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Despite pleas from community members and preservationists, the options for keeping the structures from being demolished by owner Michael Tadin Jr. appear to be limited.

The immediate fate of the long-abandoned Damen grain silos will remain up in the air as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reviews plans to demolish the century-old concrete structures in Chicago’s Lower West Side neighborhood. Mayor Brandon Johnson’s office on Tuesday said the city will defer its decision on pending applications to demolish the silos until federal review is complete. Local ...

City planning officials have agreed to work with IBT Group on redeveloping properties that are part of the Central Manufacturing District.

Proposals being evaluated by local groups and the Department of Planning and Development would introduce new uses to the old Central Manufacturing District on Pershing Road.

The Central Manufacturing District has been largely uninhabited in recent decades, leaving many of these important buildings unused — and unprotected.

The Damen Silos property, which is right on the river, should have been part of a master plan focused on helping to redevelop the land along the Chicago River in a way most beneficial to city residents.

A Southwest Side economic development organization, joined by seven other groups, asked Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday to delay the sale of the Damen Silos along the Chicago River to allow for public meetings before determining the fate of the 23 acres of industrial land.

Pritzker’s administration announced a plan last month to sell the property to the owner of an asphalt plant in McKinley Park that has been the target of...

Groups ask for community meetings to discuss use of the 23-acre riverfront property, which is slated to be sold for $6.5 million.

Chicago aldermen are still negotiating a new ward map that will remain for the next decade. “It is extremely confusing,” said Kate Eakin, volunteer at McKinley Park Development Council. This year’s remapping process is still ongoing due to the 2020 Census showing significant changes in Chicago’s demographics.While Chicago’s Black population dropped 10 percent, its Latino...