Skokie neighborhood

Old Orchard, Skokie.

Buyers say the name and mean the open-air mall, then the quiet streets around it. A condo by the shops and a house two blocks south are not the same purchase.

Westfield Old Orchard open-air mall in Skokie

What Ryan has already closed here

  • 4700 Old Orchard Rd, unit 410 — condo, $140,000
  • 8642 Gross Point Rd — single family, $430,000, $30,000 over asking
  • 8619 Crawford Ave — single family, $490,000, $20,000 over asking

Closed prices from his Skokie book, not this week’s listings. The mall condo is not a comp for the house.

Who asks for it

People who want to walk to the shops, and people who want the houses on the grid just south of that — Gross Point, Crawford, and the side streets — without living in the parking lot. Ryan Rahim grew up in Skokie and prices the block, not the mall slogan.

Old Orchard vs Downtown pricing · Downtown Skokie · All Skokie closings