Posted Apr 5, 2012, 5:32 PM
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Motor Row / McCormick Place Area redevelopment
An article today from the Chicago Reader.
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Out-of-towners are whisked in and out of the convention center by shuttle bus or taxi, few even thinking to take a look at the surrounding areas, the South Loop and Motor Row... But Gleichman is in a unique situation to change that. With her husband, Karl Norberg, they control the fates of at least six properties on South Michigan Avenue and 23rd Street in Motor Row, and they’re embroiled in a fight to keep another big piece of land on Cermak Road, as well.
If all the projects they’re working on come to pass, they could control a massive portion of one of the biggest new redevelopments to hit Chicago in years, creating restaurants, retail and thousands of hotel rooms for the horde of conventioneers who visit McCormick Place each year.
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The site plan is from this Scribd document.
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