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Jimmy Green's expanding

South Loop sports bar expanding one door north

12/14/2011 5:56 PM

Jimmy Green’s, the South Loop sports bar at 825 S. State St. in Dearborn Park, is expanding after a successful first year and a half.
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Sara Lee moving to West Loop

City could give meat company $6.5 million in TIF cash

12/08/2011 4:04 PM

Sara Lee, the company behind Ball Park Franks, Hillshire Farms and Jimmy Dean, is planning on moving its corporate headquarters to the West Loop, the company announced with Mayor Rahm Emanuel Thursday morning.
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Two more candidates join race for 26th District State Representative

Will Burns' former seat in the Illinois House up for grabs

12/07/2011 3:25 PM

Two more people have joined the race for Will Burns’ former 26th District State Representative seat, vying to represent a district that stretches from the Far South Side through downtown and up to the Gold Coast.
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Some retail comes to Roosevelt Collection, for now

Christmas trees being sold in new open space through December 19

12/06/2011

For the first time since it opened two years ago, something besides movie tickets is finally being sold at the Roosevelt Collection — but only for the next two weeks.
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South Loop restaurant Tribute closes after five months

Essex Hotel restaurant had four chefs in brief time; owners cite economy in shutting doors

12/05/2011

Tribute, the South Loop restaurant that operated out of the Essex Hotel at 800 S. Michigan Ave. for the last five months, announced Monday that it was closing its doors.
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Chicago Public Schools announces plan to close Crane High School

School would be phased out over next four years, West Side charter school Talent Development would move into building beginning next year

11/30/2011

Chicago Public Schools officials announced Wednesday afternoon that they want to close the Near West Side’s Crane High School, 2245 W. Jackson Blvd., bit by bit over the next four years.
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New state rep coming to South Loop, Lakeshore East

South Side community organizer, Bronzeville resident Christian Mitchell running for 26th District House seat

11/28/2011 8:15 PM

South Loop, downtown and Lakeshore East residents living within a few blocks of Lake Michigan are getting yet another new state representative.
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Court throws out sentence for E2 club owners

Original order to vacate second floor nightclub ‘unclear,’ court says

11/16/2011

The saga of the E2 nightclub continued Wednesday as an Illinois appellate court threw out criminal convictions for two of the former Motor Row nightclub’s owners.
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Roosevelt Collection's plaza plans unveiled, retail en route?

Announcement on tenants to come in a few weeks, McCaffery says

11/16/2011 3:08 PM

With demolition complete on a big chunk of the Roosevelt Collection’s unused retail, the South Loop development’s new owner is showing off plans for the new green space that will debut next year.
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St. Pat's tower stalls; West Loop hotel moving forward

Community ire causes Fioretti to demand more meetings with church’s neighbors

11/11/2011 6:34 PM

Two successive community meetings on West Loop developments received very different reactions on Wednesday night.
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