Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration sold the Damen Silos and 23 acres of riverfront industrial land last week despite last-minute efforts by groups trying to delay the sale and allow public input.
’s administration sold the Damen Silos and 23 acres of riverfront industrial land last week despite last-minute efforts by groups trying to delay the sale and allow public input.
After Tadin was announced as the high bidder, Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez , community and environmental groups and preservationists appealed to the governor to reconsider the sale and then asked Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration to intervene and take time to seek community feedback for new uses of the area.
Tadin said he plans to tear down the silos, which he calls a safety hazard, and clean up the property next year. He said he’s not considering heavy manufacturing for the industrial site but hasn’t determined what will be built.Gerald Adelmann, chief executive of the land conservation group Openlands, said he encouraged Lightfoot advisers to step in and try to slow the sale.
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