Real Estate & Development News
A survey of Internet access, quality and use for Chicago's McKinley Park neighborhood seeks to gather data to bridge the digital divide. Now open for responses, the survey is the first local project for the Illinois Connected Communities program.
- Internet survey seeks to query local conditions on access, quality and use for residents and businesses in the McKinley Park neighborhood.
- Project from the McKinley Park Development Council is its first in the Illinois Connected Communities program.
- Survey data to inform future programs on closing the neighborhood's digital divide.
Read more: Development Council Launches Broadband Survey for Connected Communities Program
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.
Planned development of a Dunkin' drive-through restaurant across from a McKinley Park neighborhood public transit hub is the subject of a statement by 12th Ward Alderman George Cardenas.
- Planned Dunkin' restaurant across from 35th/Archer Orange Line El is subject of statement from 12th Ward Alderman George Cardenas.
- Comprehensive review of development is requested from City of Chicago, Cardenas says.
- More neighborhood zoning changes under consideration, including for other Archer Avenue corridor developments.
Read more: Alderman Vows Development Review, Zoning Changes Around 35th/Archer Orange Line El
Construction has started on a new Dunkin' drive-through across from the 35th/Archer Orange Line El station, the second neighborhood Dunkin' from restaurateur and developer Sanjeev Khatau.
- A new Dunkin' drive-through is approved for construction across from the 35th/Archer Orange Line El station.
- The restaurant is the second neighborhood Dunkin' from restaurateur and developer Sanjeev Khatau.
- Location sits in a spot highlighted for possible transit-oriented development.
Read more: New Dunkin' Drive-Through Coming to Archer and Leavitt
