The Lincoln Yards project, which could create 2,500 construction jobs during the first decade of building, reportedly was one of the developments included in Chicago’s bid for Amazon’s $5 billion second U.S. headquarters, which the internet retailing giant ended up splitting between Arlington, Virginia, and Long Island City in Queens, New York City.
Another Chicago alderman is holding steady against a different developer’s plans to build a $1 billion dual skyscraper project on the Chicago waterfront in the city’s 42nd Ward.
