Rockford, Illinois

Winnebago County's Supervisor of Assessments shows the owner and taxpayer of every parcel in Rockford free, one search at a time, while the county GIS consortium sells the bulk file only under a signed data licence.

10 buildings · 10 with an owner established · 16 sources · 8 tier A · 2 tier B · prepared 2026-10-21

Can you find out who owns it?

Illinois records deeds with the county Recorder; there is no state title register. In Winnebago County the Supervisor of Assessments' Parcel Details Inquiry names the owner and the taxpayer of any parcel free, searchable by PIN, address or owner name, with assessments back to 2003. The Recorder's free Direct Search indexes recorded documents without images; copies cost $0.50 a page. The bulk parcel file is sold by WinGIS, the county's GIS consortium, only to buyers with a signed Data License Agreement, so this record reads owners one parcel at a time and republishes no rows. Sale prices sit with the township assessors; Rockford Township's sales site is behind a Cloudflare challenge.

Is ownership public?An open dataset names the owner

Cost of one title searchOwner of record free (Winnebago County Supervisor of Assessments Parcel Details Inquiry, no account). Recorder: Direct Search index free (no images); Tapestry $8.75 per search plus $1.00 per printed page; copies $0.50 per page (max $35.00 per document), certified copies $35.00; mail-in document search $10.00 (under 20 years) or $29.00 (over 20 years)

Bulk ownership dataWinGIS (Winnebago County GIS consortium) sells digital parcel data on request, quoted within 24 hours, to buyers with a signed Data License Agreement on file; subscription members get data free per project area. The free public WinGIS map layer carries PIN, site address, legal description and the date of the last ownership change, but no owner names

Sale pricesEvery sale, with its address

The marquee buildings

The towers that set the tone of the core, and who holds them. A price is the price a document states, on the date it states — not an estimate of what the building is worth now.

