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Arial plant, once home to 400 workers at a time, will be converted to apartments, new owners say.

Arial plant, once home to 400 workers at a time, will be converted to apartments, new owners say.

The casino race comes down to three main bidders vying to land the casino that is expected to eventually rake in around $1 billion per year.

Skidmore Owings & Merrill We’re encouraged that the City Council has given the green light — and some greenbacks — to a $4 billion plan to turn the former Michael Reese Hospital campus into a new community that will include businesses, housing and parkland. While construction on the massive Bronzeville Lakefront project is expected to begin this year, the turnaround will take 20 years, if successful. The nearly 50-acre site is bounded by 26th Street, 31st Street, Lake Park and Vernon avenues. Editorials “This is a mega-development that will truly impact the entire city,” Ald. Soph...

Developers expect to break ground late this year or early next year on the massive $4 billion new development tentatively called “Bronzeville Lakefront.” It will be built upon the site of the old Michael Reese Hospital, which has sat vacant for more than a decade. Former Mayor Richard M. Daley had proposed building an Olympic village on the site when Chicago was in the running for the 2016 summer games. Thanks to unanimous approval by city council yesterday, the path is paved for a mixed-use development. Earlier this year, the Chicago Plan Commission approved a $3.8 billion effort to over...