Real Estate & Development News
Chicago is once again trying to get developers to bite on two underused and dilapidated properties in the Central Manufacturing District along Pershing Road.
- City of Chicago seeks developers for dilapidated warehouse, vehicle storage yard for city-owned properties on Pershing Road.
- Community Development Commission approves pitch from city planner Nolan Zaroff to solicit development proposals.
- Developer proposals due by October 21, reports Crain's Chicago Business.
Read more: City Again Seeks Developers for Historic Central Manufacturing District Properties
Three sites in Chicago's McKinley Park neighborhood received scrutiny and recommendations for development from University of Illinois - Chicago urban planning students working with the McKinley Park Development Council.
- Improvements for three McKinley Park neighborhood locations are the focus of a University of Illinois - Chicago urban design program.
- Students worked with the McKinley Park Development Council to query the community and develop recommendations.
- Sites include "The Hub," "The Gateway" and a cultural district surrounding the Central Manufacturing District's clock tower.
Read more: UIC, Council Project Proposes New Neighborhood Developments
Nicole Lee, the recently appointed 11th Ward representative on the Chicago City Council, says she supports a ward map that irregularly divides the McKinley Park neighborhood, keeping part of it in the 11th Ward and the rest in the 12th.
- Nicole Lee, recently appointed to represent the 11th Ward on the Chicago City Council, says she supports dividing McKinley Park between 11th and 12th Wards.
- Redistricting presents two competing maps that redraw ward boundaries, and voters may decide in June 28 referendum.
- Latino Coalition map would keep all of the McKinley Park neighborhood within the 12th Ward.
Read more: New 11th Ward Alder Supports Ward Map that Divides Neighborhood
Results from 2021 emissions testing at MAT Asphalt overseen by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. EPA show pollution levels far below regulatory limits.
- Results from 2021 emissions testing show MAT Asphalt pollution to be far below regulatory limits.
- The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. EPA oversaw the standardized tests.
- Emissions testing results precede anticipated hearing for 10-year operating permit.
The McKinley Park Development Council issued a statement in support of the Latino Caucus ward map, a proposal for redistricting that keeps the McKinley Park neighborhood entirely within the 12th Ward.
- McKinley Park Development Council issues statement in support of Latino Caucus ward redistricting map.
- Proposed map is one of a handful, but the only one that keeps the McKinley Park neighborhood in a single ward: the 12th.
- Council will discuss ward redistricting maps and other neighborhood development at its meeting on Wednesday, January 19.
Read more: Development Council Advocates for Latino Caucus Ward Map
