 2000 there were 41,847 residents were living in the 13 square miles that covered Glenview. Kraft Foods, ABT Electronics, and Scott, Foresman & Co. situated their headquarters here. 

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Need local real estate information? We've summarized much of what is important about the Glenview, Northbrook and Wilmette real estate market in this site. 

Need expert advice? No web site, large or small, can take the place of a top REALTOR®. Not even ours! This site is filled with ways that you can contact us for one-on-one expert help and advice. That's our job. 

Contact us with confidence! We guarantee your privacy will be respected. And we offer the services on this site for free and without obligation. Why? We want to be YOUR REALTORS®. As your trusted, professional real estate partners, we will help you find the best home in your area within your price range. And together we will sell your home, for as much as the market will bear, and as quickly as possible. 

Buying and selling a home is one of the biggest events in your life. As top Glenview, Northbrook and Wilmette REALTORS®, we have the experience and track record you are looking for. Please let us help. 

The Marla Schneider Team
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