Iowa Pacific’s hometown of Chicago: Developer seeks federal ruling in North Side rail feud

By Alby Gallun, Crain’s Chicago Business; October 17, 2017

The firm that wants to redevelop the Finkl steel site and neighboring properties—maybe even into a second headquarters for Amazon, if it gets lucky—has asked the U.S. government to make sure railroad cars never rumble across its property again.

Sterling Bay filed a formal application with the federal Surface Transportation Board requesting that it order a Chicago railroad company to abandon tracks that run through the Finkl parcel, a prime 28-acre piece of real estate on the North Branch of the Chicago River between Lincoln Park and Bucktown.

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