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Eisenberg Foundation’s 2019 Student Challenge: Redevelop a Vacant Department Store
In this year’s Midwest Real Estate Challenge, the Harold E. Eisenberg Foundation is partnering with Starwood Retail Partners to engage real estate students in redeveloping an 11.7-acre site attached to the Chicago Ridge Mall. The 154,000-square-foot department store box, now vacant and awaiting redevelopment, formerly housed a Carson’s.
Working with industry professionals as advisers, the student teams will devise proposals to redevelop the space. Two winning teams, one graduate and one undergraduate, will earn $5,000 scholarships towards their university’s real estate education program, sponsored by Starwood Retail Partners.
“The mission of the Harold E. Eisenberg Foundation is two-pronged. In addition to funding gastrointestinal cancer research, we create unique education and mentorship opportunities for real estate students,” says Katie Wales, the foundation’s executive director. “This year’s challenge is especially meaningful because Harold Eisenberg, the Foundation’s namesake, was involved with the project when Chicago Ridge Mall was originally developed.”
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