Tag: Retail
Are new apartments headed for Block 37?
The above sign was shot several years ago, but it may stand in for the opening of a different kind of level at Block 37 in Chicago's Loop.
The [...]
A Target, where once there were many
I missed the ceremonial groundbreaking yesterday morning for the new Target at Division and Larrabee, the site where the next-to-last of the Cabri [...]
Neighborhood grocery store shakeouts and shakedowns
We've recently looked in on a number of new grocery stores that are underway or proposed – a South Loop Mariano's, a West Loop Mariano's, a West L [...]
Come with me to Sleepy Hollow
To find quality living in the country, while still only a short drive from anything you desire, you need only look to Sleepy Hollow ... All in all [...]
Construction check – Pete’s Fresh Market on Madison
A month ago we noted that construction was slated to start this month on the new Pete's Fresh Market at the southeast corner of Madison and Wester [...]
The West Loop Target stands out
As you approach downtown Chicago from the air, or along the Eisenhower Expressway, one building is a clear, colorful standout.
It's the huge n [...]
An updated look at The Maxwell
Some low-intensity site prep work was underway when I visited the site of The Maxwell in the early afternoon yesterday.
The Bond Companies' [...]
Pete’s breaking ground six months after its groundbreaking
Six months ago, several weeks after the ceremonial groundbreaking for a new Pete's Fresh Market, there was no sign of activity at the site, at the [...]
Affixing the first Target to the West Loop Target
Early yesterday afternoon workers were guiding the first Target sign into place on the north façade of the store on Jackson Blvd.
The store [...]
The scrap yard in Lincoln Park’s back yard
The Clybourn Corridor, the thriving and growing retail and residential strip along Clybourn Ave in Lincoln Park is adjacent to the city's first Pl [...]
Demolition nearly complete on site for The Maxwell
The Bond Companies' website is touting delivery of 200,000 square feet of retail space in the Fall of 2013 at The Maxwell, a 3.9 acre mixed-use de [...]
U Lucky Dawg site in West Rogers Park will remain sacred ground
For many Chicagoans there's no piece of ground more sacred than the one that hosts their favorite hot dog stand.
U Lucky Dawg, 6821 N Western [...]
West Loop update – Target and Mariano’s
Two major retail developments that are likely to have a positive impact on the West Loop are well underway.
Target broke ground at Jackson [...]
Quote of the day – 1,000s of professionals in scores of storefronts
The Tribune and the Sun-Times reported on Ald. Proco Joe Moreno's proposal, which passed the City Council Zoning Committee, to allow a portion of [...]
McCormick Place deal dead, Old Main Post Office in the wings
I'm frequently stunned by the credulity of Chicago's major media.
While Crain's Chicago Business was reporting a "massive hotel, retail and en [...]
A video tour of Chiasso’s new Wilmette showroom
If you're shopping for home furnishings and accessories you may find it easier to head for the Old Orchard mall in Skokie rather than the traffic- [...]
Salvation Army taking resale upscale in Lincoln Park
There are "glorious changes coming our way," according to a video recently posted at YouTube on behalf of the Salvation Army's Lincoln Park thrift [...]
More apartments proposed for Near West Side
Crain's Chicago Real Estate Daily
is reporting that Bond Cos., a local developer, is planning a mixed-use development on the site of a former Ch [...]
New City YMCA site in play
Crain's is reporting, behind its paywall, that John Bucksbaum, former CEO of General Growth Properties, is bidding for the former New City YMCA si [...]
Tour the Gold Coast with Tina Culver
Late last week I hopped in the car with Sergio & Banks' Tina Culver for a brief drive around the Gold Coast.
Join us for a look at some of Chi [...]