Report: Alderman Opposes River North Wal-Mart
Another planned Wal-Mart store in the city is meeting with opposition, this time reportedly from the local alderman.
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Another planned Wal-Mart store in the city is meeting with opposition, this time reportedly from the local alderman.
Residents of the East Lakeview neighborhood are not backing down in their efforts to stop a Wal-Mart store from moving in.
Ald. Tom Tunney (44th) says he wants to see some revisions to the plan for a Wal-Mart store in the East Lakeview neighborhood, while community activists still hope to keep the store out altogether.
Wal-Mart is ramping up its expansions in Chicago, now with reported plans for a small-scale store in the River North neighborhood.
Wal-Mart proposes building a downsized store in the East Lakeview neighborhood, but residents gave the retailer a not-so-warm welcome Monday night at a public meeting.
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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The Lakeview East Chamber of Commerce met last week with Wal-Mart representatives to discuss a controversial possible new store in the neighborhood.
Mayor Richard M. Daley is still angry with the fierce opposition in the City Council that kept Wal-Mart from expanding in the city for six years.
When a deal with organized labor last year gave Wal-Mart the green light to expand within the Chicago city limits, the retail giant said to expect "several dozen stores across the city over the next five years."
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.
Less than a year after Wal-Mart won approval of plans to build a 150,000-square-foot supercenter in the Chatham neighborhood, the company also was planning to build a 10,000-square-foot convenience store less than two blocks away.
Wal-Mart is planning to open a downsized store at the Presidential Tower apartment complex just west of The Loop, according to Crains Chicago Business.
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Activists continue to fight against plans for more Wal-Mart stores in the city of Chicago.
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Word is that Wal-Mart might be eyeing a site in a Bucktown area corridor that is already loaded with big-box stores.
Ald. Tom Tunney tells opponents the retail giant told him it's looking around Chicago, but hasn't moved on rumored Broadway site.
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.
There's just two more days till Black Friday. Retailers are offering thousands of bargains, but which ones are worth it? CBS 2's Dorothy Tucker has suggestions from the experts.
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