A New Neighborhood for Chicago

The site of an ex-steel factory, the 369-acre South Works site is being rebuilt as an urban nieghborhood.

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May 18, 2010, 8:00 AM PDT

Last week, the Community Development Commission called for $96 million in tax-increment financing for infrastructure for the site, planned by SOM Chicago and Sasaki Associates.

Alan G. Brake writes, "The project, which would be built out over a 20- to 45-year period, could eventually include up to nearly 14,000 units of housing and a new elementary and high school, as well as extensive retail and some office space, plus a 1,500-slip marina."

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