‘The Plans Are Big’: Chicago State University Sets Its Sights On Revitalizing The 95th Street Corridor Ten years from now, Hubert Morgan envisions Roseland’s 95th Street Corridor as a vibrant hub for shopping, living and getting an education. But for that vision to become a reality, Morgan, who is the founder of Stanhope Consulting and partner with Chicago State University on the corridor’s revitalization efforts, urged audience members at Bisnow’s South of Roosevelt event and the wider CRE community to help execute the development plan. “We have a responsibility to say, if 95th Street is going to be successful, we have to not only professionally, but in our own lives, be a part of supporting that,” Morgan said at The Penthouse Hyde Park event this week.
To do that, CRE decision-makers need to develop places along the corridor where people want to stop and spend money, like restaurants, grocery stores and shops, Morgan said. Successfully doing so will encourage people to keep their money within the neighborhood, he said. The time is now, panelists said.Last year, CSU unveiled… Read the full story here. | | |