Southport Corridor News and Events – Chicago, Illinois
Chicago’s Southport Corridor in Chicago’s Lakeview Neighborhood. All the latest news of what is happening in and around Lakeview's Southport Corridor neighborhood.
Amazon Books located at 3441 N. Southport Avenue has had their business license approved. Work is happening around the clock with windows up, shelves being put in along with general set-up work. We’ve been told by Amazon that they should be open around March 14. Amazon will also have a Stumptown Coffee Roasters included in their new space.
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So. Much. Construction. (at Southport Corridor)
A construction permit has been issues on October 26, 2016 for Amazon Books first brick and mortar location in Chicago. Amazon Books currently has three other bookstores that are now open including Seattle, Portland and San Diego, and will soon open in Boston. Chicago would be #5 on their list, opening sometime in 2017 at 3441 N. Southport Avenue, former location of Mystic Celt.
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Finally! Bareburger will officially open in Lakeview October 3, at 3357 N. Lincoln Avenue. This is part of L3’s new complex including Reverb and Bitter Pops.
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The 4th @amazon Bookstore will open at 3443 N. Southport in 2017. After knowing this now for about a week, what are your thoughts? Good for the neighborhood and property values? (at Mystic Celt)
DNA Info Chicago has confirmed that Amazon Books is indeed coming to the Southport Corridor after we broke the news to you first from our blog post yesterday:
“Amazon will open a brick-and-mortar bookstore on the Southport Corridor next year. The online megastore confirmed that it will open an Amazon Books location on Southport Avenue in 2017, two years after its first physical store opened in Seattle.”
From The Chicago Tribune: Continue reading “Confirmed: Amazon Books is coming to Chicago’s Southport Corridor”
Mystic Celt has been closed since the New Year, and Amazon.com’s brick and mortar bookstore is rumored to be coming to 3443 N. Southport Avenue. Amazon currently has a store in Seattle, and is opening other outlets soon in San Diego, California and Portland, Oregon. Rumors are swirling on New York’s Hudson Yards as well.
Amazon plans on opening hundreds of bookstores in the coming years.
A description of what Amazon Books is from Amazon.com’s website:
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J. Crew opened in Chicago’s Southport Corridor district on Wednesday, January 27, 2016 and here are photos of the new store. J. Crew is located at 3441 N. Southport Avenue. 
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A permit has been approved to demolish the interior of Mystic Celt. A very similar permit was issued for the new Billy Lawless restaurant before it was demolished to make way for a new restaurant, so time will tell if the building will be torn-down or just gutted and revamped for new retail tenants.
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Lush Cosmetics will be opening a store on Southport as soon as January, location unknown at this point (but if we had to guess, it would be the former Homemade Pizza Company building). We will update you as we hear more from Lush.
J. Crew and SoulCycle have started their internal build-outs and are both scheduled to open in early 2016.
Continue reading “J. Crew and SoulCycle Build-Outs Begin; Opening Early 2016”
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