Wednesday, June 24, 2009

DePaul University- IL

Residents concerned over proposed DePaul street closure Chicago News, Events and Culture Chi-Town Daily News: "The university recently unveiled a 10-year master plan that includes adding a 140-room hotel, dorms and 44,000 square feet of retail space to its Lincoln Park campus, on the corner of Fullerton and Sheffield."

Wixom - MI

$1B Project May Take Over Wixom Plant - Detroit Local News Story - WDIV Detroit A sports arena, hotel, water park, convention park and thousands of jobs are all part of a billion-dollar project that would pump new life in the abandoned Ford Wixom Plant. Plans obtained by Local 4 show the site being converted to Energy Park -- a massive sports, entertainment, educational and industrial center

Abilene - TX

Consultant urges downtown revitalization south of tracks : Local News : Abilene Reporter-News the revitalized area would contain a “diversity of housing types and prices, open spaces and parks, indoor and outdoor arts and entertainment, retail shops, restaurants, office space, government offices, a downtown hotel near the Abilene Civic Center