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City Green-Lights Eminent Domain for Bridgeport Redevelopment Plans

CHICAGO-A city council committee supports eminent domain for a vacant lot at 3520 S. Halsted St., considered key to any redevelopment of the neighboring Ramova Theater, as well as a furniture store at 3410 S. Halsted St.

By Mark Ruda | Updated on October 03, 2005

CHICAGO-A potential operator of a bowling alley and restaurant is considering the former Ramova Theater at 3518 S. Halsted St. as well as a vacant lot next door, according to the city’s Department of planning and development. Meanwhile, a soon-to-be vacant furniture store one block north could become the site of a larger branch library in the Bridgeport community.

The city council’s committee on housing and real estate recently endorsed the department’s plans to acquire both properties for redevelopment. The city has owned the Jazz Age theater since 2002, but were beaten to the punch for the 3,400-sf vacant lot at 3520 S. Halsted St. by local developer Charles Pick, who had hoped to build a three-unit condominium building there.

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