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[Chicago Shawn]

So with Alderman Arena and Moreno out, Waguespack unopposed and Rosa staying put; I suspect the Milwaukee Avenue corridor boom will completely shutdown from Devon to Division, at least for everything needing a zoning change over the next four years. Land values meanwhile will continue to increase and eventually the lid will blow off the pressure cooker when someone more favorable to development comes along. Anyone want to place bets as to where major neighborhood TOD investment might be migrating to in the interim?

Lori Lightfoot was my second choice after Daley, in large part because she wants to declare all out war on aldermanic prerogative. I think she has a lot of potential to be a good mayor, though her stance against the Amazon bid and Lincoln Yards being ‘too dense and too rushed’ gives me caution.