Mayor urges council to approve third Wal-Mart
Posted on July 22, 2010 in In the News
By Fran Spellman
City Hall Reporter
Mayor Daley today urged the City Council to do something he could have done himself with the stroke of a pen: approve Chicago’s third Wal-Mart at 83rd and Stewart in Chatham.
The mayor said he decided to let Finance Committee Chairman Edward M. Burke (14th) take the lead — by lifting the six-year brick the alderman placed on the Chatham super-center — to send a message loud and clear that Chicago is open for business.
The 143,000-square-foot store on an abandoned industrial site once occupied by Ryerson Steel is expected to be approved by the Finance Committee on Friday. Full Council sign-off could come next week.
