Zoning Committee Stalemate Continues Under Mayor Brandon Johnson, Along with Other Vacancies
The zoning committee advanced Foundry Park with up to 3,737 housing units and approved a 90-apartment Bronzeville project including 18 affordable units, pending full council approval.
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Zoning Committee stalemate continues under Mayor Brandon Johnson, along with other vacancies
Divided by competing personal ambitions and ethnic caucuses once again, the Chicago City Council failed Wednesday to find its next Zoning Committee chair. The latest instance of a key leadership vacancy dragging on under Mayor Brandon Johnson came as Ald. Bennett Lawson, the powerful committee’s vice chair and longtime interim leader, waited in the wings. Lawson appeared hopeful early Wednesday that he would win the position, which has been vaca…
Foundry Park, Bronzeville Apartments And Cannabis Shops Advance In Zoning Committee
CITY HALL — After years of delays, plans for a scaled-back Lincoln Yards project were advanced by a key City Council committee on Tuesday. Named Foundry Park, the development site is mostly east and north of the Chicago River in Lincoln Park, although it will include a few buildings west of the river on Elston Avenue in Bucktown. The plans approved Tuesday would bring thousands of housing units, retail and offices to a portion of the site. The p…
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