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REI Plans Move to North Branch Waterfront in 2019
Outdoor sporting goods cooperative REI will move its Lincoln Park store to a larger, two-story location on the banks of the Chicago River’s North Branch in early 2019. The new 40,000 square-foot retail space will be part of a planned “wild mile” along the North Branch Canal, that’s part of the North Branch Framework Plan that City Council adopted last spring.
“The relocation of our Lincoln Park store will help us better connect people in Chicago to a life outdoors,” said Mike Daurio, REI Lincoln Park store manager. “When complete, our new Lincoln Park location will be one of the co-op’s most exciting retail spaces.”
REI came to Lincoln Park in 2008; the co-op has more than 160,000 active members citywide. Chicago is also one of five U.S. cities where REI is investing in rewilding efforts to transform urban spaces into areas for outdoor recreation.
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