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M2 Boutique downsizing on Southport – See the listing here

M2 Boutique, a long-time small business located at 3527 N. Southport will be downsizing their retail space. From the listing:

“829 sq.ft. of CORNER RETAIL/OFFICE space available FOR LEASE in the heart of Lakeview’s bustling Southport Corridor. Widely accepted as one of the North Side’s most vibrant and desirable shopping & entertainment districts, the SoPo Corridor is nestled just a few blocks from Wrigley Field, and its $500M in recent renovations. This space is currently built out as a retail shop. The property sits less than 800′ from the entrance/exit platform of the Southport CTA Brown Line, which gets 3,600+ riders per day (1,137,842/yr).  Take advantage of this rare opportunity to capture a corner on one of Chicago’s most celebrated streets.  Ideal for omnichannel retailing,  standard retail, medical office, or financial services.  Triple Net: Tenants pay expenses including taxes. Please do not disturb tenants. Need 48 hours/agent accompanied.”

See the full listing on LoopNet here.

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Good news, everyone. Alcohol WILL be available for purchase at Wrigley Field this season. Let’s hear it for due diligence! 👏🏼👍🏼🍻#Phewww #cheers (at Wrigley Field)
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Rise Sushi and Galleria Liquors to close in July, TOD construction to start late summer at 3401 N. Southport

As you may recall, this transit oriented development approved in 2015 with deliveries planned for Q1 2020. Planning had started back in 2014, and this new development will reside on what is now Galleria Liquors and Rise Sushi. At the time this development was first announced, Galleria Liquors is slated to return to this site, while Rise Sushi was not. Rise Sushi may relocate nearby (hopefully), and their sister restaurant, Shine on Webster in Lincoln Park will remain. You can read more about this development from Tom Tunney’s website, and see the listing here.

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Casper Mattress coming to 3420 N. Southport Avenue

After years of vacancy after Einstein Bagels closed their shop on Southport, and Paperchase pulled out of the US market, Casper Mattress is finally taking the long vacant space at 3420 N. Southport Avenue (and they are hiring).

Casper joins a list of Internet turned to brick and mortar shops along Southport Avenue, including Amazon Books, Warby Parker and Bonobos.  In addition to the upcoming Southport shop, Casper is located at Oak Brook Center and Chicago’s Fulton Market.

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Ash Wednesday.
I came to love the ritual of mass when I studied abroad in college. Long, solemn services in Latin (which I do not know) or Italian (which I was just starting to get the hang of), cathedrals lit entirely by candles, surrounded by strangers whose families had sat in those exact pews for quite literally hundreds of years. There was this current to these Sunday mornings that made me feel at home in a place I had never been. I loved the Lenten season I spent in Italy and the one that overlapped with being baptized and confirmed in the Episcopal church several years later and I’m craving that same pull, that current of ritual in this season as well. Grateful to have started the preparation for resurrection around the corner from my house this morning. Across an ocean, around a corner, anywhere that pulls you home is sacred. (at St. Alphonsus)
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