Hyatt Hotels Corp. said it is revamping and reopening its Hyatt Regency New Orleans in fall of 2011. The operator said it will launch a multimillion redevelopment of the 1,193-room hotel located adjacent to the Louisiana Superdome.
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Hotel, retail development near Wrigley approved
A plan for an eight-story hotel, large chain stores and apartments across the street from Wrigley Field passed the Chicago City Council without dissent today.
Some neighborhood residents and business owners earlier had argued that the Addison Park on Clark development would “suburbanize” the neighborhood around the iconic ballpark, but the plan passed the full council without discussion.
A plan for an eight-story hotel, large chain stores and apartments across the street from Wrigley Field passed the Chicago City Council without dissent today.
Some neighborhood residents and business owners earlier had argued that the Addison Park on Clark development would “suburbanize” the neighborhood around the iconic ballpark, but the plan passed the full council without discussion.
Big development near Wrigley gains momentum
A plan to build a massive shopping, hotel and housing development just south of Wrigley Field cleared another hurdle today as the City Council Zoning Committee gave it the go-ahead. Ald. Thomas Tunney again spoke in favor of the project, which would be built along the south side of Addison Street east of Clark Street, and the east side of Clark south of Addison.
Lawsuit: Jewel parent tried to kill Wal-Mart store
Jewel-Osco’s parent company engaged in “dirty tricks” to defeat the building of a Wal-mart store in Mundelein, alleges a lawsuit filed Wednesday in a U.S. District Court in Chicago.
Rubloff Development Group Inc. is suing Minneapolis-based SuperValu Inc., which does business as Jewel-Osco, and a Hingham, Mass.-based consulting firm called Saint Consulting Group, whose Web site describes it as specializing “in winning zoning and land-use battles.”
Rubloff is trying to protect its use of certain documents in court. It says it has in its possession materials “that reveal that defendants orchestrated ‘dirty tricks’ campaigns to defeat or otherwise delay the establishment of new Wal-mart stores at shopping centers” that the Rockford-based real estate developer and another firm were planning. Get the full story »
Vote scheduled on second Chicago Wal-Mart
Discount shoppers could know soon if Chicago will get its second Walmart. The Chicago City Council’s zoning committee is scheduled to vote Thursday on whether a Walmart will be built on the far South Side.