University, community leaders discuss Washington Park plans
At a Washington Park community meeting on Saturday, moderator Leon Finney evoked local residents’ enthusiasm about Barack Obama’s victory to introduce local challenges that face the neighborhood. “This...
View ArticleU of C picks interim development VP
Vice President for Medical Center Development at the U of C, Michele Schiele has been named Interim Vice President for Alumni Relations and Development. Schiele’s responsibilities include...
View ArticleNew development director appointed to oversee financial growth
University of Pennsylvania administrator Thomas Farrell was appointed Vice President for Alumni Relations and Development, the University announced yesterday. Farrell will oversee University...
View ArticleHyatt slated to open in 2013
Hyde Park already boasts the U of C, but a new hotel is about to make it even SMARTer. A new Hyatt Place, managed by SMART Hotels LLC., will open at East 52nd Place and Harper Avenue by spring 2013 as...
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Residents oppose new University development plan
Photo: Damini SharmaEllen Sahli speaks during the Planned Development Community Meeting on Thursday Oct 6th. Community members in Hyde Park are criticizing a new zoning amendment proposed by the...
View ArticleUniversity to take on $200 million in debt
The University is looking to take in up to $200 million in new debt to finance a number of construction projects and renovations around the city. Among the funded projects are the construction of the...
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Harper Court project may lose $1.25 million to tax ordinance
Developers of the Harper Court retail center met with the Hyde Park 53rd Street Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Advisory Council to address fears about the project’s financing in the face of recent tax...
View ArticleBuilding the future with Steve Wiesenthal
There are few men on campus with as much influence and as little exposure as University Architect Steve Wiesenthal. He gives few public speeches. What recognition he does receive is usually found in...
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A matter of (mis)understanding
On a Saturday morning in late May, Rahm Emanuel strode into City Hall to begin his first weekend as Chicago’s 55th mayor. The first item on his agenda was a 45-minute meeting with University of Chicago...
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Chicago Theological Seminary moves into its new home
After years of development, restoration, and occasional controversy among faculty at the University, the Chicago Theological Seminary (CTS) moved into its new location on 60th Street last week. The...
View ArticleCentury-old movie theater planned to re-open in Hyde Park this fall
After a decade of development, renovations of a 97-year-old Hyde Park theater will bring the silver screen to Harper Court this fall. The five-screen cinema will operate under the name “Harper...
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Where atoms once raced, history is lost
Before welcoming the University’s new William Eckhardt Research Center in 2015, the University will have to demolish the Enrico Fermi Research Institute in Feburary, which occupies the Center’s future...
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Admin agree to cap Woodlawn building height
The University has reached an accord with Fifth Ward Alderman Leslie Hairston over planned development on its 12 properties on South Woodlawn Avenue, making concessions on zoning and construction at a...
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Years from opening, the Shoreland awaits a return to Jazz Age glory
Formerly a campus landmark and a thriving dormitory, the Shoreland now stands vacant on the coast of Lake Michigan, as if washed up. The seemingly abandoned property is strewn with old building permits...
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Abandoned project an ugly menace, 47th Street residents say
Photo: Ankit Jain/The Chicago Maroon Unfinished development from 2005 on East 47th Street has drawn the ire of some residents, who say that, despite its intentions to increase commerce, the project is...
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For costumed activists, all the Court’s a stage
Donning suits and alter egos, a handful of students took a comical slant toward community activism on Friday afternoon, staging an “alternative version” of the Hyatt Hotel’s November groundbreaking at...
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Plan approved, University ready to plow ahead on Woodlawn Avenue development
The Chicago Plan Commission has unanimously passed a crucial amendment to the development plan for several major University properties, after months of heated deliberations over the conditions of the...
View ArticleAs Harvard declines to reinvest, U of C sticks with HEI
Joining several of its peer institutions, Harvard University decided this past week not to reinvest in HEI Hotels and Resorts once its current contract ends, a move likely to resonate with students...
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Reg to get makeover this year
Photo: Jamie Manley/The Chicago MaroonNew construction in the Regenstein Library replaces 42-year-old metal cubicles with new wooden carrels. The Reg is branching out with a new look. Twenty-seven new...
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Village Foods becomes Whole
Photo: Julia Reinitz/The Chicago MaroonVillage Foods, on the corner of 51st and Lake Park, is closing to make way for City Hyde Park, a new luxury apartment complex. Village Foods, a low-cost grocery...
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