Tag: Retail
A West Loop Target update
I stopped by the corner of Aberdeen and Van Buren in the West Loop yesterday for a look at the state of the new Target store that's scheduled to o [...]
An update on Lakeshore East from The Chicago Architecture Blog
The Chicago Architecture Blog recently stopped by the newly-opened [...]
Former alderman sues to block Lincoln Park Hospital redevelopment
Crain's Chicago Real Estate Daily is reporting that former 43rd Ward Alderman Martin Oberman has filed a lawsuit to block the City Council-approve [...]
Foresight or folly in Chicago’s Chinatown?
Developer See Wong has reimagined an ambitious development he first proposed several years ago as a three-phase project on a site at the edge of C [...]
Intruder Joe at the Diversey Trader Joe’s
I'm used to being hassled when I take photos in a commercial location without asking first. Large chains, in particular, have well-trained employe [...]
Retail watch: Still no takers at Silver Tower
Silver Tower's street-level commercial space is still empty, too. According to the Jameson Commercial sign fronting Franklin Street in River North [...]
Catching up on the Cabrini Target
There's been talk of a new Target replacing the recently demolished Cabrini-Green high-rise at 1230 N Burling St. CHA confirms that it's in talks [...]
Retail watch: EnV still EmT
Sharon Kahan and Peter Graham of CB Richard Ellis are still searching for a few good tenants for EnV's 27,000 square feet of retail space. The to [...]
Hartz Mountain buys One Superior Place for $300M
One Superior Place, the 52-story residential and retail tower at 1 W Superior St in River North, has sold, in what the Wall Street Journal calls "the [...]
Retail space fills up at Flair Tower
There's a lot of empty commercial real estate at the bottom of downtown's new rental high-rises (more on that later this week), but one building [...]
Curbed: Lakeshore East market nears completion
Remember that supermarket that Magellan Development started building at Lakeshore East last year? It's almost finished. Mark Boyer of Curbed stopp [...]
Checking in on North Avenue’s retail scene
After confirming that we could find plenty of homes for rent in Bucktown simply by driving the neighborhood's streets, Joe Zekas and I drove along [...]
Hate The Market Place? Hear Wal-Mart’s plans on Monday
The Market Place Foodstore on Diversey is the grocery that Yelpers love to hate, in part because it’s so convenient for nearby residents. If the more [...]
Children’s Museum out, Walmart in at Grant Park
With the Chicago Children's Museum looking more and more likely to stay at Navy Pier, the Daley Administration has found a new use for the part of [...]
Roosevelt Collection sells at half its cost
Crain’s Chicago Business is reporting (apparently behind its paywall) that a deal is imminent for the sale of the Roosevelt Collection in the Sout [...]
Another month, another meeting for Webster Square
Outgoing Ald. Vi Daley wants to send Webster Square through one more community meeting before letting the development have its day in front of the [...]
Near West Side grocer finally on its way
The Near West Side and East Garfield Park will move one step closer toward getting a much-needed grocery store next month, when Pete's Fresh Marke [...]
Quotes of the day – Lincoln Square fantasies
“We hope the new owners keep the building up and keep a mix of locals and independents,” says Melissa Flynn, executive director of the Lincoln Square [...]
Will Mount Prospect drain retail from Arlington Heights?
When suburbs lose retailers they lose more than just stores, jobs and community vitality. They lose sales tax revenues that can reduce property ta [...]
Block 37 walk is tops in 2010 views
Who'd have thought that Joe Zekas would be a bigger draw than Ivanka Trump in 2010? On almost any given day, our 2008 video of Donald's daughter t [...]