December 2023 Newsletter
POTENTIAL WIN: City Seeks Developer for Landmarked Stock Yards Bank
City again asking for offers on historic Stock Yards Bank building, Dennis Rodkin, Crain’s Chicago Business, 11/29/23
Iconic Stock Yards Bank Building Is...
WIN: Marshall Field’s Warehouse / Former Olson Brothers Rug Factory to Anchor Film Sound Studio
Big studio campus on Northwest Side set to open in early 2024, Alby Gallun, Crain's Chicago Business, 5/22/23
Film Studio With 9 Sound...
WIN: Winning Adaptive Reuse Selected for McKinley Park Pershing Road CMD Warehouse Building (Chicago 7 2014 & 2020)
Apartments, Grocery Store Coming To City-Owned Warehouse In McKinley Park; The $121 million project aims to bring 120 apartments, a grocery store and...
WIN: Chicago Landmark W.M. Hoyt Building Adaptive Reuse Moving Forward
Chinatown warehouse slated for redevelopment into four-star hotel with offices, retail, Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 9/7/23
Class L incentive approved for redevelopment...
WIN: Turn of the Century Loft Building at 153 W. Ohio to Be Converted to Residential
Residential Conversion Proposed For 153 W Ohio Street In River North, Ian Achong, Chicago YIMBY, 1/25/23
Developer plans residential conversion at 153 W....
WIN: After 40 Years, Union Station’s Clinton Street Entrance Reopens through former Fred Harvey Restaurant Space (Chicago 7 2018)
New Union Station entrance opens on Clinton Street; Amtrak plans to open a food court near the new entrance. The food hall project...
POTENTIAL WIN: Our Lady of Victory Church Parishioners Challenge Closure in Vatican Court and Win! (Chicago 7 2021)
Victory — for now — at Northwest Side church after Vatican appeal; Parishioners were upset when the archdiocese decreed in 2022 that Our...
POTENTIAL WIN: OPC Lawsuit Challenges Precedent Set by Transferring Public Parkland for Private Use
Park advocates make another legal argument against Obama Presidential Center even as construction continues, A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 10/24/23
Protect Our Parks Website...
POTENTIAL WIN: Plan to Convert Jackson Park and South Shore Nature Sanctuary into PGA Golf Course ‘Dead in the Water’
Plans for Tiger Woods golf project near Obama Presidential Center have stalled, but hopes remain for restoration of existing courses; Robert McCoppin, Chicago...
WIN: Chicago Detroit Freedom Trail Gaining Momentum
Landmarks: A trail that starts in Chicago could ‘connect the dots’ of a powerful episode in African American history, Paul Eisenberg, Daily Southtown,...