Englewood Whole Foods One Year Anniversary!
Celebrating Englewood Square One Year Anniversary - October 2017
Mayor Emanuel and Alderman Foulkes with Iris Botanicals Founder, PNC Banker Tony Smith and Developer Leon Walker.
Live Web Cam
A new webcam has been installed across the street at the US Bank building to track construction progress. Click here to access the live webcam footage of Englewood Square.
Site Work Update - June 12, 2015
The parking lot is starting to take shape.
Site Work Update - May 13, 2015
View from up top.
Pouring the Retail Building slab
Site Work Update - January 20, 2015
Storm Traps installed
Site Work Update - December 16, 2014
Winter construction in full swing!
Precast forms for underground detention chambers
Drilling aggregate piers
Site Work Update - September 30, 2014
The site work continues at 63rd & Halsted! Ujamaa Construction is busy clearing debris and removing old pavement from the site.
Whole Kids Foundation
This past week, Whole Foods Co-CEO Walter Robb was in town to unveil one of the new school gardens in Englewood, as part of the Whole Kids Foundation initiative to increase healthy eating in schools. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Alderman JoAnn Thompson were also in attendance at the Miles Davis Academy to tour the new garden and talk with students about their experiences with gardening and fresh, healthy foods. We are so excited to see these new initiatives taking place in our communities!
Site Work Groundbreaking
Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Alderman Thompson, Whole Foods Co-CEO Walter Robb, and the Englewood community came out to the site on July 1st to break ground on the first phase of construction.
Construction begins!
Construction fencing is going up around the site, and underground utility work is underway.
Whole Foods Co-CEO Walter Robb and Mayor Rahm Emanuel will be in attendance for a groundbreaking ceremony next week to kick off the first phase of the site work.
Englewood Square in Crain's
Crain's released a video feature on Englewood Square this week, featuring Leon Walker, Dave Doig of Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives, and Alderman JoAnn Thompson. Take a look below!
Englewood and New Markets Tax Credits
Did you know that President Clinton visited Englewood in 1999 to introduce the New Markets Tax Credits program? Click here to see the text from the President's speech!
Crowdfunding and the future of Real Estate
Leon Walker, managing partner of DL3 Realty, moderated a Q&A session at the DePaul conference on Crowdfunding and the future of real estate investment. We were delighted to be involved with this event. Crowdfunding is a new platform that uses technology to allow the public to invest in neighborhood development projects.
We had the opportunity to hear from Ben Miller, co-founder of Fundrise, on the new and dynamic world of crowdfunding. We are excited about the possibilities of this platform for Englewood Square, both in terms of raising investment funds and community involvement. Stay tuned for information about investing in Englewood Square!
Mayor Emanuel Announces Whole Foods Project
Click here to read the September 4, 2013 Chicago Tribune article detailing Mayor Emanuel's announcement of the Englewood Square development project.
DePaul Crowdfunding Conference
Leon Walker, manager of DL3 Realty, will be speaking about crowdfunding as a new, innovative tool for community real estate development at DePaul's Real Estate Center on Wednesday, December 11th. We are excited about the new possibilities that this funding platform will bring to underserved and overlooked communities.
For information on crowdfunding opportunities for Englewood Square, see our investment page on Fundrise.