City aims to jump-start Near South Side development Land controlled by billionaire once linked to convicted influence peddler Tony Rezko The city is trying to kick-start development of vacant 62-acre parcel near downtown controlled by a controversial Iraqi billionaire once linked to convicted Democratic influence peddler Antoin "Tony" Rezko.
July 10, 2013 - Chicago Tribune
City planners eye 62-acre property once owned by Tony Rezko Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration, at the risk of reviving memories of old political scandals, wants the authority to acquire a huge tract south of downtown once owned by convicted influence peddler Tony Rezko. The 62-acre property is vacant. It’s where Rezko and cohorts a decade ago wanted to put up 4,600 homes and an Ikea. But the project’s size worked against it, as did Rezko’s legal ...
July 8, 2013 - Chicago Sun-Times