Building	Use	Owner	Owner type	Last price paid
Rockford City Hall 425 E State St, Rockford	Civic	City of Rockford PIN 11-23-387-021: owner and taxpayer CITY OF ROCKFORD, 425 E State St; class 9072 'Exempt Prop Govt Bldg', assessed value $0 for 2026; legal description Assessors Plat Block 30 East Rockford, lots 1-5 and 8-12 plus a vacated alley; WinGIS records the last ownership change on 7 Nov 2024 and a parcel of about 1.17 acres, after two parent PINs were combined. No price: a municipal holding.	Government	—A Winnebago County Supervisor of Assessments
Chicago Rockford International Airport (RFD) 60 Airport Dr / 60 Airport Cir, Rockford	Institutional	Greater Rockford Airport Authority Terminal parcel 15-15-401-001 (60 Airport Cir): owner and taxpayer GREATER ROCKFORD AIRPORT AUTHORITY, 159.58 acres on the roll, class 9072 exempt, $0 assessed. An owner-name search returns 151 parcels held as GREATER ROCKFORD AIRPORT AUTHORITY or GREATER ROCKFORD AIRPORT, 145 of them inside the city limits (about 2,713 acres by WinGIS parcel area). The largest in the city is 6050 Cessna Dr (about 281 acres). Wikipedia (s8) also names the Authority as owner and says the airport was built in 1946 on the former Camp Grant grounds.	Government	—A Winnebago County Supervisor of Assessments
BMO Center (arena, former Rockford MetroCentre) 300 Elm St, Rockford	Institutional	Metro Centre (Rockford Area Venues & Entertainment Authority) PIN 11-23-351-001: owner and taxpayer METRO CENTRE, PO Box 437, Rockford; class 9075 'Exempt Prop Soc/Charit', $0 assessed; WinGIS parcel about 2.5 acres. Wikipedia (s9) says the arena opened in 1981 as the Rockford MetroCentre and 'is owned by the Rockford Area Venues & Entertainment Authority and managed by Legends Global'. The roll's 'Metro Centre' name and the Authority are matched from that statement only. Legends Global manages the arena; it does not own it.	Government	—B Wikipedia
Coronado Performing Arts Center 314 N Main St, Rockford	Institutional	City of Rockford PIN 11-23-305-005: owner and taxpayer CITY OF ROCKFORD, care of the Legal Department at 425 E State St; class 9061 'Exempt Prop Com Bus', $0 assessed; WinGIS parcel about 0.7 acres. Wikipedia (s10) describes a 2,400-seat theatre that opened on 9 October 1927 and was rebuilt in 1998-2001. Although the City holds title, Wikipedia's BMO Center article says the venues are run by the Rockford Area Venues & Entertainment Authority. No document we opened states the operating arrangement for the Coronado.	Government	—A Winnebago County Supervisor of Assessments
Hard Rock Casino Rockford 7801 E State St (roll location 255 S Lyford Rd), Rockford	Hotel	GLP Capital, L.P. (Gaming and Leisure Properties) PIN 12-23-477-001: owner GLP CAPITAL L P (Wyomissing, PA); taxpayer 815 ENT LESSEE LLC (Des Plaines). 23.08 acres, class 0061 commercial, 2026 assessed value $20,544,045 ($19,203,679 of it improvements). GLPI's 10-Ks say it bought the land for $100.0M on 29 Aug 2023 (s12). They also say the casino opened in late August 2024 under a subsidiary of Hard Rock, and that $150M of GLPI development loans were outstanding at the end of 2025 (s13). GLPI holds only a right of first refusal on the buildings, so the casino improvements belong to the 815 Entertainment side; the roll lists them on the same PIN. Inside the city (WinGIS).	REIT	$100.0M 2023-08 Land only, from an affiliate of 815 Entertainment, LLC, with a 99-year ground lease back at $8.0M a year (GLPI 2023 10-K, s12) B U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
416 S Main St (former Amerock building, riverfront hotel) 416 S Main St, Rockford	Hotel	Amerock LLC PIN 11-23-355-004: owner and taxpayer AMEROCK LLC, 200 N Main St, Oregon, WI; class 0061 commercial; 2026 assessed value $5,313,126 ($5,249,322 improvements), up from $4,784,014 in 2025; WinGIS parcel about 0.7 acres, last ownership change 1 Jul 2015. Wikipedia (s14) says Amerock bought the downtown Ziock Building in 1946, but no source we opened ties that building to this PIN or names the hotel brand. No document we opened names the LLC's members, so none is given.	Private company	—A Winnebago County Supervisor of Assessments
Faust Landmark (former Hotel Faust) 630 E State St, Rockford	Residential	Rockford Faust Ltd Partnership PIN 11-23-459-019: owner and taxpayer ROCKFORD FAUST LTD PARTNERSHIP, with a New York, NY mailing address; class 0051 'Comm Res (6+units)'; 2026 assessed value $1,753,789; WinGIS parcel about 1.45 acres, last ownership change 27 Mar 2017. Wikipedia (s11) says the building was completed in 1929 as a hotel, is 15 storeys and 186 ft, 'is still Rockford's tallest building', and now houses people aged 55 and over. No filing we opened names the partnership's partners.	Private company	—A Winnebago County Supervisor of Assessments
SwedishAmerican Hospital 1401 E State St, Rockford	Institutional	Swedish American Realty Corp PIN 11-25-125-001: owner and taxpayer SWEDISH AMERICAN REALTY CORP, 1401 E State St; class 9071 'Exempt Prop Com Office', $0 assessed. WinGIS gives the parcel as about 36.5 acres, last ownership change 24 Jul 2020. Inside the city (WinGIS). No document we opened states how Swedish American Realty Corp relates to the hospital's operator or to UW Health, so no parent is named.	Institution	—A Winnebago County Supervisor of Assessments
Mercyhealth Javon Bea Hospital-Riverside campus 8201 E Riverside Blvd, Rockford	Institutional	Mercyhealth PIN 12-01-351-004: owner and taxpayer MERCYHEALTH, 2400 North Rockton Ave, Rockford; class 9071 exempt, $0 assessed. WinGIS gives the parcel as about 97.7 acres, last ownership change 30 Jan 2017, and puts its centroid inside the City of Rockford. The hospital's name is not on the roll; the match is by address only.	Institution	—A Winnebago County Supervisor of Assessments
OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center 5666 E State St, Rockford	Institutional	OSF Healthcare System Two parcels share the address. 12-21-451-004: owner and taxpayer OSF HEALTHCARE SYSTEM (Peoria), 41.62 acres, class 9071 exempt. 12-21-401-003: owner SISTERS, ST FRANCIS, 17.93 acres of exempt vacant land, with OSF Healthcare System, Attn Real Estate, as taxpayer. Both are assessed at $0 and lie inside the city (WinGIS). The medical centre's name is not on the roll; the match is by address only.	Institution	—A Winnebago County Supervisor of Assessments

