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Chicago developers are making use of opportunity zone investment

by Natalie Moore

Jan 23, 2020

But economic impact is hard to track without oversight at state or federal level. Critics say that's not good enough.

The Chicago Housing Authority is using opportunity zone money from PNC Bank for a commercial building in North Lawndale on the city's West Side.

Development design courtesy of Chicago Housing Authority

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The U.S. tries to boost poor neighborhoods, again. Will it work this time?

by Ryan Kailath

Mar 26, 2018

Some experts refer to Opportunity Zones as "a zombie program, staggering on despite moribund results."

The one-time Audubon Ballroom, where Malcolm X was assassinated in 1965, has been turned into a seven-story research lab.

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