Report: Compromise reached on Lincoln Park hospital site

August 3, 2011 (CHICAGO)

Many Lincoln Park residents, fearing more congestion in their already-crowded neighborhood, had voiced their opposition to the developer's plan to build a grocery store, office, apartments and townhomes on the site.

But after mediation from Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the Sun-Times reports, the developer has agreed to scale back plans to address the neighborhood's concerns.

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