$65 Million United Yards Development Now Open In Back Of The Yards

Block Club Chicago – The megadevelopment, part of the Invest South/West initiative, spans three blocks of 47th Street and has 51 affordable housing units and retail space.

BACK OF THE YARDS — Community leaders and developers celebrated a moment more than four years in the making Thursday with the opening of the New City United Yards commercial and affordable housing development.

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 – […]