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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.
New retail and shopping news in Chicago’s Southport Corridor.
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Amazon Fresh grocery store is coming to Lakeview, Chicago.
An Amazon Fresh grocery store is coming to the Lakeview Connection development, and here is how the ‘just walk out’ technology works.

“Just Walk Out” grocery store coming to The Lakeview Connection
Abercrombie & Fitch is opening at 3551 N. Southport Avenue in Chicago on December 17, 2021. It will be the city of Chicago’s only store as Water Tower Place has closed.
If you walk into an Abercrombie & Fitch, the first thing you’ll notice is this: It smells exactly the way you remember. It smells like a hot upperclassman leaning up against your locker, toying with his puka shell necklace, asking to “borrow” your algebra homework. It smells like popping the collar of not one but two polo shirts, worn one on top of the other. It smells like a ripped miniskirt that costs $98.


Abercrombie & Fitch will be opening a new store at 3551 N. Southport Avenue on December 17, 2021 according to their Instagram post.
The new store will be in the former Uncle Dan’s / Gearhead space, next to The Butcher’s Tap. Abercrombie joins many national retailers on Southport Avenue in Chicago, voted one of the best shopping streets in Chicago.
Continue reading “Abercrombie & Fitch Southport Corridor opening December 17, 2021”A new listing brochure shows a new building rendering

The former Blue Bayou space has been vacant for years, and a new leasing brochure now shows a new concept for a future tenant. Is the old building worth saving or should it start from scratch to get a chance of a new life?
Comment below your thoughts, and see the full listing here.





Framebridge Southport is now open at 3453 N. Southport Avenue, next to Crosby’s Kitchen. Framebridge offers an affordable and hassle-free way to frame just about anything.

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The Guild is moving across the street to 3717 N. Southport Avenue, and its current space at 3726 N. Southport is for lease.
Continue reading “The Guild is moving to 3717 N. Southport”
The mixed-use development located in the intersection of Lincoln, Southport and Wellington is almost complete, after years of stop and go construction.
Continue reading “Here is what is coming to 3001 N. Southport”
Ever since Gov. J.B. Pritzker teased the state that he’d like to eliminate the indoor mask mandate by Thanksgiving, restaurant and bar owners have awaited an update. With the thermometer sinking and the end of daylight saving time, patio business has predictably tanked. However, early fall stats from health experts show the mandate won’t be banished anytime soon. The mask mandate was reinstated in August.
Continue reading “COVID-19 Cases are up, so Chicago’s Mask Mandate will Remain”