The core land

The most valuable ground in the city, and what the public record says about it.

No single figure on the free search ranks Rockford's parcels by value, and the assessor's totals were not opened, so the core is described through the parcels read here. The most valuable taxable property found is the Hard Rock casino. The city's largest campuses are all assessed at $0 as exempt: City Hall, the airport, the arena, the hospitals and the university. Illinois assessments are stated as equalised assessed values (EAV), not market values.

Highest assessed parcel read$20.5M assessed value

Hard Rock Casino Rockford, PIN 12-23-477-001, 23.08 acres: 2026 assessed value $20,544,045 ($1,340,366 land, $19,203,679 improvements), down from $21,002,340 in 2025. County assessor, Oct 2026 (s1).

Land price benchmark$100.0M for about 23 acres

GLPI paid $100.0M on 29 Aug 2023 for the casino land, about $4.3M an acre. The price reflects a 99-year ground lease at $8.0M a year, not open-market land (GLPI 2023 10-K, s12).

2026 equalization factor, Rockford Township1.1106

The Supervisor of Assessments' factor applied to 2026 values on Rockford Township parcels. Cherry Valley Township parcels inside the city carry 1.0896 (s1).

Riverfront commercial building, 416 S Main St$5.3M assessed value

Amerock LLC parcel: $5,313,126 for 2026, up 11% from $4,784,014 in 2025 (s1).

Who owns the town

At this scale the significant owner is rarely a trust or a fund: it is one or two local holding companies, a family in its second or third generation, and often the land around the town rather than the buildings in it.

Public bodies own the biggest blocks of Rockford ground. The Greater Rockford Airport Authority holds about 2,700 acres inside the city. The Park District holds about 1,860 acres, and the school district and the City about 720-745 acres each. The Rockford Housing Authority is the largest holder by count of small parcels after the City. Three hospital systems (Mercyhealth, SwedishAmerican and OSF) and Rockford University each hold 100-300 acres. Counts come from the county assessor's free owner-name search (s1), one search per name variant. A parcel is counted as in the city when the centroid of its WinGIS polygon falls inside WinGIS's Rockford municipal boundary (s7), and acreage is the WinGIS polygon area. Both are approximations, not the assessor's own totals.

