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The Scout opening next Wednesday, owner says
Private parties this weekend, grand opening for rustic sports bar set for Aug. 19
08/04/2011 5:01 PM
Near West Side Costco breaking ground this month
Store had rocky negotiations with land owner
08/03/2011
Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen moving out of West Loop
Report says Guillen sold town home on West Monroe, moving north to Bucktown
08/01/2011
Goose Island outsourcing 312 beer to New York
“Urban Wheat Ale” will be Chicago brewery’s third beer made on East Coast
07/29/2011
Aldermen get tough on bank-owned vacant buildings
Dowell, Fioretti making lenders mow lawns
07/28/2011 5:21 PM
South Loop park gets award
Printers Row Park honored by landscape architects
07/27/2011
Next protected bike lane: Jackson in West Loop
Bikes now nearly half of traffic at Kinzie
07/25/2011 6:19 PM
Jackson Boulevard in the West Loop will be the next street in Chicago to get blocked-off bike lanes, the Chicago Department of Transportation announced Monday morning.
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Post office plans: hotel, shops and skyscrapers
Developer hopes to build 120-story tower
07/21/2011
After two years of speculation about what would become of the old post office site overhanging the Congress Expressway, the British developer who owns the site has unveiled a massive and ambitious plan for the site.
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Trader Joe's to open 'this fall'
Construction moving along
07/20/2011 3:53 PM
After Chicago Journal blogger Bonnie McGrath spotted a bundle of shopping carts through the window of the South Loop’s Trader Joe’s, we decided to give the company a ring to check on the store’s progress.
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The Scout aiming to open early August
Sports bar wants to welcome Lollapalooza fans
07/20/2011 3:53 PM
The blog Sloopin’ reported last week that the upscale South Loop sports bar The Scout was slated to open in a few days, so we rang owner Chris Bravos to look into it.
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