Wheels start turning for new park

Two-acre open space included in 2006 Roosevelt Collection deal

07/21/2010

The real estate firm that put up the Roosevelt Collection project and the Chicago Park District are negotiating over the contours of a new park in the South Loop, representatives from both organizations have confirmed.
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Taxman cancels Gateway meeting

Developer says changes are being considered

07/21/2010

Representatives from the Taxman Corporation pulled out of a July 14 meeting with the West Loop Community Organization about The Gateway, a hotel-commercial-rental project the Skokie-based builder has pitched for the much of the southwest corner of Madison and Halsted.
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Firms sought for hospital remake

Price tag: $126 million, but funding isn’t in place

07/21/2010

On July 13, county government, through its office of capital planning and policy, released a request for proposals seeking a firm to shepherd an anticipated $126 million remake of the historic old Cook County hospital building at 1835 W. Harrison. The hospital, the RFP notes, is “listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the [redevelopment] will be designed and constructed in accordance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation.” Read More...

Cops: fake Nikes sold at store

Thousands of shoes taken from Roosevelt Road

07/21/2010

More than 1,700 pairs of what police said were fake Nike gym shoes were removed from a retail outlet in the 600 block of W. Roosevelt on July 16.
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Did the housekeeper do it?

07/21/2010

On July 16 at 4:52 p.m. a man discovered that $2,000 he kept in a closet in an extra room in his house located in the 100 block of N. Harbor Dr. was missing.
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Catering, remodeling, Achatz project

07/21/2010

More food news besides a brewpub opening in the West Loop: Sinha’s Elegant Cuisine, the home-style Brazilian restaurant and catering business located at 2018 W. Adams St. on the Near West Side, was hired to provide the food for the international musicians who played this summer’s soon-to-end-for-the-season Music Without Borders series at Millennium Park.
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Transformers 3 filiming on Michigan Avenue in Chicago

A real transformation

07/21/2010

Futbol fanatics hold one last bash

07/14/2010

Web Extra! Slideshow
Soccer fanatics descended on Soldier Field last Sunday for a festival before watching the 2010 World Cup final match.
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Job action

Judge sides with union in Blackstone case

07/14/2010

Legal wrangling over 14 fired employees and health-care changes for employees at the Blackstone Hotel will continue this summer, as Sage Hospitality, the Denver-based owner of the South Loop hotel, plans an appeal of a ruling that found management violated bargaining procedures as outlined by federal law.
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Incremental improvements

Revised TIF plan: More potential spending seen over 12 additional years

07/14/2010

A tax increment financing district created to support redevelopment of the ABLA Homes, several interconnected public housing developments located in the blocks between Morgan and Ashland and either side of Roosevelt Road, will result in $87 million in potential spending over a 35-year lifetime, a draft amendment to the district’s plan shows.
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