OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
RAHM EMANUEL MAYOR
February 22, 2017
TO THE HONORABLE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO
Ladies and Gentlemen:
At the request of the Commissioner of Planning and Development, I transmit herewith ordinances authorizing the sale of city-owned property.
Your favorable consideration of these ordinances will be appreciated.
Mayor
Very truly yours,
ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, the Cily of Chicago (the "City") is a home rule unit of government by virtue of the provisions of the Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970, and as such, may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining lo its government and affairs; and
WHEREAS, the City's Department of Planning and Development (the "Department"') has issued a Request for Qualifications ("RFQ_") for its Third Ward Parade of Homes Program (the "Program"), which is intended to stimulate the development of market-rate housing west of King Drive in the Grand Boulevard community; and
WHEREAS, the Department has determined that the following five (5) developers which responded to the RFQ are qualified to participate in the Program: (i) R & D Builders LLC, an Illinois limited liability company, located at 3935 South Wells Street, #1, Chicago. Illinois; (ii) Click Development, LLC, an Illinois limited liability company, located at 427 East 48th Street, #2, Chicago, Illinois; (iii) Urban Equities, Inc., an Illinois corporation, located at 1016 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois; (iv) Wade Enterprise & Associates, Inc., an Illinois corporation, located at 3205 South Rhodes Avenue, Chicago, Illinois; and (v) Greenline Development, Inc., an Illinois corporation, located at 6625 South Ingleside Avenue, Chicago, Illinois (each, a "Developer", and, collectively, "Developers"); and
WHEREAS, each Developer desires to purchase from the City those certain vacant parcels of real property identified in Exhibit A attached hereto (collectively, the "Property"), and to develop...
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