Little Village

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the power plant (Credit: KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images, and Google Maps)

Following protests, Lightfoot calls off second demolition in Little Village

In April, neighborhood was blanketed by dust cloud during height of pandemic

Hilco Redevelopment Partners’ Roberto Perez and a rendering of the “Exchange 55” project on the Near Southwest Side with the former Crawford Power Generating Station (Credit: Hilco)

City officials in uproar over developer’s demolition dust cloud

Lightfoot said she’s ordered a cleanup and investigation of Hilco’s Crawford Power Plant demolition, which left Little Village covered in dust

A rendering of the Target warehouse at 3501 S. Pulaski Road and Target CEO Brian Cornell (Credit: Hilco Redevelopment, Target)

Target takes aim at massive warehouse in Little Village

The retailer signed a lease at Hilco’s redevelopment of the old Crawford Power Plant, adding to the list of retailers occupying “last-mile” facilities