Chicago Leaders Lift Fulton Market New Residential Development Ban
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A decision from the Chicago Committee on Zoning a few months ago could have a far reaching impact on development in Fulton Market. The committee approved an ordinance last spring which lifted a ban on residential development north of Lake Street.
That decision was quickly reinforced by a similar vote from the full City Council. In lifting the previous construction ban, it gives approval for new residential development in the Kinzie Corridor Overlay District.
That’s an area bound by Carroll Avenue, Ogden Avenue, Hubbard, Wayman and Halsted. Residential construction had previously been banned in the area, as it was mostly restricted to hotel and office buildings.
Over about the past ten years or so the area has changed over from an industrial, meatpacking…
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