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Special Edition: INVEST South/West Announcement
CONGRATULATIONS 
CCAC AUBURN GRESHAM TEAM MEMBERS
AND
CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
In August, the Chicago Department of Planning and Development posted three Invest South/West RFP’s including development opportunities in Auburn Gresham. Please visit the City of Chicago website for more information.
 
CCAC members, listed below, assisted the Department with drafting the Auburn Gresham RFP focused on design excellence. It was an honor to work with the talented DPD team, and the CCAC is proud to have fulfilled its mission of providing world class talent to better the City we love.  Congratulations and many thanks to all who participated!

Below please see a brief overview of the Neighborhood Action Initiative—Auburn Gresham Neighborhood, a copy of the Letter from the Commissioner taken directly from the Auburn Gresham RFP, and CCAC's Member Team Profile. 
Neighborhood Action Initiative—
Auburn Gresham Neighborhood
The 79th Street Corridor is the center of commercial activity in the Auburn Gresham community. Auburn Gresham benefits from transit and highway connections to job locations in Chicago’s expanding central city. The RFP outlines the development of six contiguous parcels (Lots) owned entirely by the City of Chicago. This is an opportunity to create a new housing led mixed-use development and join Auburn Gresham’s many assets and upcoming investments. It is also an opportunity to invest at the beginning of a process of positive change for the community. Quality of life for residents is at the center of this plan with objectives of creating a walkable, livable, and workable community. The subject sites are located steps away from the 79th and Halsted Street commercial intersection and offer a chance to revitalize this corner and re-stabilize it as the eastern gateway of the 79th Street commercial corridor.

Letter from the Commissioner of Planning and Development

Greetings,

On behalf of the City of Chicago, the Department of Planning and Development (DPD) is pleased to present this Request for Proposals (RFP) for a prime development site within the Auburn Gresham community. The RFP is a key component of Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot’s INVEST South/West neighborhood revitalization strategy for Chicago’s South and West sides. Its location and scope were coordinated through an extensive community engagement process involving local residents, businesses, elected ofcials and other stakeholders. Through new quality-of-life amenities, jobs, and other outcomes, the selected development’s potential impact on Auburn Gresham is expected to resonate for generations to come.
As one the frst RFPs to be issued by the City through a coordinated, commercial corridor revitalization strategy, the RFP includes renderings of potential development concepts that were developed on a pro bono basis through a partnership between DPD and the Chicago Central Area Committee (CCAC) led by the Chicago ofces of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. In the spirit of INVEST South/West, the RFP also includes a pre-qualifed list of design teams that can help a selected respondent fulfll the City’s diversity and inclusivity goals.
DPD staff and our community partners appreciate your interest in the site. Please consider other INVEST South/West opportunities at chicago.gov/investsw. We look forward to demonstrating the incredible potential of the South and West sides in the months to come.
Sincerely,
Maurice D. Cox
Commissioner

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