Work at J. Crew Southport Corridor

J. Crew is opening early in 2016 and they are currently hiring.  Here is a link to their website, and you can also email southport@jcrew.com.

Work at SoulCycle Southport Corridor

SoulCycle Southport is opening in early 2016, and for career opportunities, you can email career@soul-cycle.com, or take a look at their website.

Lush Cosmetics is coming to Chicago’s Southport Corridor

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.

Chicago’s Michigan Avenue Apple Store to move south along the Chicago River

From The Chicago Tribune, the Apple Store located on Michigan Avenue will be moving south along the banks of the Chicago River on Michigan Avenue.  Here are the first sketches of a “Prairie Style” Apple Store.

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Fall 2015 on Chicago’s Southport Corridor

Southport Corridor Chicago – Fall 2015

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J. Crew and SoulCycle Build-Outs Begin; Opening Early 2016

J. Crew and SoulCycle have started their internal build-outs and are both scheduled to open in early 2016.

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Teavana’s former space at 3452 N. Southport Avenue hits the leasing market

Teavana closed in late September, 2015 and a “For Lease” brochure has already hit the Internet. What would you like to see in this space?

See the full listing here.

J. Crew Southport tentatively scheduled to open in late January, 2016

We’ve reached out to J. Crew about an opening date and they have let us know they are tentatively scheduled to open in late January of 2016.  SoulCycle is also scheduled to open in late January as well.

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J. Crew and SoulCycle Construction – September 29, 2015

J. Crew and SoulCycle. September 29, 2015. by Southport Corridor

Tween Fashion Frankie’s on the Park Coming to Southport

Lincoln Park and Santa Monica, CA’s Frankie’s on the Park, a tween fashion store is coming to 3708 N. Southport Avenue, across the street from the new Coalfire Pizza and next door to Subway.  You can read more about Frankie’s here from their website.

From Crain’s Chicago Business:

Frankie’s on the Park, a boutique marketplace for tween and teen girls, is opening its second Chicago store in September at 3708 N. Southport Ave. in Lakeview. Founded by Lisa Burik in 2008, Frankie’s on the Park also has locations at 2322 N. Clark St. in Lincoln Park and in Santa Monica, Calif. Crain’s Chicago Business reported on Frankie’s in a 2010 story about entrepreneurs serving the tween market.

Think this will be a good addition to the neighborhood?

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Summer 2015 on Chicago’s Southport Corridor

The rain has finally stopped long enough for us to get our annual photos of the Southport Corridor during summertime. Some of these view will look quite different next summer with the addition of SoulCycle and J. Crew coming, along with the proposed Southport TOD.

Evereve and Lou & Grey

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J. Crew and SoulCycle Construction Watch – July, 2015

J. Crew and SoulCycle are coming up fast on Chicago\’s Southport Corridor.  The plan at this point is for J. Crew to open towards the end of this year and SoulCycle early next year.