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Major Redevelopment Begins at Former US Steel Site

CHICAGO-Work has begun on redeveloping over 100 acres of the enormous former U.S. Steel South Works in Chicago. The site will be home to a new Solo Cup factory by 2004; a lakefront park is also under way nearby.

By Dees Stribling | Updated on October 30, 2002

CHICAGO-Solo Cup Co. has started construction on a major new industrial redevelopment on the South Side of Chicago, at the former U.S. Steel (USS) South Works steel mill site, paving the way for 1000 jobs and sorely needed economic development in the area.

The $100 million Solo Cup facility will be located on 118 acres of the 573-acre USS site at 3333 East 87th Street. The project will allow the producer of paper and plastic food service items to expand its operations, retain 550 employees and create 450 additional positions. In addition, USS has conveyed to the City and Chicago Park District 17 acres to form the first phase of a new 100-acre lakefront park to be developed at the site. USS has also contributed 27 lots for a new community park at 89th and Mackinaw, located in the adjacent south Chicago neighborhood.

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