Owner of General Iron suing Chicago for $100M over permit delay
By FOX 32 Digital Staff
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The owner of General Iron is suing the city of Chicago for more than $100 million.
CHICAGO - The owner of General Iron filed a lawsuit on Monday against the city of Chicago for more than $100 million in damages.
The company, now known as Southside Recycling, wants to open a metal shredding facility at 116th and the Calumet River.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s office is holding up the permit until an environmental assessment is complete.
The lawsuit, filed by Southside Recycling and its parent company, Reserve Management Group, says the delay is causing, significant and potentially permanent damage to their business.
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CHICAGO â When news broke last week that city officials had halted the permitting process for a controversial metal recycler s relocation to the Southeast Side, it was an emotional moment for Yesenia Chavez. I was pretty shocked by it, she said Monday. I m not going to lie, stunned. I had to process everything. I cried for sure.
Ride along with LaPorte Police Specialist Justin Dyer as he patrols the streets of LaPorte.
Chavez was part of a group of Southeast Side residents who staged a hunger strike earlier this year. The strikers aimed to bring attention to local opposition to the Reserve Management Group s bid to open the metal recycling facility at 116th Street and Burley Avenue in the East Side neighborhood. Southeast Side activists consider the facility to be a successor to the General Iron site in Lincoln Park that closed on Dec. 31, 2020, after being cited for multiple environmental and safety violations.