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The Coalition for Equitable Community Development (CECD), a local housing advocacy group, is working on a project to build affordable, independent housing for adults over 65 in Hyde Park.
City officials have received two responses to their call for investment at the Aldi property on West Madison Street, hoping to energize the commercial block.
A coalition of community-led groups just received $10 million from the Pritzker Traubert Foundation to help fund a wide-ranging project. It’ll bring together a range of services and opportunities — from health and wellness, to arts and culture and beyond.
A rendering of 508 Pershing at Oakwood Shores. UnitedHealth Group is providing $15.4 million—more than half the total cost—for the construction of a 53-unit building of affordable apartments in the Bronzeville neighborhood. The project, 508 Pershing at Oakwood Shores, is being developed the Community Builders, a nonprofit, on a city-owned parcel 508 W. Pershing Road. The developer has a 99-year lease on the land with the Chicago Housing Authority, said Kemena Brooks, senior project manager. The total cost of the project is about $24.3 million, Brooks said, with additional funding coming ...