Wal-Mart Advances In E. Lakeview; Little Village Asks Why Not Us?
As activists clamor for a Wal-Mart store in the Little Village neighborhood, Wal-Mart is instead moving ahead with plans for a new store in East Lakeview despite heated opposition.
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As activists clamor for a Wal-Mart store in the Little Village neighborhood, Wal-Mart is instead moving ahead with plans for a new store in East Lakeview despite heated opposition.
The Lakeview East Chamber of Commerce met last week with Wal-Mart representatives to discuss a controversial possible new store in the neighborhood.
Ald. Tom Tunney (44th) said Monday night that he hopes a full-service grocery store will be part of a new plan for the long-vacant lot in East Lakeview where a new Dominick's was supposed to be built.
Ald. Tom Tunney (44th) and representatives of a real estate group said last night that they have met with Wal-Mart about a possible new store in East Lakeview.
Nearly six years after a fire destroyed a Dominick's store in the East Lakeview neighborhood, the lot where it stood remains vacant and future plans for the site are unclear.
As a Borders bookstore in the East Lakeview neighborhood prepares to close, a planned zoning change on the adjoining blocks would limit the size of any store that opens in the future.
After nearly a year of vacancy, the old Lakeshore Theatre space in the East Lakeview neighborhood will be taken over by an outpost of Los Angeles' Laugh Factory, according to published reports.
A retail expert says Chicago's soon-to-close Borders bookstores might open up opportunities for Wal-Mart, according to a published report.
The City of Chicago has finally located a North Side man's car, more than five days after he had to leave it behind on Lake Shore Drive during last week's blizzard.
Activists continue to fight against plans for more Wal-Mart stores in the city of Chicago.
A kitchen fire was quickly extinguished Thursday morning in a high-rise building on Lake Shore Drive in the East Lakeview neighborhood.
Word is that Wal-Mart might be eyeing a site in a Bucktown area corridor that is already loaded with big-box stores.
The controversy over a proposed Wal-Mart store in the East Lakeview neighborhood has now made init to the aldermanic campaign for the area.
Controversy has already erupted about plans for a Wal-Mart store in the East Lakeview neighborhood, within 24 hours of reports of the planned store.
Wal-Mart is hoping to open a store in a trendy part of the East Lakeview neighborhood, according to a published report.
