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Elgin advances a mixed-use rescue for 61–65 South Grove

Council support and proposed TIF assistance create momentum, but an executed agreement and construction milestones still matter.

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Congress Theater overhaul clears its latest city financing hurdle

After years of false starts, the Congress has a renewed construction path; field evidence and permit milestones must now confirm that the project has moved beyond announcements.

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Armstrong school sale advances a youth athletic reuse in Austin

Armstrong's approved sale offers a path out of long vacancy, but acquisition, rehabilitation, financing, and community-access terms still separate approval from opening.

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Paderewski school sale ties reuse to affordable housing

The 2013 closure site is closer to reuse, with final affordability, preservation, community-space, financing, and construction commitments still to be tested.

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Cary approves 280 homes for the former Maplewood School property

Cary has moved the 15-acre Maplewood site from redevelopment agreement to approved planned development, with bus relocation and construction phasing still ahead.

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Altgeld Gardens’ Up Top Building advances as a youth center

The Up Top Building reuse preserves its modernist shell and community memorial passage while adding a gym and youth programming to the last vacant building in Altgeld Gardens.

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Des Plaines buys the former Lattof YMCA for a return to recreation

Des Plaines approved a $1.85 million purchase of the former Lattof YMCA and plans to pair the property with a private development team rather than market it as a teardown site.