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United Center owners' $7B investment pitch includes hotels, residential building for Near West Side

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Construction for the so called 1901 Project could begin as soon as spring if approved by the city.

ByThe owners of the United Center pitched a $7-billion plan to upgrade the neighborhood.It's called the 1901 Project, and it is being sold as a transformational multi-billion-dollar neighborhood investment that would change the face of the entire area surrounding the United Center.

The 55 acres mega-project would redevelop all of the surface lots using the land to build a music hall, a hotel, and a park, along with retail and residential buildings. "Its bittersweet to stand here nearly a year from the day my dad left us," said President and CEO of the Chicago Blackhawks Danny Wirtz. "A city that has been so good to us."

 

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