Longtime Independent Grocery Stores Retain Presence on South Side

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In South Side neighborhoods, both independently owned grocery stores and national chains are competing for customers by offering the same service: fresh food.
Last month, Fresh Family Foods, a boutique grocery store from local restaurant chain owner Quentin Love, opened on 336 E. 95th St. in the Chatham neighborhood. Similarly, chains like Walgreens are expanding their services to provide produce for its customers in several South Side neighborhoods.

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Planned Artist Workspace Rezoned for Hotel Development in Pilsen

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Historic warehouses in Pilsen that would have been converted into low-rent workspaces for struggling artists were rezoned recently for a 200-room hotel with a restaurant and ballroom.
The Chicago Plan Commission unanimously voted to change the zoning at the W.M. Hoyt Co. building at 465 W. Cermak Rd. in the near Southwest Side neighborhood of Pilsen. Plans for the vacant building also include 78,150 square feet of retail.

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