La Selva Shop Opening First Store In Back Of The Yards, Showcasing Neighborhood’s Pride

The shop opens next month in the Goldblatt’s building. It will carry Back-of-the-Yards-themed accessories, clothing and products. blockclubchicago.org – BACK OF THE YARDS — An online apparel and accessories business is opening its first brick-and-mortar store in the multimillion-dollar United Yards development at West 47th Street and Ashland Avenue. La Selva Shop will open next […]

$58M Development to Bring Retail, Affordable Housing to Back of the Yards

news.wttw.com – Chicago’s Invest South/West project is underway in the Back of the Yards. It’s part of Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s citywide plan aimed at revitalizing underserved communities. A $58 million mixed-use development, known as United Yards, will include retail, a health clinic, brew pub and affordable housing. It took two years of planning before this […]

Back Of The Yards Coffee Reopens In United Yards Development

The Latino-owned business is back with a new storefront in the Goldblatt’s building. It offers packaged and brewed coffee, specialty drinks, baked goods, breakfast tacos and more. blockclubchicago.org – BACK OF THE YARDS — A coffee shop reopened this weekend in Back of the Yards, the first of several businesses opening this spring as part […]

Construction begins on United Yards

chicago.urbanize.city – Chicago-based general contractor Skender recently started construction on United Yards, a new master-planned affordable housing development in Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood. The sustainable, three-building project is a joint venture partnership between developers Celadon Partners and Blackwood Group who won the Invest South/West RFP during former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s tenure.

What’s That Building? Depositors Bank and Goldblatt store

www.wbez.org – Once bookending a thriving commercial corridor but now sitting vacant, plans are underway to turn the structures into apartments with ground-floor retail. A Pair of buildings have faced each other for a century at 47th and Ashland Avenue – during the heyday of the Back of the Yards neightborhood and subsequent downturn – […]