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POTENTIAL WIN: Stalled Congress Theater Redevelopment Plan Moving Forward Again
"Long-discussed plans to rehab the deteriorating Congress Theater are back on track, with a key city panel expected to vote on the proposal as...
WIN: Lillian Marcie Center for the Performing Art Adaptive Reuse of Bronzeville Marshall Field Warehouse Receives TIF Funding
"The Lillian Marcie Center is being built on the site of an old Marshall Field warehouse built in 1915."The council approved $6 million in...
WIN: Lakeside Theater to Become Performing Arts Center After Extensive Renovation
"The renovation of CircEsteem’s Uptown headquarters is moving forward after the City Council approved $5 million for the project Wednesday."The circus arts nonprofit is...
WIN: Redevelopment underway for MHUB / Cameron Building
"A preliminary permit for interior demolition has been granted in preparation for the revitalization of the Cameron Building at 240 N Ashland Avenue in...
THREATENED: Happy Wash Terra Cotta Building To Be Demolished for New Development
"The city has signed off on a developer’s plan to replace a Wilson Avenue retail building with an apartment complex, the third time a...
WIN: Our Lady of Victory Church Parishioners Challenge Closure in Vatican Court and Win! (Chicago 7 2021)
"Our Lady of Victory, located at 5212 W. Agatite Ave, is the oldest Catholic parish on the Northwest Side, said Susanna Ernst, the president...
WIN: Six-Corner Sears Adaptive Reuse Nearing Completion (Chicago 7 2016)
"The Sears department store at 4712 W Irving Park Road in Portage Park continues to undergo a significant transformation, as the $90 million, six-story...
WIN: Former Goldblatt Brothers Building Invest South/West Adaptive Reuse to Anchor Back-of-the-Yards Revitalization at 47th and Ashland
"A project with affordable housing, space for local businesses and a federally qualified health care center got a funding boost from the City Council...
THREATENED: 6740 S. South Shore Drive Begins 90-Day Demolition Delay
"A Mediterranean house in South Shore has survived two developers’ demolition plans in recent decades" but may not survive this third attempt."In 2007, a...
THREATENED: Dispute Over Historic Tours at Edgar Miller Designed Glasner Studio Results in Legal Actions
"Edgar Miller’s Kogen-Miller Studios is one of Chicago’s most idiosyncratic and astonishing architectural sites. Lately, though, it has been ensnared in a disagreement that...