Chicago's $11 Billion Downtown Master Plan

The National Real Estate Investor looks at Chicago's new downtown plan -- the first planning document for downtown since 1958.

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August 13, 2002, 9:00 AM PDT

By Chris Steins @planetizen

"The recommendations endorse an existing trend: Six local developers are seeking anchor tenants for proposed West Loop office towers, and their candidates include many East and Central Loop tenants, including Ernst & Young and several law firms. The new transportation center would centralize most in-coming suburban commuter rail lines and bus routes more than one mile west of the East Loop buildings while also offering bus and inter-city rail transfers."

Thanks to Chris Steins

FULL STORY: Westward Ho! Chicago's New Downtown Plan

Saturday, August 10, 2002 in National Real Estate Investor

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