Chicago & Midwest + South Side + Apartments | April 20, 2023

Washington Park Land Sale Will Support Housing for Student Athletes

Twenty-three housing units for student athletes will be constructed in Chicago’s Washington Park
neighborhood through a city-owned land sale approved by the Chicago City Council earlier this week.

The $10.8-million project by Center Court Development LLC will include a trio of two-unit buildings on the 5400 block of South Dearborn Street and 17 townhomes on South Federal Street, where elite tennis players, their families and support staff will reside while training and working at XS Tennis Village, an athletic complex in Washington Park.

Players, families, and staff will use the homes throughout the year to attend tennis camps, tournaments and other activities at the adjacent, 27-court complex. Four of the development’s units will be rented at affordable rates.

Center Court Development is operated by Kamau Murray of the XS Tennis and Education Foundation (XTEF), which constructed XS Tennis Village with $2.9 million in city support in 2018 as a training center for approximately 3,000 youths per year. XSTEF has since sent 47 youth to Division 1 schools with tennis scholarships.

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Paul Bubny serves as Senior Content Director for Connect Commercial Real Estate, a role to which he brings 13-plus years’ experience covering the commercial real estate industry and 30-plus years in business-to-business journalism. In this capacity, he oversees daily operations while also reporting on both local/regional markets and national trends, covering individual transactions across all property types, as well as delving into broader subject matter. He produces 15-20 daily news stories per day and works with the Connect team and clients to develop longer-form content, ranging from Q&As to thought-leadership pieces. Prior to joining Connect, Paul was Managing Editor for both Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com at American Lawyer Media, where he oversaw operations at both publications while also producing daily news and feature-length articles. His tenure in B2B publishing stretches back into the print era, and he has served as Editor in Chief on four national trade publications. Since 1999, Paul has volunteered as the newsletter editor of passenger rail advocacy groups (one national, one local).

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