Name	Type	Parcels in own name, Winnebago County roll, Oct 2026 (inside City of Rockford)
Greater Rockford Airport Authority Held as GREATER ROCKFORD AIRPORT AUTHORITY (131 in the city) and GREATER ROCKFORD AIRPORT (14). The largest single landholder inside the city by area. The biggest parcels are 6050 Cessna Dr (about 281 acres), 6230 Beltline Rd (219) and Airport Rd (158).	Government	145 parcels, about 2,713 acres in the city (151 parcels county-wide)A Winnebago County Supervisor of Assessments
Rockford Park District (with the Rockford Park District Foundation) Held as ROCKFORD PARK DISTRICT and ROCKFORD PARK DIST. The largest parcels are 1710 Arlington Ave (about 325 acres) and 2450 N Central Ave (252). The ROCKFORD PARK DISTRICT FOUNDATION is a separate name on the roll (24 parcels county-wide) and is counted separately here. About a third of the district's county-wide parcels lie outside the city limits.	Government	203 parcels, about 1,861 acres in the city; 304 parcels, about 2,886 acres county-wide; Foundation a further 14 parcels, 65 acres in the cityA Winnebago County Supervisor of Assessments
Rockford Public Schools (Board of Education, District 205) Held as BOARD OF EDUCATION DIST 205 (95 in the city, about 671 acres), BOARD OF EDUCATION ROCKFORD SCHOOL (DISTRICT), ROCKFORD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT 205, and 18 parcels in the city held simply as BOARD OF EDUCATION. The largest of those 18, 1016 24th St (30.97 acres on the roll), carries 'ROCKFORD SCHOOL DIST 205' on its owner line. The others are counted with District 205 only because they lie inside the city, so the figure is approximate.	Government	about 123 parcels, about 745 acres in the cityA Winnebago County Supervisor of Assessments
City of Rockford Held as CITY OF ROCKFORD (167) and ROCKFORD CITY OF (149 in the city), plus Public Works and Legal Department variants. Includes City Hall and the Coronado Performing Arts Center. The largest parcels are 500 S Independence Ave (about 173 acres, class 'Exempt Prop Ind Land+Impr'), 32XX N Meridian Rd (102) and Porter Rd (90).	Government	317 parcels, about 719 acres in the city (325 county-wide)A Winnebago County Supervisor of Assessments
Rockford Housing Authority All held as ROCKFORD HOUSING AUTHORITY. The largest is 2802 Echo St (7.94 acres on the roll's WinGIS parcel, class 9072 exempt), whose single PIN carries 61 street addresses.	Government	275 parcels, about 138 acres, all in the cityA Winnebago County Supervisor of Assessments
Mercyhealth (including Rockford Memorial Hospital) Held as ROCKFORD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (33 parcels, about 196 acres, mostly around N Lyford Rd and Spring Brook Rd), MERCYHEALTH (the 97.7-acre Riverside campus, see marquee) and ROCKFORD MEMORIAL HOSP. No document we opened states the corporate link between Rockford Memorial Hospital and Mercyhealth beyond the shared mailing address on the roll, so the two names are grouped here by that address only.	Institution	35 parcels, about 295 acres in the cityB Winnebago County Supervisor of Assessments
Winnebago County Forest Preserve District Held as WINNEBAGO COUNTY FOREST (PRESERVE DISTRICT) and variants. The largest landholder in the county, though most of its land lies outside Rockford. Inside the city the largest parcels are 2701 Clifton Ave (about 94 acres) and 2715 S Main St (51).	Government	16 parcels, about 155 acres in the city; about 179 parcels, about 7,580 acres county-wideA Winnebago County Supervisor of Assessments
Rockford College (Rockford University) Held as ROCKFORD COLLEGE, the university's name before 2013. The main campus at 5050 E State St is 120.73 acres on the roll (class 9073 exempt educational). A separate ROCKFORD COLLEGE OF MEDICINE parcel (1 acre) is a different name and is not included.	Institution	9 parcels, about 152 acres in the cityA Winnebago County Supervisor of Assessments
Commonwealth Edison Held as COMMONWEALTH EDISON and COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY. The largest in the city is 123 Energy Ave (about 92 acres). NICOR GAS COMPANY holds 19 parcels (about 58 acres) in the city and 27 county-wide. No filing was opened to name either utility's parent.	Public company	61 parcels, about 133 acres in the city; 250 parcels, about 1,468 acres county-wideA Winnebago County Supervisor of Assessments
SwedishAmerican (Swedish American Hospital, Swedish American Realty Corp) Held as SWEDISH AMERICAN HOSPITAL (17 parcels, about 66 acres, mostly on N Bell School Rd), SWEDISH AMERICAN REALTY CORP / CORPORATION (21, including the 1401 E State St campus) and variants.	Institution	41 parcels, about 119 acres in the cityA Winnebago County Supervisor of Assessments
OSF HealthCare System (with the Sisters of St Francis) Held as OSF HEALTHCARE SYSTEM and variants (14 parcels) around the Saint Anthony campus on E State St, plus the 17.9-acre parcel owned by SISTERS, ST FRANCIS with OSF as taxpayer.	Institution	15 parcels, about 96 acres in the cityA Winnebago County Supervisor of Assessments
Winnebago County Held as WINNEBAGO COUNTY (often 'COUNTY BOARD') and COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO, including the courthouse at 400 W State St (PIN 11-22-432-001, class 9072 exempt). The largest is 4401 N Main St (about 53 acres).	Government	17 parcels, about 99 acres in the city (30 county-wide)A Winnebago County Supervisor of Assessments
Winnebago County Trustee Held as WINNEBAGO COUNTY TRUSTEE: many small lots across the city. The roll does not say in what capacity the Trustee holds them, so no reason is given here.	Government	100 parcels, about 23 acres in the city (205 county-wide)A Winnebago County Supervisor of Assessments
Winnebago County Housing Authority Held as WINNEBAGO COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY.	Government	58 parcels, about 13 acres in the city (61 county-wide)A Winnebago County Supervisor of Assessments
United States of America (Postal Service, General Services Administration) 26th Ave (about 16.5 acres, US Postal Service on the second owner line) and two parcels at 3XX S Church St and 417 Cedar St (about 5.4 acres) on the General Services Administration line.	Government	3 parcels, about 22 acres in the cityA Winnebago County Supervisor of Assessments
Rockford Mass Transit District 501 W State St, 201 N Winnebago St and 130 N Winnebago St, all downtown.	Government	3 parcels, about 4.6 acresA Winnebago County Supervisor of Assessments
State of Illinois Mostly Department of Transportation remnants along W State St and 11th St. The State is a minor landholder in Rockford.	Government	6 parcels, about 1.8 acres in the cityA Winnebago County Supervisor of Assessments
Railroads An owner search finds only ILLINOIS CENTRAL PACIFIC parcels marked 'NON-CARRIER SCHEDULE' (11 county-wide, 3 in the city) and two ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD parcels outside it. No Union Pacific parcel came back. Operating rail lines therefore do not appear on the county roll under a railroad's name, and this record does not say who holds them.	Public company	3 parcels, about 0.5 acres in the cityA Winnebago County Supervisor of Assessments

