Summer in the City

Summer in Lakeview is a neighborhood season. The lakefront trail fills, the harbors and parks come alive, and the long evenings keep the streets busy. From the building, summer is close at hand, a short walk in almost any direction, and daily life opens up to meet it.

A neighborhood season

For residents at Optima Lakeview, summer is when the outdoor spaces do most of the work. The planted terraces fill in green and the spaces that sat quiet through the winter become the most used places in the building. The neighborhood rhythm carries into the building: mornings are unhurried, with coffee on a terrace and the lake a few minutes away, while evenings stretch late and pull people outside. A swim before dinner, time on the rooftop with the lake in the distance, an easy walk to the water or into the neighborhood where Lakeview spends its summer nights.

What sets the season apart here is how little distance there is between the building and everything that makes a Chicago summer worth staying in town for. The trail, the harbor, the restaurants and the parks are all within reach, so the building functions less as a place apart and more as a comfortable base between them.

Designed for the season

The floor-to-ceiling glass that keeps the interiors bright all year now opens onto a season made for being outdoors, and the terraces and the rooftop carry daily life out into it. With the lakefront and the neighborhood only a short walk away, the edge between the residence and the streets around it nearly disappear.

Schedule a tour and see what a summer at Optima Lakeview looks like.