South Side

Zoning Committee Signs Off on Obama Center Plan
In contrast to the seven-hour meeting that preceded last week’s Plan Commission vote on the Obama ...Read more
Ginder Named VP at Mid-America
Mid-America Real Estate Corporation has brought in Chelsey Ginder as a VP on the firm’s single ten...Read more
Obama Center Project Clears Approvals Hurdle
The Chicago Plan Commission voted in favor of building the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park...Read more
Large Lots Program Expands on South, West Sides
More than 3,200 vacant city-owned lots on Chicago’s South and West Sides are now available for pur...Read more
GSE Veteran Brodsky Joins NorthMarq’s Chicago Office
NorthMarq Capital has announced that Matthew Brodsky has joined its newly-relocated and expanding Ch...Read more
Group Sues to Block Obama Center Construction
Nonprofit group Protect Our Parks Inc. has filed suit in U.S. District Court in a bid to prevent the...Read more
Sears Exploring Sale of Kenmore Brand, Other Assets
Sears Holdings Corporation said that its board had formed a special committee to explore sales of it...Read more
Steak ‘n Shake Serves Up First Chicago Location
Steak 'n Shake is coming to the largest city in the state where it was founded in 1934. The casual r...Read more
City’s Streetlight Upgrade Program Shifts to South Side
The city’s ongoing streetlight modernization program is now shifting to neighborhood streets and a...Read more
Heitman Veteran Will Beam Joins Magnolia Capital
Industry veteran Will Beam (pictured) has joined Magnolia Capital, a multifamily investor launched i...Read more
Chinatown Owner Proposes Building 168-Key Hotel
The owner of an office and retail complex in Chinatown has proposed attaching a 168-key hotel to his...Read more
Podolsky Circle’s Alissa Adler Joins Graaskamp Center Board
Podolsky Circle CORFAC International’s Alissa Adler has been invited to join the board of advisors...Read more
Paine Wentzel Arranges 387K-SF Warehouse Sale
Paine Wetzel – TCN Worldwide principals Jerry Sullivan and Ed Wabick represented Great Lakes Reloa...Read more
New Center Breaks Ground Along Roosevelt Retail Corridor
Groundbreaking was held recently for a new, 42,000-square-foot retail development at 637-647 W. Roos...Read more
Obama Center Will House Chicago Public Library Branch
In a pair of firsts, the Chicago Public Library will open a branch at the future Obama Presidential ...Read more
Cook County Land Bank Offers Lots at Below-Market Rates
The Cook County Land Bank Authority has released nearly 3,200 vacant, tax-delinquent lots at below-m...Read more
New Bronzeville Span Advances City’s “Building on Burnham” Project
The latest project in the Emanuel administration’s Building on Burnham initiative broke ground, as...Read more
Dockless Biking Gets 6-Month Trial on South Side
Chicago's Department of Transportation is launching a dockless-biking pilot program this week on the...Read more
Lake Street Improvements Will Make Way for New CTA Station
A half-mile stretch of Lake Street on the city’s Near West Side will be fully reconstructed as a f...Read more