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Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, downtown Chicago was in the midst of a building boom that local officials say was notable for what it didn’t include: minority-owned development firms. “There were 61 cranes in the sky, and each crane represented a project worth up to hundreds of millions of dollars,” said Leon Walker, managing partner of developer DL3 Realty. “It was a point of pride for the .
Mayor Lori Lightfoot has announced a solar-powered, 302,000-square-foot industrial complex and a pair of community innovation centers is the winning proposal to revitalize 21 acres of city-owned land at 4300 W. Roosevelt Road in North Lawndale.
City officials have selected a Chicago-based partnership to put an industrial project with community improvements on the 21 acres at Roosevelt Road and Kostner Avenue.