Development experts say Amazon is cementing the south suburbs' reputation as a modern logistics hub
Commercial real estate developer Keith Lord thinks Chicago’s south suburbs, which have seen an exodus of jobs, manufacturing and retail stores in recent decades, are on the verge of a turnaround. Lord’s own company is getting ready to break ground on the next phase of Market Square Crossing, a mixed-use development taking shape on the former Lincoln Mall site in Matteson.
Large factories such as Riverdale’s Cleveland-Cliffs steel plant still dot the landscape, but typically employ far fewer workers than in the region’s heyday. Conditions deteriorated further in some industries after the Great Recession, according to a 2017 report from the South Suburban Economic Growth Initiative, a group of local businesses and organizations.
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