The developer of a project to turn the site of the old civic auditorium into a mixed-use development with shopping and housing is taking the city to court.
This comes as the city, for months, has threatened to take back the land and resell it to someone who will build faster.
The White Lotus Group bought the land at 17th and Chicago from the city in 2023. The city and the company agreed to construction milestones that include building the foundations for half of the buildings within two years. The city says that deadline passed in the fall…