Business News
The 36Squared Business Incubator is expanding with a new role and funding from the City of Chicago to be a Neighborhood Business Development Center, including onboarding new Program Manager Veronica Pineau.
- 36Squared Business Incubator joins Chicago's Neighborhood Business Development Center (NBDC) program.
- Additional funding powers role for new Program Manager Veronica Pineau.
- Incubator stands out as NBDC Innovation Center and for accessible, all-abilities business support.
Read more: Small Business Incubator Adds Neighborhood Business Development Center
A just-released City of Chicago building permit for the pending last-mile shipping facility at West 35th Street and South Ashland Avenue includes an Amazon-specific description for security and data cabling.
- A new building permit for the last-mile shipping facility at West 35th Street and South Ashland Avenue includes Amazon-specific description.
- Security and data cabling to be installed by regional vendor from Lockport, Illinois.
- Famously reticent Amazon has not yet replied to press inquiry about the building permit.
Read more: Building Permit IDs Amazon for McKinley Park Warehouse
Preservation Chicago adds the East District of the McKinley Park neighborhood's Central Manufacturing District to its list of most-endangered city spaces in the 2021 edition of its "Chicago 7" list.
- Preservation Chicago names the East District of the Central Manufacturing District (CMD) to its "Chicago 7" list of most-endangered spaces.
- Group recommends landmark designation and creative infill reuse to save historic architecture and prevent future demolitions.
- East District joins the Pershing Road stretch of the CMD, listed to the Chicago 7 in 2020.
Read more: East Central Manufacturing District Named to Top Seven Most-Endangered List
The McKinley Park Neighborhood Plan has landed, providing a blueprint for neighborhood development from the McKinley Park Development Council and the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP).
- The McKinley Park Neighborhood Plan provides comprehensive guidance on community development and improvement.
- The just-released plan is a project of the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) won by the McKinley Park Development Council.
- Housing affordability, transit-oriented development and revitalizing the Central Manufacturing District included among plan focuses.
Read more: Neighborhood Plan Release Portends New Era of Development for McKinley Park
12th Ward Alderman George Cardenas has halted the building permit for the proposed drive-through restaurant at 3650 S. Archer Ave., until a development meeting allows for community engagement.
- The building permit for the proposed drive-through restaurant at 3560 S. Archer Ave. has been put on hold.
- 12th Ward Alderman George Cardenas halts permit, stating his office was not contacted about the drive-through.
- Next steps involve community engagement through a development meeting, Cardenas says.
