Retail and Shopping – Page 29 – Southport Corridor News and Events

Bye Bye, Mystic Celt

Bye bye, Mystic 🔨 (at Southport)

Lots of change on Southport Avenue

Lots. Of. Change. (at J.Crew – Southport)

Full Speed Ahead – Construction permit issued for Amazon Books 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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Amazon Books opens in San Diego; Southport’s store to look similar

Amazon Books just opened their second brick and mortar store in San Diego and here are a few photos of the store. Expect a similar look to our outpost which will be located at 3443 N. Southport Avenue, former home to Mystic Celt.

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Proposed Transit Oriented Development (TOD) at 3647-49 Southport Avenue

Another TOD has been proposed on Southport in the current location of both Spotless Cleaners and Sushi Mura next to CVS. There will be a meeting on Monday, October 17 at Mercury Theater at 7:00 PM to discuss this development according to the Southport Neighbors Association.

From Southport Neighbors:

“Proposed Transit Oriented Development (TOD) at 3647-49 Southport: Learn about this proposed development, tentatively planned for 5 stories, 21 mostly 1 bedroom units, with 5 parking spots, 1 car share spot, and 42 bike parking spots.

This development is still in the planning stages, so it is extremely important that you attend Monday\’s meeting to learn all the details and to provide your input.”

In addition to this newly proposed TOD, these Southport TODs have already been approved:

Curbed Chicago has a great write-up of the benefits of Transit Orient Developments (TODs) that you can read here.

Here are the renderings and documentation from Tom Tunney\’s website:

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Bel-Port Liquors now closed, Bow Truss Coffee Coming

Bow Truss Coffee Roasters will be taking the former Bel-Port Liquors location, which closed in late September. Construction on the new coffee shop should take about 6 months when we reached out to them earlier in the year, and they are still looking for a tenant for the Southport side where the FoxTrot rendering is.

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