Mariano's and Wal-Mart to Bronzeville?

Found below article over at Crain's Chicago

Two big retailers are honing in on properties for new stores in Bronzeville on the South Side.

Milwaukee-based Roundy's Supermarkets Inc. plans to open a Mariano's Fresh Market on land owned by the Chicago Housing Authority near 39th Street and Martin Luther King Drive, according to a person familiar with the project.

Less than a mile from that site, at 39th and State streets, Bentonville, Ark.-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc. wants to open a supercenter, another source said.

The projects provide a vivid example of how retailers are scouring the market for development parcels with strong population densities, often in Chicago.

Read more: http://www.chicagorealestatedaily.com/article/20130529/CRED03/130529785/marianos-wal-mart-push-into-bronzeville#ixzz2Uk8xuDty

Gigabit Squared is looking to transform nine Chicago neighborhoods, and just keep growing from there.

Technology projects worth $150 million will transform nine South Side neighborhoods by 2015 with a data center, a job training center and ultra-high-speed Internet connections that will bring Chicago’s fastest fiber and wireless broadband capacity to 100,000 residents and 11,000 schools, businesses, hospitals and clinics, the project’s leader says.Story continues at Chicago Grid.

Bus rapid transit to ‘maximize potential’ of Ashland Avenue

 I say do it!

 

http://www.wbez.org/news/bus-rapid-transit-%E2%80%98maximize-potential%E2%80%99-ashland-avenue-106738

Fact sheet from the CTA.

http://www.transitchicago.com/assets/1/brt/CTA_Ashland_BRT_Fact_sheet.pdf

Mayor Touts Expansion of Malcolm X College, Emphasis on Health, Jobs - DNAinfo.com Chicago

Mayor Touts Expansion of Malcolm X College, Emphasis on Health, Jobs - DNAinfo.com Chicago

Black Labor Leaders Call for More Construction Jobs - DNAinfo.com Chicago

Black Labor Leaders Call for More Construction Jobs - DNAinfo.com Chicago

Black Star to Headline Takin' It to the Streets Festival on South Side - DNAinfo.com Chicago

Black Star to Headline Takin' It to the Streets Festival on South Side - DNAinfo.com Chicago

Michelle Obama to Address Violence in Chicago Wednesday - DNAinfo.com Chicago

Michelle Obama to Address Violence in Chicago Wednesday - DNAinfo.com Chicago

Mayor’s ‘strategic vision’ for seven neighborhoods

 

A “permanent farmer’s market” that could rival Seattle’s Pike’s Market. The nation’s longest protected bike lane. An Uptown Music District. A pedestrian bridge over Lake Shore Drive at 35th Street. An elevated, boardwalk bike trail at the Drive’s north end.

Those are just some of the ideas that could become a reality, thanks to a $3 billion plan that shows Mayor Rahm Emanuel is taking Daniel Burnham’s, “make no small plans” mantra to heart. Article continues here.

Bronzeville works to reclaim its reputation as a must-see art destination.

Bronzeville works to reclaim its reputation as a must-see art destination.

The hottest urban center in the U.S. — Chicago's mega-Loop

The hottest urban center in the U.S. — Chicago's mega-Loop