The Obama Presidential Center promises growth for Chicago's South Side, but locals fear rising costs and displacement.

Chicago community leaders and longtime residents say the Obama Presidential Center risks washing away the neighborhood’s ...

Aquinnah Investment Trust, headed by veteran real estate developer and lawyer Allison Davis, said the hotel would include up ...

The proposed hotel, designed by Stantec Architecture, could have up to 256 rooms and provide between 100 and 120 permanent jobs.

But Obama raised the possibility that he was the first to bring the lot to Rezko's attention.” The Obamas bought the northern portion, including the house, for $1.65 million in June 2005.

The owner of a former Hoffman Estates furniture store reincarnated as a processing and storage facility for Barack Obama’s presidential records has decided to auction off the property Aug. 7 ...

But investors have begun flocking to the area since the Obamas chose Jackson Park as their desired site. In 2017, the real estate firm Redfin named it one of Chicago’s “hottest” neighborhoods.

But Obama’s efforts to build his presidential center have had unlikely echoes with his start in Chicago, when he helped organize South Side tenants concerned about water contamination and asbestos.

Former President Barack Obama points out features of the proposed Obama Presidential Center, to be built in Jackson Park, at the South Shore Cultural Center on May 3, 2017.