Who builds the houses

New-home building in this market: the volume, and the firms behind it. Ownership of a builder matters as much as its volume — a private-equity platform and a family firm behave differently.

Rockford builds very few new homes. The Census Building Permits Survey counts 124 single-family permits in the city in 2025 ($35.7M of construction) and no multifamily units at all. Winnebago County as a whole permitted 309 single-family homes and no multifamily. None of the national builders (D.R. Horton, Lennar, PulteGroup, NVR, M/I Homes) holds a single parcel in its own name anywhere in the county. The builders that do appear are small: a nonprofit and a local construction firm. Figures are parcels held in the builder's own name on the county roll, which are lots and unsold homes, not closings.

Name	Type	Parcels in own name, Winnebago County roll, Oct 2026
Rockford Area Habitat for Humanity Held as ROCKFORD AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY (24) and ROCKFORD AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC (1). The largest builder-held lot bank found inside the city.	Institution	25 parcels, about 12 acres, all in the cityA Winnebago County Supervisor of Assessments
Three Hammer Construction, Inc. Held as THREE HAMMER CONSTRUCTION INC (6) and THREE HAMMER CONSTRUCTION (2), about 17 acres. The centroids of all eight parcels fall outside the City of Rockford boundary, so the company builds at the city's edge rather than inside it. No document we opened describes its ownership.	Private company	8 parcels county-wide, none inside the cityA Winnebago County Supervisor of Assessments
National production builders (D.R. Horton, Lennar, PulteGroup, NVR, M/I Homes) Owner-name searches on the county roll for D R HORTON, DR HORTON, LENNAR, PULTE, NVR and M/I HOMES returned no parcels, 21 Oct 2026.	Public company	0 parcels county-wideA Winnebago County Supervisor of Assessments

Commercial landlords

The commercial side, counted separately from housing: who holds the office, retail and industrial floor area.

