ADVOCACY
WIN: City Council Approves Salvation Army Building Adaptive Reuse as Hotel and Apartments (Chicago 7 2021)
Committee on Design reviews NOMA, The mixed-use development will center around the Salvation Army building, Lukas Kugler, Urbanize Chicago, 7/15/222,200 Apartments, Hotel Proposed For...
WIN: Pilgrim Baptist Church Receives $2.1 Million State Grant for National Gospel Museum
Dreaming of a future for the South Side’s historic Pilgrim Baptist Church; Planned gospel museum gets a boost with $2.1 million in state funds,...
WIN: Morton Salt Reopens as The Salt Shed Music Venue
Read the full story at the Chicago TribuneNew Salt Shed opens for outdoor concerts in the huge former Morton Salt complex: Good sound, historic...
WIN: Google To Purchase Thompson Center for New Chicago Headquarters (Chicago 7 2016, 2018, 2019 & 2020)
Thompson Center, luckily, shows up in Google’s search for office space, The sale bodes well for the Thompson Center, but also for a downtown...
WIN: Historic Morse Theater to Reopen as Rhapsody Theater
Rogers Park’s Mayne Stage To Become Rhapsody Theater, Hosting Magic Shows And Music In Historical Venue, A Northwestern medical professor and magician is rehabbing...
POTENTIAL WIN: Chicago Collaborative Archive Center Press Conference for Reuse of Century and Consumers Building Generates Strong Media Coverage (Chicago 7 2011, 2013 &...
Groups coalesce around plan to save State Street buildings; The proposal calls for turning them into a shared archive center, but the properties’ owner,...
WIN: After Decade Long Year Effort, Clarendon Park Community Center Breaks Ground on $13 Million Renovation (Chicago 7 2015)
Uptown’s Clarendon Park Community Center, Once Facing Wrecking Ball, Kicks Off $13 Million Overhaul; The renovation will restore the more than 100-year-old field house...
WIN: 226 W. Jackson Renovation and Hotel Adaptive Reuse Complete
Commission On Chicago Landmarks Approves Tax Incentive For Loop Hotel, Ian Achong, Chicago Yimby, 4/11/22Historic Loop office building prepares to reopen as dual hotels,...
WIN: Laramie State Bank Restoration Powerfully Catalyzes Chicago Avenue Revitalization (Chicago 7 2019)
An economic revival finally reaches Austin; A stretch of Chicago Avenue called the Soul City Corridor sparks opportunities for businesses to revitalize one of...
WIN: Bronzeville Marshall Field Warehouse to be Transformed into The Lillian Marcie Center for the Performing Arts
Bronzeville’s Lillian Marcie Center, A 350-Seat Theater In The Works, Gets $26 Million In State Funding; The grant will bring actor Harry Lennix one...