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Stymied in the past, the Episcopal Diocese again wants to sell its headquarters in Streeterville, but the valuable asset might not be easy to unload.

Heather Cherone | May 25, 2021 3:49 pm A rendering of the proposed North Union Development. (Credit: JDL Development) Aldermen on Tuesday advanced plans to create a new neighborhood on what was once the Moody Bible Institute’s campus on the Near North Side, putting one of the largest residential developments in Chicago in decades one step away from final approval. Thanks to our sponsors: The City Council’s Zoning Committee unanimously endorsed the $1.3 billion plan to transform 8.1 acres sandwiched between the CTA Brown Line and the Gold Coast into the North Union neighborhood, featur...

Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture City planners Thursday endorsed a developer’s multiyear plan to build on Near North Side property owned by Moody Bible Institute, praising the overall design and the collaborative process with community groups that produced it. The proposal by JDL Development, with an estimated value of $1.3 billion, calls for up to 2,680 residential units and 30,000 square feet of commercial space. It also would provide 2.5 acres of publicly accessible parks, a widely praised feature that JDL enlarged after community meetings. “This is one of the most optimistic developme...

Sun-Times file Chicago’s business and government leaders have a lot on their plates, but there’s an impertinent pertinent question to ask them. What are you going to do about a casino? It seems like a long-term issue, but the city and state need money fast and sportsbooks are the new frenzy. Planning and construction take time, so it behooves everyone to work on this pronto. The first order of business is picking a site. Where, oh where, to put this thing, a singular destination that depending on the execution can abet or degrade everything around it? It’s a topic batted around for year...