Rockford's large private holdings are owner-occupiers: the aerospace plant, the hospital campuses and the big-box stores. Investor landlords are rarer. The one institutional real-estate owner found is a casino REIT that bought the Hard Rock land. Institutional single-family rental, so visible in Sun Belt cities, barely registers: American Homes 4 Rent holds 20 parcels county-wide and only three inside the city, and owner searches for Progress Residential, Invitation Homes, VineBrook, FirstKey and Home Partners return nothing. A ranking of the largest commercial landlords cannot be built from the free, one-name-at-a-time search. It would need WinGIS's licensed bulk file, so the list below holds only entities checked by name.

Name	Type	Parcels in own name, Winnebago County roll, Oct 2026 (inside City of Rockford)
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation Held as HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION (7 parcels, about 83 acres, including the 82.07-acre plant at 4747 Harrison Ave, class 0081 industrial, 2026 assessed value $6,007,562) and HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND MS 255-6 (8 parcels, about 21 acres, along 11th St and 23rd Ave). No filing was opened to state its parent, so none is named.	Private company	15 parcels, about 104 acresA Winnebago County Supervisor of Assessments
GLP Capital, L.P. (Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.) The Hard Rock Casino Rockford land, ground-leased for 99 years to 815 Entertainment at an initial $8.0M a year. 2026 assessed value $20,544,045 including the casino buildings, for which 815 Ent Lessee LLC is the taxpayer. GLPI's 10-Ks are s12 and s13; the roll is s1.	REIT	1 parcel, 23.08 acres; land bought for $100.0M (Aug 2023)B U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Meijer Stores Limited Partnership 2013 McFarland Rd (about 16.4 acres) and 2011 N Perryville Rd.	Private company	2 parcels, about 18.5 acres in the city (5, about 38 acres, county-wide)A Winnebago County Supervisor of Assessments
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 3849 Northridge Dr and 38XX W Riverside Blvd, held as WAL-MART STORES 01-1955 and WAL-MART STORES INC.	Public company	2 parcels, about 5 acresA Winnebago County Supervisor of Assessments
American Homes 4 Rent Held as AMERICAN HOMES 4 RENT, AMERICAN HOMES 4 RENT LP and AMERICAN HOMES 4 RENT PROPERTIES (ONE) LLC, plus one parcel as AH4R IL LLC. That is a token presence next to the hundreds or thousands of homes the company holds in Southern cities.	REIT	3 homes in the city; 20 parcels county-wideA Winnebago County Supervisor of Assessments
Rockford Faust Ltd Partnership The Faust Landmark senior apartments at 630 E State St, 2026 assessed value $1,753,789; see marquee.	Private company	1 building, 15 floors (Rockford's tallest)A Winnebago County Supervisor of Assessments

Looked for and not found

Claims this page would have made if a source could be opened. They are left out rather than guessed.

Sale prices: Illinois transfer declarations surface per parcel on the Rockford Township Assessor's site, which sits behind a Cloudflare challenge. So no sale price except GLPI's $100.0M could be read, and no condo, apartment or office sale is priced here.
A ranked list of Rockford's largest private commercial landlords: it needs WinGIS's licensed bulk parcel file or the township's sales records. Neither was used.
The members of Amerock LLC, Rockford Faust Ltd Partnership and 815 Ent Lessee LLC: no filing we opened names them.
The brand and operator of the hotel at 416 S Main St, and whether the Amerock LLC parcel is the former Ziock/Amerock building: not stated by any source opened.
The corporate links between Rockford Memorial Hospital and Mercyhealth, between Swedish American Realty Corp and UW Health, and between Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation and RTX/Collins Aerospace: none is stated in a source opened.
The capacity in which the Winnebago County Trustee holds about 100 city parcels.
Who holds the operating rail corridors (Union Pacific, Canadian National/Illinois Central): they do not appear under a railroad's name on the county roll.
Apartment sales reported in trade press (Breckenridge Apartments, Valkommen Plaza, Briargate Apartments): seen only in search results. The owning LLCs were not matched to the roll, so none is recorded.