The public comment period closed November 1, but some Chicagoans are still asking whether south and west side residents actually helped shape the plan.
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David Reifman has left the building
As the Department of Planning and Development commissioner departs, megadevelopers lose one of their biggest cheerleaders.
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Aldermen’s absolute veto power over ward projects gets unlikely court challenge
A challenge to the age-old custom of aldermanic prerogative finds a champion in a luxury developer pushing a building with affordable housing.
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Low-income tenants say luxury developer is treating them like ‘bald-headed stepchildren’
Plans for redeveloping Atrium Village now call for segregating affordable housing into a separate, aging building
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How’s Chicago supposed to desegregate when developments with affordable housing can be blocked by aldermen on a whim?
Yet another planned development with affordable units is killed on the northwest side.
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The Plot to Destroy North Kenwood
That’s probably an overstatement. But Mary Bordelon isn’t taking any chances.