CHICAGO (CBS) — CBS News Chicago reported Tuesday night on an Aldi that abruptly closed in the West Pullman neighborhood this past weekend—leaving residents with one less option for their shopping.
But new investment is coming to the community—$200 million, to be exact.
For years, businesses big and small have come and gone in the West Pullman neighborhood. But the nonprofit Far South Community Development Corporation is working to create everlasting change—and has a vision specifically for the commercial corridor at 115th and Halsted streets.
“There’s someone planning for something greater,” said Abraham Lacy, president of the Far South Community Development Corporation.
That plan is something greater than the Morgan Park Commons, where a Jewel-Osco store once stood.
“The full project is a 12-acre, 258-unit mixed-use development project,” Lacy said. “It has 16,000 square feet of new retail. It has a two-and-a-half-acre park, and a 13,000-square-foot performing arts and culinary arts center that’s going to be at this development.”