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Orland Park Introduction

Orland Park continues its wave of growth, expansion and redevelopment, while maintaining its exciting progression from a historic rural community, to a small Chicago suburb, and ultimately to a dynamic corporate and commercial center.

Its population is nearing the 60,000 mark. Signs of affluence and sophistication persist everywhere. The innovative architecture of the Village’s award-winning Village Center introduces you to a Village brimming with impressive regional shopping and new retail centers. The residential areas display elegant executive-style homes and the corporate office parks sparkle.

Orland Park has won the unchallenged title of commercial center of the Chicago Southland suburban region. The Village’s electrifying commercial arteries of LaGrange Road and 159th Street house Orland Square Mall, an enclosed regional shopping mall. This busy corridor also provides profitable business venues for many major national and retail entities and hundreds of smaller firms.

The abundant retail choices continue along Harlem Avenue at the east end of Orland Park and stretch to include east-west 143rd and 151st Streets. This southwest sector of town boasts many choices for the local and visiting shopper.

The schools of Orland Park demonstrate excellence in all aspects of education. This excellence can be found in facilities such as nearby Moraine Valley Community College and other higher education institutions like Robert Morris College, ITT Technical Institute and St. Xavier University. Robert Morris College and St. Xavier University have continued an impressive growth in their student population requiring expansions to their facilities in Orland Park. Local preschool Mi Sol Montessori Spanish Immersion Preschool prepares toddlers for the global world of their generation by offering classes emphasizing the use of Spanish as a second language.

The Frederick T. Owens Village Hall, named for the late mayor who championed the development of the Village Center, is the most prominent of buildings in form and function. Its modern clock tower, almost 100 feet in height, makes it a visible reference point for the area. The Village Center Complex embraces the Orland Park Veterans’ Memorial “Ara Pace,” Place of Peace, a stainless steel sculpture that is believed to be the first of its kind in Illinois and possibly in the United States to honor all six branches of the armed services.

Orland Park’s newest neighborhoods, as well as those with mature tree-lined streets, offer a broad range of lifestyles. Luxury townhomes, condominiums, and a vast array of eye-pleasing single-family homes on spacious lots reflect warmth and a pride of ownership.

The Village has more than 550 acres of public parklands and a diversity of recreational amenities, from an elaborate aquatic center to playgrounds, tennis courts, sports fields, ice rinks, and hiking and biking trails. Thousands of acres of forest and wildlife preserves and more than 20 challenging golf courses dominate the area surrounding Orland Park, greatly influencing resident appreciation of outdoor recreation. For indoor and health club aficionados, the Village’s Sportsplex offers a facility that houses a variety of workout machines and recreational activities.

Orland Park is the place for the upwardly mobile, the successful entrepreneur, or the executive at the top of his or her game. More than just a community, Orland Park has become a desirable lifestyle to be imitated by others as they grow.