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Article: Hotel checks out of Block 37; Loews' exit leaves another hole in hexed project.(NEWS)(Loew's Hotels Inc.)
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- Crain's Chicago Business
- Article date:
- September 14, 2009
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Byline: THOMAS A. CORFMAN
Loews Hotels has walked away from an agreement to build a high-end hotel as part of the Block 37 development, despite getting the site for $1, dealing another blow to a downtown project dogged by decades of delays and other setbacks.
Loews follows Apple Computer Inc. and the David Barton health club chain in snubbing the star-crossed project at State and Randolph. Twenty years after Mayor Richard M. Daley cleared land for what he envisioned as a showpiece complex of offices, shopping, condominiums and hotel rooms, only the office portion is complete, with the retail segment expected to open in phases starting this year.
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... ... Mothballed theaters such as the Loews Cheri and Loews Nickelodeon were the first signs ... wherever possible. As it stands now, Loews Cineplex Entertainment Corp ... skilled movie theater labor is on the block. Millie is one of just 45 members ...
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