General Iron owner seeks millions from City Hall over permit denial

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General Iron owner seeks millions from City Hall over permit denial

The owner of the former scrap metal-shredding operation General Iron is moving forward with a previously filed lawsuit against the city that will seek hundreds of millions of dollars for lost business and other costs.The partnership that owns the metal scrapper filed its lawsuit in July 2021 after then-Mayor Lori Lightfoot delayed a planned decision on whether to grant the relocated, rebranded business a permit to operate on the Southeast Side.R…