Initial Plans And Groundbreaking Date Revealed For Englewood Nature Trail

A potential groundbreaking date has been announced for the upcoming Englewood Nature Trail in Englewood. Stretching roughly from S Damen Avenue in the west to S Halsted Street in the east, the potential trail will replace the long-abandoned Norfolk Southern Railway lines which the city purchased in 2014. Now the city itself along with Grow Greater Englewood have revealed their initial design studies by Gensler after receiving $6 million last year to kick off efforts.

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4611 N Broadway. Rendering by Pappageorge Haymes

Platform 4611 Completes Construction in Uptown

A nine-story development known as “Platform 4611” has completed construction at 4611 N Broadway in Uptown. The 103-foot mixed-use building was co-developed between The John Buck Company and Free Market Ventures, yielding 200 new apartments and 12,000 square feet of ground-level retail space.

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Initial Details Revealed For Commercial Development At 1158 W 59th Street In Englewood

Initial renderings have been revealed for the commercial development at 1158 W 59th Street in Englewood. Located on the intersection with S Racine Avenue just south of the future Englewood Nature Trail, the new project will rehab the existing multi-story building on the site which once housed neighborhood staple Leon’s Bar-B-Q. Now the Resident Association of Greater Englewood (RAGE) plans to bring back dining to the location with a new design by local firm QORF Studios.

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