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Tribune Unveils Plans for Chicago’s River District Development

Tribune Real Estate Holdings unveiled plans to redevelop a 37-acre site along the Chicago River’s North Branch as a mixed-use project. River District will encompass some nine million square feet of commercial and residential space in 18 buildings and 5,900 residential units.

Located at 777 W. Chicago Ave., the project is envisioned as an “urban tech-centric neighborhood that will reflect how people want to live and work.” The new neighborhood extends Chicago’s downtown district, and establishes a natural connection between The Loop, River North, Fulton Market and River West.

The site currently serves as the Chicago Tribune’s Freedom Center printing plant, which is leased through 2023, and contains several parking lots.

A 5.5-million-square-foot development phase is planned to commence on the south part of the site in 2020. The property is within the 760-acre North Branch Industrial Corridor that’s undergoing a transformation from primarily industrial to a modern mixed-use district.

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Dennis Kaiser is Vice President of Public Relations and Communications for Connect Creative. Dennis is a communications leader with more than 40 years of experience including as a journalist and in corporate and agency marketing communications roles. He is responsible for Connect Creative’s agency client services and is involved in a range of initiatives ranging from public relations and content strategy, communications and message development, copywriting, media relations, social media and content marketing services. Prior to joining Connect Media in 2015, his most recent corporate communications roles involved leading a regional public relations effort across Southern California for CBRE, playing a key marketing role on JLL’s national retail team, and directing the global public relations effort at ValleyCrest (BrightView), the nation’s largest commercial landscape services company. He has worked on marketing communications assignments for such CRE companies as Blackstone/Equity Office, Carlyle, Caruso, Disney Resorts, GE Capital, Irvine Company, Hines, Howard Hughes Corp., Jeffries, Lennar, MGM, Marcus & Millichap, Prologis, Raleigh Studios, Simon, Starwood, Trammell Crow Company, Transamerica, UBS and Wynn Resorts. Dennis has also worked on communications and launch strategies for a number of consumer electronic, media and tech brands including SlingMedia, Channel Master, Deluxe Media Entertainment, BeIn Sports, EchoStar and Sprint. Dennis’s agency background included firms such as Off Madison Ave., Idea Hall and Macy + Associates. He has earned an outstanding reputation with organization leaders as a trusted advisor, strategic program implementer, consensus builder and exceptional collaborator. Dennis has developed and managed national communications programs for Fortune 500 companies to start-ups, both public and private. He’s successfully worked with journalists across the globe representing clients involved in major-breaking news stories, product launches, media tours, and company news announcements. Dennis has been involved in a host of charitable and community organizations including the American Cancer Society, Easter Seals, Boy Scouts, Chrysalis Foundation, Freedom For Life, HOLA, L.A.’s BEST, Reach Out and Read, Super Bowl Host Committee, and the Thunderbirds Charities.

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