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Despite challenges posed by the pandemic, Downtown Peoria will see residential growth in 2021. Michael Freilinger, executive director and CEO of the Peoria Downtown Development Corp. (DDC), said an additional 146 housing units are expected to hit the market this year, with 120 of them located at the former Builders Warehouse location, 812 SW Washington St., that’s expected to start leasing this summer.  That will put the number of residential units in Downtown Peoria at 516 by the end of the year, said Freilinger. That’s a 138 percent increase in downtown units since Freilinger took...

WCBU's On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Wednesday, March 17, 2021. Our top story is about how Bradley University President Stephen Standifird has fulfilled one of his promises made to the Bradley community - to improve diversity and inclusion in the wake of the George Floyd protests. You'll also hear how WCBU correspondent Steve Tarter recently spoke to Michael Freilinger, CEO of the Downtown Development Corporation, about expected residential growth and housing trends in the downtown and Warehouse District areas. Listen

PEORIA — Over the past decade, pedestrian-friendly infrastructure improvements have been made in the Peoria Warehouse District — wider sidewalks and paving bricks among them. Patrons of Warehouse District restaurants and other businesses have been availing themselves of the upgrades. So has a growing cohort of Warehouse District residents, who occupy new apartments in rehabilitated old buildings. But in medium-sized Midwestern cities, even if neighborhoods are made for walking, people still have to drive. That's part of the reason a Warehouse District parking garage is warranted, accordi...