Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Chicago Real Estate, Retail and Transit news of interest


(Photo via Chicagoist.com)

Busy, busy last few days! We had a friend in town, along with his 2 and-a- half year old son, stay with us... good practice for the near future. Can you make a throw cover for your entire home? But, I've been keeping my eye on several stories...

New Metra Station Planned for Sox Park (CBS2Chicago.com)
Metra plans rail stop near Sox Park (ChicagoTribune.com)
Now your talkin'. I think I just heard some of my clients home values go up.

Wal-Mart takes aim at South Side supercenters (Chicago Sun Times)
Look, does anyone really see a problem with this? Status quo must go in blighted neighborhoods... maybe this is the start of development. Wal-Mart is too big a prize for much of the public for local hacks to control. I'm no fan of shopping at Wal-Mart and wonder about the purchasing deals they have with China... but at the same time, our econmy has been heading this way for years. Give the underdeveloped neighborhoods a fighting chance with safe schools and a job to teach them basic skills to move up.

La Salle Chasing #1 spot (ChicagoTribune.com)
Banking is BIG in Chicago

Children's Museum Orphaned (sort of) (Chicagoist.com)


Group Names Local Endangered "Landmarks"

Oh Baby! (ChicagoTribune.com)

Good story on the ins and outs of timing your move when planning to have kids (or already have a baby). My wife and I are in the "Stay Put" catagorey until Mini-Me is up and running.


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