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Union Station Gets Master Developer

CHICAGO—Four of the city's top developers submitted proposals, but O'Donnell's Riverside came out on top.

chi-CUS-overview (2) The master plan calls for new residential and office towers, along with street-level retail and open spaces.

CHICAGO—A long-awaited project to transform one of Chicago’s most significant downtown properties may be about to get started. Amtrak has designated a team lead by Riverside Investment & Development Co. as the master developer for Chicago’s Union Station. It’s another coup for John O’Donnell’s Riverside, which recently opened 150 N. Riverside Plaza, one of the downtown’s newest trophy office towers, and just launched a partnership with the Hughes Corp. to develop a 51-story tower at 110 N. Wacker.

It won the bid against some tough competition. Sterling Bay, Golub & Co., and The John Buck Co. all put forward their own plans for the historic property.

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Brian J. Rogal

Brian J. Rogal

Brian J. Rogal is a Chicago-based freelance writer with years of experience as an investigative reporter and editor, most notably at The Chicago Reporter, where he concentrated on housing issues. He also has written extensively on alternative energy and the payments card industry for national trade publications.

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